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Bought myself an Ampere Altra system

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204 points pabs3 | 1 comments | 30 Jun 25 04:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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fschutze ◴[30 Jun 25 06:14 UTC] No.44420001[source]▶
I never bought used computer parts. Are these parts generally reliable for ~2 years when bought used?
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throw-qqqqq ◴[30 Jun 25 09:10 UTC] No.44421096[source]▶
I haven’t bought new hardware since I was a teenager. Second hand is cheap and good for the environment. I never received a broken part and everything has worked reliably for me.

2-3 years is not a lot. My daily driver laptop is from 2011 and still going strong.

Sure, there are “lemons” out there, but there are also a lot of people who just replace their hardware often.

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1. nisa ◴[30 Jun 25 09:20 UTC] No.44421157[source]▶
I concur. Doing this for almost all my technical equipment and mobile phones and never had a problem. For important/expensive things you can buy on refurbished stores that offer a 1-year warranty in EU.