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CeX

Brand Publisher · Online marketplaces & resale · 8 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/buildapc

Reddit take

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Pros

  • CEX is probably the safest place to buy 2nd hand parts. Fantastic warranty and they have a high street presence so you can actually go in store if you have an issue.
  • I found them at CeX, which is quite a big 2nd hand electronics retailor here in the UK, so I'd assume they would work fine, and I do think they have a warranty on them.
  • If you want to buy second hand and want warranty CEX is the way to go.
  • They’ve always been a good place to buy and sell parts from, no idea why you’d have any aversion to it. They tend to price fairly, can be quite slow to react to big market changes like the crypto boom so can often have great deals, and t...

Cons

  • Due to spending weeks troubleshooting what it could be, returning other components, it has been over 30 days. Their website states a 6 month written policy, has anyone dealt with cex faulty returns before?
  • I recently purchased a ryzen 7 9800x3d from cex which not only came out of the box dead, they sent a ryzen 5!
  • They only do the bare minimum testing on them, meaning that they could break down prematurely.
  • Don’t use CeX

Sentiment

4 positive (50%) · 0 mixed (0%) · 4 negative (50%)

Trust + time weighted score: -25% · raw score 0%

What redditors said (8 of 8)

Due to spending weeks troubleshooting what it could be, returning other components, it has been over 30 days. Their website states a 6 month written policy, has anyone dealt with cex faulty returns before?
negative · u/K****2 · r/buildapc · Mar 11, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
I recently purchased a ryzen 7 9800x3d from cex which not only came out of the box dead, they sent a ryzen 5!
negative · u/K****2 · r/buildapc · Mar 11, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
They only do the bare minimum testing on them, meaning that they could break down prematurely.
negative · u/G****0 · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 9, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Don’t use CeX
negative · u/G****0 · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 9, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
CEX is probably the safest place to buy 2nd hand parts. Fantastic warranty and they have a high street presence so you can actually go in store if you have an issue.
positive · u/A****5 · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 2, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
I found them at CeX, which is quite a big 2nd hand electronics retailor here in the UK, so I'd assume they would work fine, and I do think they have a warranty on them.
positive · u/L****0 · r/buildapc · comment · Mar 6, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
If you want to buy second hand and want warranty CEX is the way to go.
positive · u/s****o · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 2, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
They’ve always been a good place to buy and sell parts from, no idea why you’d have any aversion to it. They tend to price fairly, can be quite slow to react to big market changes like the crypto boom so can often have great deals, and their warranty and return policy is painless.
positive · u/S****e · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 2, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗

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