Ok so im building my first gaming PC and im a complete noob at it. My budget is 2000$ CAN max which is about 1500$ US. My new gpu choices were a GTX 1070 ti or a RTX 2070.

I've come across a guy who sells his 16x mining cards and he is asking 450$ US for an Asus gtx 1080 ti 11GB, or 505$ US for a Strix gtx 1080 ti. He says he bought them in may 2018 and had them running for only 2 months.

I need your opinions. Is it worth taking a risk considering this will be 650$ /675$ from my 2k$ CAN Budget. Or should i just stick with a brand new card to keep my mind and money safe?

Thanks in advance

I wouldn't.

Groce

500 US is normal price for used 1080ti. Most people selling them already used them for mining.

say
show proof of receipt
if it checks out
do it and haggle the price

tell him you just found out
youre balding

lol