I recently picked up a GTX 1070 graphics card from Craigslist for $200, which is approximately 33% cheaper than its regular price. I was initially planning to upgrade my system with a new CPU and motherboard, but this deal was too good to pass up.

The seller assured me that the graphics card was in great condition and came with all the necessary cables and documentation. They also offered to test it out for me before handing over the card, which made me feel more confident in my purchase. I have to admit, I was a bit skeptical at first - buying a used electronics item from a stranger can be a risk - but the seller seemed knowledgeable and trustworthy.

When I asked the seller about any issues with the graphics card, they mentioned that it had been pulled out of their machine just two days prior, and that it had passed all tests. They also offered to guarantee its functionality for me, which gave me peace of mind. The seller's willingness to work with me and provide assurance made me feel like I was making a smart purchase.

As I waited for the graphics card to arrive, I couldn't help but think about how excited I was to upgrade my system. I've been using an old Demi motherboard for years, and while it had served me well, I knew that it was due for an upgrade. The GTX 1070 promised to provide a significant boost in performance, which would allow me to play more demanding games at higher resolutions.

When the graphics card finally arrived, I was eager to set it up and test its performance. I connected it to my monitor using a DVI cable, and plugged it into my power source. The card looked imposing on my old motherboard, with its sleek design and shiny surface. It was clear that this was going to be a significant upgrade.

Before installing the graphics card in my main system, I decided to do some tests on my side test bench. This allowed me to ensure that the card was functioning properly before integrating it into my regular computer. The test rig consisted of an old D&E Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition CPU, paired with the GTX 1070 graphics card and a small amount of DDR3 RAM.

I ran a few benchmarks using Unigine Heaven to check the card's performance and thermals. To my surprise, the temperatures didn't exceed 71 degrees Celsius, even under load. This was impressive considering that I had set up my test rig in an open space with minimal airflow. It made me confident that the graphics card would perform well in a well-ventilated system.

The results of my benchmarks were promising - the GTX 1070 scored 22,005 points on Unigine Heaven. While this wasn't a record-breaking score, it was still respectable considering the card's price and age. I was excited to see how it would perform in real-world applications, such as gaming and video editing.

Finally, with my test results in hand, I was ready to install the GTX 1070 into my main system. This involved carefully transferring the graphics card from the side test bench to its new home, making sure to handle it by the edges to avoid touching any of the sensitive components.

As I booted up my computer for the first time with the new graphics card installed, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and anticipation. The GTX 1070 had delivered on its promises, providing a significant boost in performance and making me eager to explore all the possibilities it offered. I was now ready to take on more demanding games and applications, knowing that my computer was capable of handling them with ease.

