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I also bought a v8 refurb close to 10 years ago and its perfect for me (single dude who lives in moderately sized apartments over that span.) Still works great.
My current card is the XFX Speedster Merc 310 7900XTX. Build quality is very good its one of the heaviest GPUs i've ever had. I've had several XFX cards over the years and have always loved that brand.
Lol I bought this same motherboard on Friday also for $270 apparently the last day it was on sale. I found a lot of reviews and couldn't beat the price.
I'd say go for it. You can even play this on mobile platforms. At its base level its just making poker hands but adds many extra layers of complexity that make it very fun and addicting:
I already talked to the seller and his response was that it was pulled from a working system and i can return it for a full a refund if I'm not happy with it which is what I'm doing. Just frustrated that they didn't even test the drive before listing it for sale.