B-Grade what does it mean?

RJC · 7 May 2009 at 22:27

Very nice

Art · 7 May 2009 at 22:37

To the people that have bought B-grade mobos: how hard/easy is it to get your hands on an I/O shield?

I ordered a B-grade Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P this morning and going by the price of it I'm expecting just the mobo itself. As long as it's not physically damaged that's grand, I have SATA cables and I can get the manual etc. from the manufacturers website, but the I/O shield would be handy if I can get it for a reasonable price.

Assuming that I got to the board first, that is. I ordered it at 10am and it's still in the queue for packing, so hopefully someone else hasn't nabbed it before me...!

Richdog · 7 May 2009 at 22:39

B-grade = pot luck basically... you either get a bargain or a dud.

Cristian · 7 May 2009 at 23:50

however, if you're ordering a cpu, gpu, ram or mobo you can't really go wrong, can you?
I mean there may be scratches on a case that make it look bad and stuff, but most internal components considering the warranty, what can actually go wrong lol.

JTrickle · 8 May 2009 at 17:07

I scanned this thread a day or two ago, and thought you had posted a pic of your carpet... or flop wall paper.

JTrickle · 8 May 2009 at 17:08

Art said:
To the people that have bought B-grade mobos: how hard/easy is it to get your hands on an I/O shield?

Very easy on the unmentionable harbour of Eees. However the rip off prices they charge (£7-8) is more than a little upsetting for a piece of thin metal/tin/whatever.

mjones1 · 8 May 2009 at 19:40

I got a I/O shield free from msi.

Ravane · 8 May 2009 at 21:33

Had pretty good luck with B-Grade stuff. Both my mobo and CPU are still working.

alex24 · 8 May 2009 at 21:41

cristi said:
however, if you're ordering a cpu, gpu, ram or mobo you can't really go wrong, can you?
I mean there may be scratches on a case that make it look bad and stuff, but most internal components considering the warranty, what can actually go wrong lol.

Be careful, I bought an Asus P5Q Pro on b-grade recently and although I reckon it still has manufacturers warranty, it's not honored by OcUK or Asus. OcUK give a stiff 14-days to return an item, and Asus won't deal with customers directly with mainboards. So i'm left with a duff board because it ran at stock settings for a month and then decided to **** out, though it never overclocked well from the start.

Go with a manufacturer with whom you can talk to and get it sorted under warranty.

Just a heads up chaps

Cristian · 9 May 2009 at 02:27

auch then.
is there any way to find out if you've got any warranty left besides those 14 days before actually buying an item?

Psypher5 · 9 May 2009 at 10:58

i got some goldring dr150's. The left hand side ear has a slight crack (about a cm long) but thats it. They didnt even look used (or sound used as they sounded pap when i got them, now they sound immense)

Not bad for half price though

Christo · 5 Nov 2010 at 19:18

Just ordered a motherboard, came with no,cd, instructions box etc, that's fine but it came with no sata cables, how annoying! Shouldn't this be included, you can hardly use a motherboard without cables..

JasonM · 5 Nov 2010 at 19:38

Last year I purchased a B grade GTX 260 from OCUK. I paid £99 when they were still selling other 260's for £150+

I asked at counter and it was just a stock clearance. The item was boxed unopened, and full warranty.

It does help if you can collect, and you can ask/see in person what your getting before parting with money.

Bane · 21 Nov 2010 at 11:49

alexhull24 said:
Be careful, I bought an Asus P5Q Pro on b-grade recently and although I reckon it still has manufacturers warranty, it's not honored by OcUK or Asus. OcUK give a stiff 14-days to return an item, and Asus won't deal with customers directly with mainboards. So i'm left with a duff board because it ran at stock settings for a month and then decided to **** out, though it never overclocked well from the start.

Go with a manufacturer with whom you can talk to and get it sorted under warranty.

Just a heads up chaps

Good info about manufactures that don't provide a direct RMA service.

I was wondering how other manufacturers deal with B grade items warranty? As they could say it's classed as second hand so warranty is invalid.

Does it list B grade on paper invoice you get?

fiveub · 21 Nov 2010 at 14:34

It will say B-Grade on the invoice.

questforquiet · 21 Nov 2010 at 16:02

Bane said:
Good info about manufactures that don't provide a direct RMA service.

I was wondering how other manufacturers deal with B grade items warranty? As they could say it's classed as second hand so warranty is invalid.

Does it list B grade on paper invoice you get?

That Asus info might be out of date?

Check out this thread
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18208017

The guy states he emailed Asus a copy of invoice and Asus stated the motherboard was in warranty

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B-Grade what does it mean?