B Grade 970's

signal11th · 23 Apr 2015 at 14:39

Just in case nobody has noticed yet there are B-Grade KFA2 Infinity 970's for sale in the clearance lines, £239.00 good price for the card and a bit annoying I just spent £260 quid on another card. Might help some people save a few quid.

TheGentry · 23 Apr 2015 at 14:41

B grades, b grade ive had 3 purchases from them and all had to return for some reason or another, can't speak for everyone's experience but hey if the OCUK wasn't so gd I wouldn't bother

tommybhoy · 23 Apr 2015 at 14:42

Coil whine city...

Avenged7Fold · 23 Apr 2015 at 14:45

Never bought a GPU from B-grade. Would rather go to MM and get it cheaper with more info on it but i have bought many motherboards and WCing stuff from B-grade and all have been as good as new with a less than new price tag!

[TW]Fox · 23 Apr 2015 at 15:06

Is there any indication as to why these are B grade? The price is tempting and the only 970 on MM belongs to a guy who thinks his Asus with no warranty is worth 280 quid.

HazardO · 23 Apr 2015 at 15:09

They could be "It's only 3.5GB not 4GB" returns? (Nothing actually wrong with them)

varkanoid · 23 Apr 2015 at 15:19

There are 10+ in stock. When you ask CS they can never give you a definitive answer. Lets face it if they were returned for coil whine then I doubt CS would tell you as you wouldnt buy them, hence the vague reply.

In my experience these are usually not individual returns but could be refurbs coming back as a batch. I bought two different Gigabyte B Grade GPU's both with 10+ in stock and they were rubbish. Not saying these are the same though.

Guess where I got the G1's in my sig from though!

Smashing bargain. Overclock like monsters. 71%/79% ASIC

ALXAndy · 23 Apr 2015 at 15:26

tommybhoy said:
Coil whine city...

Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty?

tommybhoy · 23 Apr 2015 at 15:47

[TW]Fox;27950870 said:
Is there any indication as to why these are B grade?

Some have returned a few to get a coil whine free one:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18647491

[TW]Fox;27950870 said:
The price is tempting and the only 970 on MM belongs to a guy who thinks his Asus with no warranty is worth 280 quid.

Saw that, had a chuckle.

ALXAndy said:
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty?

Ha, was on tune with Bowie myself.

Bonjour · 23 Apr 2015 at 15:53

Would not touch them with a barge pole.

TallPaul_S · 23 Apr 2015 at 16:06

So do the b-grade ones not have the coil whine guarantee? They have a 90 day warranty... :confused:

MeatLoaf · 23 Apr 2015 at 16:29

HazardO said:
They could be "It's only 3.5GB not 4GB" returns? (Nothing actually wrong with them)

This is more than likely what they are

Supernaut91 · 23 Apr 2015 at 16:35

Got a 980 SC reference cooler in b-grade a few months back and it has been great.

Got it for around £400 with FC4 ha!
Look at the price of the EVGA 980 SC reference cooler now

Ferrari100 · 23 Apr 2015 at 17:00

signal11th said:
Just in case nobody has noticed yet there are B-Grade KFA2 Infinity 970's for sale in the clearance lines, £239.00 good price for the card and a bit annoying I just spent £260 quid on another card. Might help some people save a few quid.

Or you could buy a 290x this week for less and have a direct X 12 future proofed card.

Also you will have 4Gb memory not 3.5Gb

kaku · 23 Apr 2015 at 17:06

Ferrari100 said:
Or you could buy a 290x this week for less and have a direct X 12 future proofed card.

[TW]Fox · 23 Apr 2015 at 17:30

tommybhoy said:
Saw that, had a chuckle.

Was going to make an offer but given how fast he slapped down the other guys frankly reasonable offer it seems hardly worth the bother

Squink · 23 Apr 2015 at 17:57

HazardO said:
They could be "It's only 3.5GB not 4GB" returns? (Nothing actually wrong with them)

OCUK stopped accepting returns for the VRAM issue at the end of february afaik, so I can't believe there's nearly a 2 month turnaround to get them back on the shelves. I could have course be wrong!

Avenged7Fold · 23 Apr 2015 at 18:30

I believe there is a change of mind period for all goods bought from a retailer over the internet due to distance selling laws. Worth a crack if its cheap enough

HazardO · 23 Apr 2015 at 18:34

mulpsmebeauty said:
OCUK stopped accepting returns for the VRAM issue at the end of february afaik, so I can't believe there's nearly a 2 month turnaround to get them back on the shelves. I could have course be wrong!

If they've been shipped back to source, cleaned, reassembled, tested, and repackaged, 2 months doesn't seem unreasonable to me. Especially if they went by ship to Taiwan or china and back in the process.
I could be wrong too though.

Twirlywoos · 23 Apr 2015 at 19:21

[TW]Fox;27950870 said:
Is there any indication as to why these are B grade? The price is tempting and the only 970 on MM belongs to a guy who thinks his Asus with no warranty is worth 280 quid.

Can get it for £285 with Witcher 3 so new it's £265 if you flog the code. It's never going to get £280 and it's a massive risk with no warranty.