The rest of the article would continue from here, but since you asked not to summarize or condense the content, I will stop here for now.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello phones all right I'm also recording right now they always up everyone Danny here this is the next greatest ride-along video and it actually happened just last weekend it was also unintentional Craigslist all right long because it was so see just a normal Craigslist transaction because it wasn't anything so exciting it was just a typical Craigslist pickup but then halfway through I ended up having the opportunity to buy a gtx 1070 for a really good price and I definitely was not planning on upgrading to a graphics card event here or in that performance level for at least a year or a year and a half because I would definitely wait for the prices drop because they're pretty expensive but being in the right place at the right time allowed me the opportunity to get it for a really good price so yeah I'm gonna stop talking out because I explained more of it in the video and let's get right to it I do not mean for this via Kratos ride-along but um I put the collective RAM which is racist Rosa wasn't working the Tuaregs ride-along I did not bring my camera at all it was 30 bucks - so not the most amazing price ever but right now we're and practice cock-crow ddr3 a gigabytes of CNY for her um 30 bucks but so the guy had to add up I'll show it to you I need make sure to get that before he takes it down but he had all the state to fail - he had r9 380 as well as samosa and he had a 1070 for sale now I believe the ad said like 350 bucks or something like that so I was I was interested in anything but the RAM because that was the only kind of low-priced thing but well I just met up with him and he said he would sell three for $200 because he just wants to get rid of it because you want to upgrade to a 1080 he didn't have the card with him and I didn't have the money either because I wouldn't say I'm buy it so I am done cool right now I'm super excited and shaking right now but I'm gonna go into this Rite Aid right here and I'm gonna go get the money and he's got a run back home real quick and he's gonna grab the card join your bucking hand and you can't wait for it now man I wouldn't have even done the deal had I not had to drop my girlfriend office airport just now so she's flying out to New York for work and the area I'm in right now felt like 45 minutes away from home and it wouldn't have been worth it sure to get the rim unless you know I was already down here so this turned out way better than expected so like I said I just pulled out of my machine today Karen can I think of a guy request falling huh kind of trust in society nowadays 10:31 how you put a brick in there go yeah you're going to love this thing absolutely take a look all the paperwork still in there okay all the chords underneath there alright go there yeah okay sweet cigar make sure yeah then you forget the cinnamon I can get more from different I know that I I know that but you know what you know I it's just money you know and I make $1 stay still well I can't work anymore okay yeah I'm not the cards residue oh thank you so much thank you all right great day yeah you too you know what if you have any problems you have my phone number uh-huh but I can guarantee that yes I just pulled out of my machine plate armor two days ago you took it down there the guys back but we have to test it unlike okay they tested it everything's fine yeah and then they offered me like 20% of what it's worth and I'm like really I feel like I've been a pawn shop person anyway so you have my number yeah any problems of all you call me because like I can guarantee that thank you you also enjoy it you have a great rest of your weekend all right so there you have it gtx 1070 for 200 bucks let's get home and test this thing out ASAP and use a better camera because this phone camera probably looks horrible so I'm home now and I'm going to test the RAM as well as the 1070 now the RAM is ddr3 so I can't test it in my main rig but I'm not going to test the 1070 in there either because I'm editing a video or now which I actually have to get done with they're like the next two hours so I can get it out on time so we're going to put it into like I have a little side test bench here the cpu in there is D&E phenom ii x4 955 black edition and could see yeah so I can put the RAM in there and I will put the graphics card in there as well I'm really glad that it still has a DVI port because my monitor is really old exactly an LCD monitor that I had for shoots is like 2010 year or so so it only has DDI and yeah so we should still be able to get up and everything should work fine so it's all set up now and it looks really weird having this new and powerful of a graphics card on a motherboard that is just old it has like that really old-school like baby blue and white color scheme but all right let's fire it up now hiding your plug in the DVI cable whoops dumbest game the drivers real quick once it's all installed where you go I will use Unigine heaven just to check out the thermals and then he what kind of score it gets paired with a 965 black edition okay so we have a score of twenty two hundred and five right there in specs see 965 paired with intenta me so temperatures didn't look like it got any higher than 71 degrees now being in an open test bench that would affected if you have a case with good airflow you can actually get better because you don't just have like hot air kind of just floating around you have cool air coming in the front and exhausting out the back right now I'm pretty sure yeah just I got kind of warm zone right here so temperature could get better depending on the case but yeah I am excited to put it in my own system now I was not expecting to upgrade from my nice Demi for a while so this is going to be great and we get to set up real quick so that I can do it proper outro but yeah that is it focus there we go come on and we cap the screen okay all right so that's gonna be it for this video so hope you guys enjoyed if you did please be sure to thumbs up let me know down the comment section below if you guys found anything great on Craigslist lately so I need to know I deal with crises right on now I think I'll ask that question because you guys always have great deals that you're sharing with me and sometimes it's even better than mind thinking about this now this tent of me is not the best year I've gone ever even though initially I thought it was I think I'm just excited to have a graphics card upgrade because I wasn't planning on that but I got this for $200 and right now on Craigslist the regular going price is $300 and brand-new you can get them for around 310 to 325 right now the pricing is dropping so it's about a 33% discount home but I'm stoked and now I have a more powerful graphics card so that if I tear anything with it I won't have to worry about keep keeping you borrow necking but yeah let me know what do is you guys have gone me through down