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B grade GPU warranty

beasty6

beasty6

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Hello all,

Looking at GPU's in the B grade section.
Has anyone had to deal with warranty in a B grade GPU after the 90 days with Ocuk?

Does it get rejected straight away or do you still get warranty?

I spoke with a competitor today about a return/refurb card and they informed me they still give the full warranty with the card as a new one would.

Just looking for some advice before spending that amount of money

P.s its Power colour and Sapphire specifically

Thanks
 
beasty6 said:
Hello all,

Looking at GPU's in the B grade section.
Has anyone had to deal with warranty in a B grade GPU after the 90 days with Ocuk?

Does it get rejected straight away or do you still get warranty?

I spoke with a competitor today about a return/refurb card and they informed me they still give the full warranty with the card as a new one would.

Just looking for some advice before spending that amount of money

P.s its Power colour and Sapphire specifically

Thanks
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Best to ask customer services.
 
I see no reason a warranty would cease to exist after 90 days. You just go direct to the manufacturer and I would bet they simply treat it as a normal purchase.
 
beasty6 said:
Hello all,

Looking at GPU's in the B grade section.
Has anyone had to deal with warranty in a B grade GPU after the 90 days with Ocuk?

Does it get rejected straight away or do you still get warranty?

I spoke with a competitor today about a return/refurb card and they informed me they still give the full warranty with the card as a new one would.

Just looking for some advice before spending that amount of money

P.s its Power colour and Sapphire specifically

Thanks
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If the retailer handles the warranty then I guess you'll be fine (so long as the RMA department is aware of this agreement), but if you had to deal with the manufacturer I think you'd be at the mercy of the rep that handles it and if they spot B-Grade in your invoice they could tell you that the warranty is only for the first user/purchase (which is something that most of them include nowadays).
 
ICDP said:
I see no reason a warranty would cease to exist after 90 days. You just go direct to the manufacturer and I would bet they simply treat it as a normal purchase.
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Afaik, Sapphire won't deal with you direct, they'll always point you to the etailer that sold it for warranty returns.
 
It would have to be a hell of a deal for me to dump a 3 year warranty on a GPU down to 90 days, but it never is. you can make offers on stuff, not sure if you can do that in all categories though.
 
tommybhoy said:
Afaik, Sapphire won't deal with you direct, they'll always point you to the etailer that sold it for warranty returns.
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Sapphire make great GPUs but their warranty limitations suck. 2 years and no transfer means used buyers suffer.

If you stick to a manufacturer that has a transferable warranty you will get the full warranty. That applies to used or B grade/open box.
 
Any goods sold by a trade retailer still need to be "fit for purpose", so the 90 days should be taken with a pinch of salt. If you get a 4090 for £1.60 you'd perhaps expect it to last for 90 days and you'd have trouble arguing that in court, but not the case for b-grade with only a small price reduction from new / unopened.

My personal comment though, not a reflection on the store policies :)
 
ICDP said:
I see no reason a warranty would cease to exist after 90 days. You just go direct to the manufacturer and I would bet they simply treat it as a normal purchase.
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You have to be careful with which manufacturer you go with as some will refer you back to the retailer for the first 2 years.
 
Not a GPU, but I got a B grade Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless (so not a cheap headset by any measure!) which developed a very common and well known fault (which is very clearly due to bad design) just after a year, and as soon as they saw B grade on the OCUK invoice they told me to do one. Needless to say I won't be buying any more Steelseries products.
 
beasty6 said:
Hello all,

Looking at GPU's in the B grade section.
Has anyone had to deal with warranty in a B grade GPU after the 90 days with Ocuk?

Does it get rejected straight away or do you still get warranty?

I spoke with a competitor today about a return/refurb card and they informed me they still give the full warranty with the card as a new one would.

Just looking for some advice before spending that amount of money

P.s its Power colour and Sapphire specifically

Thanks
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Bought B Grade quite a few times and when I've registered the item I've often got either the full warranty or whats left of it, eg EVGA GPU 2 years of a 3 year warranty.
 
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