OcuK B Grade????

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Right so the feedback I have had is:

Make sure the prices are good and not above the new retail prices.
Mention the warranty on all product descriptions.
Mention some information to the product page as to why the product is B-Grade.
Possibly add sometime some photos of the products so you can see what you are getting.

Any more, just let me know. :)
 
Seems to me that knowing what you are getting in the box is the deal-breaker. If you know the answer to that then you can decide whether a price is worth paying and whether the more limited warranty is a fair trade-off. I tend to assume that motherboards are bare-bones (and the last time I bought a B-Grade it was) but it would make me much more likely to buy them if I knew for certain what I was getting.


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ChrisSmith3 said:
Where are you looking? :confused:

I'll give you a counter example:

This has 10+ in stock, now it's possible that some are in damaged boxing, brown boxed, missing adapters, driver discs, etc.
Say it normally came with a DVI->Dsub & a DVI->HDMI adapter, and it was listed as brown boxed, but this particular one only had a DVI->Dsub; it'd have to be listed like that. Otherwise you might buy it thinking it had the DVI->HDMI when it doesn't. They probably wouldn't list it as not having either, because imagine buying it, then buying an adapter separate, receiving it and it having the adapter you just paid a fiver for.

It's a good idea, but I'm not sure how easy it would be to implement. I suppose one way could be to use the same drop down selectors in that the systems section use.
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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=595

Well, its not too easy to implement, but not tooo hard anyways :P Seems like 5UB already got this covered though :P
5UB said:
Right so the feedback I have had is:

Make sure the prices are good and not above the new retail prices.
Mention the warranty on all product descriptions.
Mention some information to the product page as to why the product is B-Grade.
Possibly add sometime some photos of the products so you can see what you are getting.

Any more, just let me know. :)
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Great :) Well done.
 
I just bought an amd x6 1090t OEM for £110 and a B-grade AM3 motherboard for £25 from the clearance section. Quite a bargain and a rather large increase in performance from my single core athlon 64 3400! Currently running at 3.6 GHz on 1.34 volts :)

I would suggest increasing the warranty on the graphics cards though. 90 days on those is a bit short since they are usually the component most prone to failure.
 
5UB said:
Right so the feedback I have had is:

Make sure the prices are good and not above the new retail prices.
Mention the warranty on all product descriptions.
Mention some information to the product page as to why the product is B-Grade.
Possibly add sometime some photos of the products so you can see what you are getting.

Any more, just let me know. :)
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As far as prices go, I might be wrong here but the 6870 and 6850s don't seem much of a bargain. I've been eying them for awhile but I've seen more competitive at retail new.
 
Feel free to shoot me down here for being pedantic, but:

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Peace of mind.
 
DuncanK said:
Crickey, this is cheap:-

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-180-MS&groupid=595&catid=683&subcat=

If i needed a new card i think i'd get that
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Tbh, I'd rather take it at the old price :D

EDIT: Found a small mistake

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-040-CM&groupid=595&catid=684&subcat=

It says:

was £46.99 inc VAT
£35.99 inc VAT

But in description:
Originally sold at £39.16+VAT

Also, the 90 days isn't bold :P

EDIT 2: Maybe that price doesn't include VAT :S Not sure :p
 
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FoxEye said:
If OcUK B-grade stuff was cheaper, it might be worth getting.

However whenever I've looked, the B-grade stuff was almost as expensive as the normal stuff, so it's not worth it.
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You can get gems though. I got a Pc Cool & Quiet 900W PSU for half price (£75) and the only thing missing was the kettle lead.

Also got an NEC 24" screen for £299 when they were £450 and it was just missing the remote although other buyers on here (there were 3) got complete screens with nothing missing. And no dead pixels either.
 
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I purchased a B-Grade system before i joined the forums for £800, it's still going strong and it contains a Q6600 @ 3.0GHz, GTX 280 and 4GB RAM in an Antec 900, was a steal imo.
 
Lots of pricing and descriptions are changing through out the day, may take a while as there will be so many bargains. :)
 
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