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** OcUK HAS 21 CUSTOM GTX 1080 MODELS READY FOR PRE-ORDER !! **

Any update on the MSI 1080 Gaming X yet? Start of the week all pre orders were expected to be cleared. I was 35th in the queue on Wednesday but other posts on here seem to say that will have gotten worse with people swapping.
 
billy_dane said:
Does anyone know if Asus, Zotac, Gigabyte, Palit or Gainward allow you to remove reference cooler on their FE's to place waterblock and still be covered for warranty?
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Gigabyte is a def okay.
Zotac, Pallit and Gainward are major no no and they even put a warranty void sticker over the screws and wont even look at a board where the sticker has been removed/damaged

No idea Asus stance. Asus havent said either way AFAIK whether the warranty is void or not and equally they havent in the past put warranty void stickers on the screws.

Many a forum member have had no issues with Asus warranty when they have put the shroud back on and sent it back for repairs but I assume they dont mention they have put a waterblock on.

Although EK today have just launched a Strix waterblock so perhaps Asus are okay about it but best to ask Asus to be sure.
 
Gilderan said:
Any update on the MSI 1080 Gaming X yet? Start of the week all pre orders were expected to be cleared. I was 35th in the queue on Wednesday but other posts on here seem to say that will have gotten worse with people swapping.
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I swapped to the Gaming X today and was told they should be getting some in today, doubt mine will go out with this lot though.
 
Ben @ EVGA said:
Hi guys

Im back as well in the UK and can confirm the above is correct.

Mid/late next week SC and FTW cards on GTX1080 and SC on GTX1070 will land with major UK clients.

Ben
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All very well assuming it's in large numbers and not drips and drabs that take ages to be restocked.
 
Jesus these 1080's are ridiculous... I just read here 5 mins ago "zotac amp extreme in stock now", looked on the site it said "2 in stock", then I took literally about 3 minutes to look at the specs of the zotac amp card... went back to site... "OOS" this 1080 launch is insane they need like 3x the amount of stock that they have currently.
 
Ben @ EVGA said:
Coming in stronger numbers now from end next week and into the following week also.

Ben
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Lots of feedback coming for EVGA, MSI, Zotac etc.......

...still a dearth of information on the Asus Strix.

I assume our best bet is still next Friday - although I have to say that realistically I'm sure there is no point in my getting excited until at least the following week, given last time I checked I was 194 in the queue (having ordered on the 30th May).

I am prepared to hold out for this card (and will) but it is becoming increasingly soul destroying......:rolleyes:

Any solid information appreciated - appreciate you guys continue to do all you can to get stock into our excited, grubby little mitts...:D
 
Hi there


So the prices!

I had every price reverted back on graphics, I have then gone through all our prices, some I have being able to keep at the original price because the stock had landed and I also purchased them in GBP currency (UK suppliers) so thankfully even when we pay for those goods in 30-60 days the price shall be the same. :)

Then on the pre-order lines mainly where stock is incoming and not paid for I have gone 50/50 essentially, so where minimum increases should have being at least £20-£30 and higher, I have actually tried to keep these increases to around £10 sacrificing some of our margin.

This does mean however the prices will not get back down to their original pricing until the rate reaches 1.43, of course we may fine tune in between some prices down if rate improves.

Unfortunately if the rate does go sub 1.35 then I shall have to make further increases to graphics, thankfully Maxwell stock is un-affected by this as it was all paid for so I shall remain very aggressive on these SKU's and I have additional support to go even lower.

AMD's new launch unfortunately is effected, I have stock, but again it is not paid for and I booked the stock at an original rate of 1.43-1.44 whereas now we have re-adjusted this down to 1.36 but again I am going to sacrifice some OcUK margin to try and hit price points. I shall push AMD for some additional support to see if they can help us hit original target MSRP's I had in mind.

However I have being able to obtain more support for old gen from both AMD and NVIDIA so now we have GPU's from the following price points which puts us the lowest in the UK by miles:

R9 Fury @ £341.99
R9 390X 8G @ £259.99
R9 390 8G @ £209.99

GTX 980Ti @ £359.99
GTX 980 @ £275.99
GTX 970 @ £209.99
GTX 960 4G @ £149.99
GTX 960 2G @ £139.99


I shall be keeping a close eye on rates and adjusting products accordingly both up and down if the rate shifts by substantial amount.
Our pricing in general on graphics is the cheapest in the UK at present and we have FREE shipping enabled pretty much on every GPU!!! :)
 
billy_dane said:
Does anyone know if Asus, Zotac, Gigabyte, Palit or Gainward allow you to remove reference cooler on their FE's to place waterblock and still be covered for warranty?
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Asus you've got more chance of winning the lottery. Zotac, palit again big no. Gigabyte/msi I think they do but would be best to confirm.

If your after waterblocking just go for an EVGA FE or SC if your looking to save a little. EVGA do allow blocks and ofc top warranty, UK base aswell :).
 
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