> Would you happily buy that at say, 50% MSRP? Yup, assuming it works and checks out the first 24 hours I have it. Solid state electronics are pretty robust.

> Would you happily buy that at say, 50% MSRP? Yup, assuming it works and checks out the first 24 hours I have it. Solid state electronics are pretty robust. If they survive whatever torture you put them through plus being shipped to my door, chances are it will work just fine. In my experience there are some problematic GPU models that are more prone to early failure under heavy use (HD6990 I'm looking at you!), but they are more rare than legend may lead folks to believe. At an appropriate discount it's far cheaper to just buy these at pennies on the dollar and just be alright with self-insuring for a rather rare early failure. When you can buy 2 or 3 for the price of new, it starts to get rather compelling.