DON'T Buy a Used Mining GPU! - $h!t Manufacturers Say

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Between scalpers and cryptocurrency miners, its been really tough to buy a graphics card. But soon, we could see a flood of used mining GPUs hitting the market- possibly at some pretty attractive prices. But should you buy a second hand GPU that's been used for crypto mining?

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