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> The tl;dw is that used cards don't perform worse than new cards - your card either works, or it doesn't. For electronics, it is often not just "either works,
by zajio1am 4y ago
> The tl;dw is that used cards don't perform worse than new cards - your card either works, or it doesn't.
For electronics, it is often not just "either works, or it doesn't", but there is also decreased reliability (increased rate of random crashes and restarts). We ran many PCs as routers in often inadequate temperature conditions and that was pretty common failure mode.
- hot_gril 4y agoWas going to say, "it either works or it doesn't" doesn't even match my experience using home routers at obviously tiny scale. Every router needs a reboot sometimes, question is how often. My parents' router is on a lamp timer now to ensure it reboots daily. Amortized like 1 "9" of reliability. A better one maybe gets 3 "9"s.
- scambier 4y agoThe "it works or it doesn't" was opposed to "used cards perform worse" (which they don't).