Damaged RTX 5090 GPUs sell for over £4,000 in the UK

Damaged and faulty Nvidia RTX 5090 cards are selling for over £4,000 on the UK second-hand market, more than double the official MSRP. Two GameRock cards with cracked PCBs and PCIe connectors sold at that price, while a new RTX 5090 costs £4,299.98 at Scan Computers. Demand is reportedly driven by AI firms using the GPU in servers.

• Two faulty RTX 5090 GameRock cards sold for over £4,000
• A new RTX 5090 costs £4,299.98 at Scan Computers
• The cards had cracked PCBs and PCIe connectors
• Demand rose as AI firms use RTX 5090 in servers