Ocuk gfx card issue

[canuseemygrapes]

So my friend bought a Gigabyte 1080ti with an ek bloack and backplate fitted, £850

With much excitement we removed his 780ti sli setup (also under water) and attempted to slip the new card in place.
Wouldn't go in, by about half a slot. Upon examination of the card, we found to our utter horror....

Screws missing, the incredible i/o shield, fitted so well it buckles the pcb. I dont know what to really say about that. Also had enough thermal goop to drown a pair of xeons (not photo'd)

Spent about the next hour taking the card apart so I could make 100% that it was actually built correctly.
Once you see this kind of incompetence you cant trust the workmanship of the item at all..

Now looks like,

Im not going to name and shame either the builder, nor the quality control. But I feels words should be had.

 

[FloppyPoppy]

So just for clarity and to avoid some confusion ( mainly for myself ) are you trying to say that your friend ordered a pre water blocked card from ocuk and it was delivered like that? It does look like something someone could " overlook " especially if not test fitting it in a system.

 

[canuseemygrapes]

Yes this card was purchased from ocuk, with a water jacket and backplate fitted by themselves.
My friend thought we would have enough to do without building the card up ourselves... rip

 

[ED209]

I would have sent it back for the money your friend spent on it.

Like every company things can be missed and ocuk are quite good at replacing things quickly.