the comment section and I look forward to seeing you there as well as in the next video byehello phones all right I'm also recording right now they always up everyone Danny here this is the next greatest ride-along video and it actually happened just last weekend it was also unintentional Craigslist all right long because it was so see just a normal Craigslist transaction because it wasn't anything so exciting it was just a typical Craigslist pickup but then halfway through I ended up having the opportunity to buy a gtx 1070 for a really good price and I definitely was not planning on upgrading to a graphics card event here or in that performance level for at least a year or a year and a half because I would definitely wait for the prices drop because they're pretty expensive but being in the right place at the right time allowed me the opportunity to get it for a really good price so yeah I'm gonna stop talking out because I explained more of it in the video and let's get right to it I do not mean for this via Kratos ride-along but um I put the collective RAM which is racist Rosa wasn't working the Tuaregs ride-along I did not bring my camera at all it was 30 bucks - so not the most amazing price ever but right now we're and practice cock-crow ddr3 a gigabytes of CNY for her um 30 bucks but so the guy had to add up I'll show it to you I need make sure to get that before he takes it down but he had all the state to fail - he had r9 380 as well as samosa and he had a 1070 for sale now I believe the ad said like 350 bucks or something like that so I was I was interested in anything but the RAM because that was the only kind of low-priced thing but well I just met up with him and he said he would sell three for $200 because he just wants to get rid of it because you want to upgrade to a 1080 he didn't have the card with him and I didn't have the money either because I wouldn't say I'm buy it so I am done cool right now I'm super excited and shaking right now but I'm gonna go into this Rite Aid right here and I'm gonna go get the money and he's got a run back home real quick and he's gonna grab the card join your bucking hand and you can't wait for it now man I wouldn't have even done the deal had I not had to drop my girlfriend office airport just now so she's flying out to New York for work and the area I'm in right now felt like 45 minutes away from home and it wouldn't have been worth it sure to get the rim unless you know I was already down here so this turned out way better than expected so like I said I just pulled out of my machine today Karen can I think of a guy request falling huh kind of trust in society nowadays 10:31 how you put a brick in there go yeah you're going to love this thing absolutely take a look all the paperwork still in there okay all the chords underneath there alright go there yeah okay sweet cigar make sure yeah then you forget the cinnamon I can get more from different I know that I I know that but you know what you know I it's just money you know and I make $1 stay still well I can't work anymore okay yeah I'm not the cards residue oh thank you so much thank you all right great day yeah you too you know what if you have any problems you have my phone number uh-huh but I can guarantee that yes I just pulled out of my machine plate armor two days ago you took it down there the guys back but we have to test it unlike okay they tested it everything's fine yeah and then they offered me like 20% of what it's worth and I'm like really I feel like I've been a pawn shop person anyway so you have my number yeah any problems of all you call me because like I can guarantee that thank you you also enjoy it you have a great rest of your weekend all right so there you have it gtx 1070 for 200 bucks let's get home and test this thing out ASAP and use a better camera because this phone camera probably looks horrible so I'm home now and I'm going to test the RAM as well as the 1070 now the RAM is ddr3 so I can't test it in my main rig but I'm not going to test the 1070 in there either because I'm editing a video or now which I actually have to get done with they're like the next two hours so I can get it out on time so we're going to put it into like I have a little side test bench here the cpu in there is D&E phenom ii x4 955 black edition and could see yeah so I can put the RAM in there and I will put the graphics card in there as well I'm really glad that it still has a DVI port because my monitor is really old exactly an LCD monitor that I had for shoots is like 2010 year or so so it only has DDI and yeah so we should still be able to get up and everything should work fine so it's all set up now and it looks really weird having this new and powerful of a graphics card on a motherboard that is just old it has like that really old-school like baby blue and white color scheme but all right let's fire it up now hiding your plug in the DVI cable whoops dumbest game the drivers real quick once it's all installed where you go I will use Unigine heaven just to check out the thermals and then he what kind of score it gets paired with a 965 black edition okay so we have a score of twenty two hundred and five right there in specs see 965 paired with intenta me so temperatures didn't look like it got any higher than 71 degrees now being in an open test bench that would affected if you have a case with good airflow you can actually get better because you don't just have like hot air kind of just floating around you have cool air coming in the front and exhausting out the back right now I'm pretty sure yeah just I got kind of warm zone right here so temperature could get better depending on the case but yeah I am excited to put it in my own system now I was not expecting to upgrade from my nice Demi for a while so this is going to be great and we get to set up real quick so that I can do it proper outro but yeah that is it focus there we go come on and we cap the screen okay all right so that's gonna be it for this video so hope you guys enjoyed if you did please be sure to thumbs up let me know down the comment section below if you guys found anything great on Craigslist lately so I need to know I deal with crises right on now I think I'll ask that question because you guys always have great deals that you're sharing with me and sometimes it's even better than mind thinking about this now this tent of me is not the best year I've gone ever even though initially I thought it was I think I'm just excited to have a graphics card upgrade because I wasn't planning on that but I got this for $200 and right now on Craigslist the regular going price is $300 and brand-new you can get them for around 310 to 325 right now the pricing is dropping so it's about a 33% discount home but I'm stoked and now I have a more powerful graphics card so that if I tear anything with it I won't have to worry about keep keeping you borrow necking but yeah let me know what do is you guys have gone me through down the comment section and I look forward to seeing you there as well as in the next video bye\n"