Bought 57 broken Ryzen CPUs for $1200 and some work

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  1. Neuralcarrot710

    Where do I begin, the lot is from a seller that I bought 4 CPUs from before and 3 worked.

    Well this lot had some extra goodies, just a few 5950x, both 5900xs and a 5700g. That isnt it more work I just can’t think of all of them that do.

    I have to get an am5 board to test the 7900x and 7950x but so far it’s working out great:)

  2. BlackOps2isBetter

    ![gif](giphy|s239QJIh56sRW|downsized)

  3. MadduckUK

    Feels like a lootbox, is it a fair price if they were all dead?

  4. AirportResponsible38

    But how do you actually fix them if they’re broken?

  5. KnightBlad3

    will u sell them? bc thats a lot of profit

  6. DigitalGT

    Looks like it paid out with the 5 5600gs alone nice!

  7. Ah so that was you that bought it.

    Remember seeing this a few days ago when I grabbed my 5800x.

    Hope it works out in your favor!

  8. NonameideaonlyF

    Are you selling the ones that work?

  9. willard_swag

    Just saw the post for this on marketplace

  10. Shinodacs

    Are you going to point out the fact that they were broken when you put them on CL ?

  11. KamiKaze0132

    I’m just surprised there’s a case for them, is it a custom 3d printed one or are these manufactured for the times people buy 57 broken CPUs? lol

  12. I’ve done similar before.

    Bought a palette of water damaged GTX 750 Tis at a salvage auction. Got around 80% of them passing burn in and saleable.

  13. LaundryMan2008

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  14. max_lagomorph

    CPUs are one of the most durable PC parts, how come 1 single person has so many to sell?

    They are selling as ‘broken’ or ‘as is’?

  15. OneMindNoLimit

    Sometimes people sell parts saying they’re broken so they can get away with DOA sales. I did work at a community college. They’d sell old equipment and label it “not working” so they could just get rid of it.

  16. BananasAndSporks

    I’d be curious to know which ones end up fixable.

  17. fairlyoblivious

    Just passing POST doesn’t mean they aren’t broken, you need to run prime95 on each for like a day or more and I bet most will fail.

  18. 999demonz

    Sell the working ones individually and put the broken ones in epoxy cubes to sell them as decorations on Etsy etc.

  19. hyp3rj123

    Not trying to be an asshole here but just because they POST doesn’t mean they work 100%. I think you have to say least stress test them and see if they turbo correctly and ensure the memory controller works too.

  20. GamrAlrt

    what’s the process to test if they work? do you just check to see if they boot or do you do cpu benchmarks on them

  21. juggarjew

    Just because it boots into BIOS does not mean it “works”.

  22. iimFrostii

    If you don’t mind me asking, what processes are you doing to repair these? I have 0 clue what you would be doing but Im curious and intrigued as to how you are repairing them.

  23. mikee8989

    Better hope none have dead memory channels.

  24. Adolfo_42

    How much would you be willing to sell a 5600 or 5800x or 5900x/5950x?

  25. What you could do is test all 57 CPUs, pull out those which work and then sell the rest for $21 each as a bulk lot of “Untested Ryzen CPUs”.

  26. BadgerMyBadger_

    Didn’t know you could use cheerios as thermal paste!

  27. NotARealDeveloper

    You need to benchmark them to know they work. You can’t just go into bios and conclude they work fine.

  28. acuilnos

    I’m sure you know what you’re doing but just because they POST doesn’t necessarily mean they’re not faulty.

  29. MightyMrWiggle

    Would totally buy a 5600g or 5700g from ya.

  30. what is the procedure for testing the cpus work?

  31. Visible_Interview134

    Guys guys its probably a repair shop that uses extra pins

  32. Illustrious_Good277

    Kind of find it interesting that OP completely ignored the testing procedure questions… stay outta this guy’s market. “POST’d therefore worth full resell value” 🫣

  33. tweezy558

    Hook me up with one brother I’ll give you 1 random game from my steam library. Only a fool wouldn’t take this offer

  34. Bin_Masoud

    I hope everything works out well for you. 🙂

  35. Popular_Dream_4189

    Yeah, just because it posts doesn’t mean anything. I see a lot of refunds being issued by you in the near future because you don’t seem to know what you are doing. It would take literal days to validate one of these CPUs properly as working from this point. If they were advertised as broken, they probably are in some way, even if they post and boot into Windows. You can’t buy lots of scrap expecting to get functional components. You are gambling that a bunch of experienced tech sellers made several mistakes when assessing these CPUs and I don’t like your odds. Better to just go to the casino and place a 1:1 bet on the roulette wheel.

    I suggest you learn how to do gold recovery from CPUs because that’s the only way you’re getting your money back.

  36. eppic123

    Define “work”. Just because they boot, it doesn’t mean they will be stable under stress or that the memory controller will work correctly.

  37. Bulky-Ad-4688

    my dear sir may i have the 7 5800x ? I cannot afford a cpu and this lad has bought like 60 of em

  38. ChoiceFood

    My broken ryzen would crash the desktop when I ran a game for a few minutes. I don’t think testing to see if it posts is a reliable way to see if a cpu is working.

  39. Blackhawk-388

    So how do you test them to see if they work?

  40. LEGENFDZ

    If the 7000 ones work do u mind me getting the 7950 for 50$? 🥲🥺

  41. Joshthenosh77

    Why would you buy broken components ?

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