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B-GRADE Products and what they have! ** Discussion **
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Why did the Z68X-UD4 go from £35 to about £70?
Originally the "saving" became the price due to a system error so many losses on boards sold. this has now been sorted however at £70 the board is still good value
Soldato
Must admit, personally I have never had an issue with not having an I/O shield on previous builds. Only slight issue is grounding the sockets but EM radiation no problem.
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i went downstairs to get my wallet and when i came back upstairs - the price had doubled
- so i didnt bother
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i went downstairs to get my wallet and when i came back upstairs - the price had doubled
A couple of posts above
Associate
Any chance you could update the list, its been over 2 weeks.
Man of Honour
Is the manufacturers warranty affected on B-Grade products ?
Soldato
I got omne of these yesterday :
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-249-GI&groupid=595&catid=689&subcat=
Board is actually the S2V-B3 version. Looked in mint condition in a mint box. Works great only slight issue is it had the wrong I/O shield in the box, looked like a shiled for the regular S2-B3
Very happy tho works great
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-249-GI&groupid=595&catid=689&subcat=
Board is actually the S2V-B3 version. Looked in mint condition in a mint box. Works great only slight issue is it had the wrong I/O shield in the box, looked like a shiled for the regular S2-B3
Very happy tho works great
Associate
Would be nice if they did wouldn't it? It's been 3 weeks now but maybe this is OCUKs legendary "customer service" in action.
Soldato
Yeah would like to know this also ?
Soldato
B grade stuff ive had before has had the remainder of the manufacturer warranty, at least the HDD i had that died a year later did
Soldato
I got omne of these yesterday :
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-249-GI&groupid=595&catid=689&subcat=
Board is actually the S2V-B3 version. Looked in mint condition in a mint box. Works great only slight issue is it had the wrong I/O shield in the box, looked like a shiled for the regular S2-B3
Very happy tho works great
Ah, same here.
Originally the "saving" became the price due to a system error so many losses on boards sold. this has now been sorted however at £70 the board is still good value
That'd explain the price jumps, was thinking WTH, they've gone up a fair bit!
I got omne of these yesterday :
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-249-GI&groupid=595&catid=689&subcat=
Board is actually the S2V-B3 version. Looked in mint condition in a mint box. Works great only slight issue is it had the wrong I/O shield in the box, looked like a shiled for the regular S2-B3
Very happy tho works great
I've just got one of these and now have to RMA it as one of the socket pins are bent and the cost to send it back I might as well payed an extra £10 on top that and got it new.
This is the second time now something was clearly broken but sent to me. The other time was a Socket A motherboard years ago, the mouse/keyboard ps2 connector was bent out of shape to it's side.
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I've just got one of these and now have to RMA it as one of the socket pins are bent and the cost to send it back I might as well payed an extra £10 on top that and got it new.
This is the second time now something was clearly broken but sent to me. The other time was a Socket A motherboard years ago, the mouse/keyboard ps2 connector was bent out of shape to it's side.
I must admit i did have a very close look at mine as i thought one of the pins looked odd.
I couldnt say 100% that its not bent however it works fine so im happy to keep it.
I'm glad your's is working well I saw your post when I ordered mine so was quite hopeful that all would be ok, I was just about to install it checked the backplate which didn''t match up (Just like your's) and once I took the socket protector off and looking closely I could see it wasn't right.
But to add some balance to this thread I've purchased a Dell 2007FP factory repack from a competitor and saved about £150 back when they where still quite new and never been so happy with it as I'm still using it today. Also had a B-Grade/ex-display again from a competitor s775 motherboard that arrrvied like new and worked great for year's till I sold it to upgrade.
So yeah there may be a increased risk in the item being faulty over a new product but you take the chance and in some cases you can save quite abit of money.
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can u check for me what the Z77x UD5H has with it please?