To the people that have bought B-grade mobos: how hard/easy is it to get your hands on an I/O shield?
however, if you're ordering a cpu, gpu, ram or mobo you can't really go wrong, can you?
I mean there may be scratches on a case that make it look bad and stuff, but most internal components considering the warranty, what can actually go wrong lol.
Be careful, I bought an Asus P5Q Pro on b-grade recently and although I reckon it still has manufacturers warranty, it's not honored by OcUK or Asus. OcUK give a stiff 14-days to return an item, and Asus won't deal with customers directly with mainboards. So i'm left with a duff board because it ran at stock settings for a month and then decided to **** out, though it never overclocked well from the start.
Go with a manufacturer with whom you can talk to and get it sorted under warranty.
Just a heads up chaps
Good info about manufactures that don't provide a direct RMA service.
I was wondering how other manufacturers deal with B grade items warranty? As they could say it's classed as second hand so warranty is invalid.
Does it list B grade on paper invoice you get?