B Grade GPU

straxusii · 22 Oct 2015 at 07:23

Most of them are returned due to coil whine, poor clocking results or general instability, given the saving isn't huge you'd have to be mad to buy one IMHO

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 22 Oct 2015 at 08:19

Dalandius said:
After 12 months overclockers say it is quicker to deal with them direct, so far with my RMA I have had no problem with them.

Is that with Gigabyte?

straxusii said:
Most of them are returned due to coil whine, poor clocking results or general instability, given the saving isn't huge you'd have to be mad to buy one IMHO

I believe with the mini-ITX GTX960 and G1 GRX960 its nearly £50 to £60 cheaper for them both.

Gigabyte-Gaming · 22 Oct 2015 at 10:55

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Does the Gigabyte warranty still stand after the months with OcUK are up?

Yes, we give 3 years warranty through our UK RMA but we require a proof of purchase.

Boomstick777 · 22 Oct 2015 at 11:17

EVGAdominik said:
Hi, just for your info. EVGA do give on all KR products three years of warranty, also for second hand user. If you have a copy of the originally invoice you get three years from that date, if not we give three years from the date the card left our warehouse. So if you can find a good deal on a EVGA card at the second hand market it is might worth it. 960/970/980s are just out there for about a year so there would still be about two years of warranty left if you get one second hand.

Good to know, this is awesome

Boomstick777 · 22 Oct 2015 at 11:20

Gigabyte-Gaming said:
Yes, we give 3 years warranty through our UK RMA but we require a proof of purchase.

If you can provide proof that you bought the card from B Grade at OCUK. If there is remaining warranty beyond the 90 days then Gigabyte would cover it?

Jim99 · 22 Oct 2015 at 11:21

Gigabyte-Gaming said:
Yes, we give 3 years warranty through our UK RMA but we require a proof of purchase.

And that stands for B-Grade as well as normal purchases?

currob · 22 Oct 2015 at 11:22

Gigabyte-Gaming said:
Yes, we give 3 years warranty through our UK RMA but we require a proof of purchase.

The proof of purchase is what i am missing, gigabyte have offered to attempt a repair though. Do you think it's worth the cost of sending it in? Are most repair attempts successful?

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 22 Oct 2015 at 13:05

Gigabyte-Gaming said:
Yes, we give 3 years warranty through our UK RMA but we require a proof of purchase.

So after the first 3 months it would be RMA direct to Gigabyte for the remainder of the warranty??

Gigabyte-Gaming · 22 Oct 2015 at 13:29

Boomstick777 said:
If you can provide proof that you bought the card from B Grade at OCUK. If there is remaining warranty beyond the 90 days then Gigabyte would cover it?

Jim99 said:
And that stands for B-Grade as well as normal purchases?

As long as it's within the 3 years.

currob said:
The proof of purchase is what i am missing, gigabyte have offered to attempt a repair though. Do you think it's worth the cost of sending it in? Are most repair attempts successful?

You don't have anything at all?
I don't know if it's worth it, you can probably get a better idea from whoever you are in touch with from RMA.

Boomstick777 · 22 Oct 2015 at 13:38

Gigabyte-Gaming said:
As long as it's within the 3 years.

That's awesome, thanks for confirming.

Gigabyte and EVGA ftw !

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 22 Oct 2015 at 13:59

Thanks!!

MooMoo444 · 22 Oct 2015 at 14:07

EVGAdominik said:
Hi, just for your info. EVGA do give on all KR products three years of warranty, also for second hand user. If you have a copy of the originally invoice you get three years from that date, if not we give three years from the date the card left our warehouse. So if you can find a good deal on a EVGA card at the second hand market it is might worth it. 960/970/980s are just out there for about a year so there would still be about two years of warranty left if you get one second hand.

I love reading the rep posts on here. Fills you with faith to buy, especially eVGA items. So while you weren't talking to me with this, thanks anyway!

Dalandius · 22 Oct 2015 at 21:27

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Dalandius said:

Originally Posted by Dalandius View Post
After 12 months overclockers say it is quicker to deal with them direct, so far with my RMA I have had no problem with them.

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Is that with Gigabyte?

Yes mine is with Gigabyte.

Mensy · 22 Oct 2015 at 22:41

Well i bought a brand new one in the end lol but thanx for all the input guys

akilleazy · 23 Oct 2015 at 12:39

i've had okay experiences of b grade.. my boss got a 970 for just over 200 quid that works great, and I also got a cheap r7 something a while back for someone.. it came damaged, with a bent pcb! but on a part that didn't actually have anything on it and that thing overclocks like crazy

Boomstick777 · 23 Oct 2015 at 16:32

Thanks to the OP for this thread

Now I know Gigabyte will give remaining warranty on B-Grade graphics cards I picked up an 4GB GTX 960 for £110. Got delivered today and working great so far. This will do great as a stop gap until a die shrink finally, eventually arrives..

Geeman1979 · 23 Oct 2015 at 16:34

Yer! good to get some confirmation, long over due.

theaterix · 23 Oct 2015 at 18:40

What are the return policies like on B-Grade items? Do they have the 14 day money back guarantee? For example i bought one of the ROG Swifts, but it came with dead pixels, could i send it back for a full refund?
Also, if i got the B-Grade 980 and it came with an obvious fault what would happen?

I bought an LG 29 inch ultrawide B-Grade a while ago, it looked as though it had been opened, put together and sent back, perfect monitor! Absolute bargain aswell

nashathedog · 23 Oct 2015 at 21:03

Dalandius said:
I could not find my original invoice just a took a picture of my Overclockers online account showing the order and they accepted that as proof.

Good they should do, A screenshot is ample proof.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 23 Oct 2015 at 21:03

Boomstick777 said:
Thanks to the OP for this thread Now I know Gigabyte will give remaining warranty on B-Grade graphics cards I picked up an 4GB GTX 960 for £110. Got delivered today and working great so far. This will do great as a stop gap until a die shrink finally, eventually arrives..

Me too,it was a tad dusty but hopefully it will be fine!