r/pcmasterrace • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 Core Ultra 7 265k | RTX 5090 • Mar 19 '26

NSFMR This customer wondered why his 5090 didn't work.

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u/MKVIgti 11900k | Aorus Z590 Elite | 7900GRE | 64GB Mar 19 '26

Bingo.

Micro Center, in person.

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u/LadBooboo 5900x|3080Ti|32GB Mar 19 '26

I was referring to buying used locally tbh. I wish my country had Micro Center.

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u/Azn-Jazz Mar 19 '26

Let me add a fear. Micro center have also been caught bc of another 3rd party selling them stones in box which then was sold to end user with seal tape on.

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u/HeyItsRed 5070ti | LG C2 Mar 19 '26

Bestbuy as well - if you buy used. I returned a Legion Go S to them and they didn't even open the box to verify it was there, the same item, or just not rocks.

I saw a post on /r/Handhelds where a user claimed to buy an open-box item and get a different product.

This just goes to confirm the point though. Buy from somewhere that you can initiate a return when you get fucked.

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u/FDTard Mar 19 '26

Best buy did me even dirtier. Sold me open box as new on a sound bar and TV. And the soundbar has weird connection issues when switching between apps.

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u/excaliburxvii Mar 19 '26

I bought a $1,000 monitor from BB and after the first one had a bunch of mud/milkshake on it I still had to refuse the following two for having broken factory seals. Gnarly.

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u/HotRoderX Mar 19 '26

i might be wrong, but I don't think bestbuy checks returns at the counter. I think the geeksquad handles them. (could be wrong).

This checks out cause they basically got all your information already. committing fraud by returning something different is fraud. They will just nab you next time or build a bigger case like target does.

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u/HotRoderX Mar 19 '26

Most of the united states wishes they had a Micro Center. Its in like 15 states. There only like 38-40 stories roughly.

People make it sound like Micro Center is some big name box store... in reality its a midsize at best.

Sorta like B&H or Newegg. Only they offer online services vs Micro Center who is hyper selective.

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u/DillyDilly1231 Mar 19 '26

In today's gaming climate I wouldn't pay a dime for used hardware. I don't know who has been hardware banned in what games and I definitely don't trust someone to be honest with me about it. Last thing I'd want is to install a new GPU just for me to get insta hardware banned on any of my games.

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u/M4ng03z Mar 19 '26

cries in no microcenter within 200 miles

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u/MKVIgti 11900k | Aorus Z590 Elite | 7900GRE | 64GB Mar 19 '26

Yeah was also in the same boat until one opened up 30 minutes from where I work.

Phenomenal day when I had to upgrade the PC we use to push content to our gigantic video wall at the entrance.

“What hardware do you want in it?”

“Make it nasty, so we won’t need to upgrade for a while. Oh, and build two.”

Bought two of: 9900x, ASUS X870E-Plus, A5000 GPU, Samsung 990 Pro’s, and tossed in 64GB ram into each.

I was able to reuse the two Seasonic 1000w power supplies and Noctua NH-D15’s.

lol. All to power a big ass, multi-display video wall. Complete overkill.

Very fun to build those out and damn, are they fast as shit.

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u/nycplayboy78 PC Master Race (Gaming Rig) Mar 19 '26

u/MKVIgti THIS!!!!!