** OcUK HAS 21 CUSTOM GTX 1080 MODELS READY FOR PRE-ORDER !! **

[Gibbo]

still waiting for dispatch on my inno3d x4 yet theyre in stocking the shop , hoping they actually honour the preorders before online sales this time would be the 2nd time i see my card go out of stock.

Of course that is how it works, only reason this would not happen would be if your order has another item out of stock or there is a payment issue. I would advice you call the shop to double check it will ship today to ensure there is no problem with the order.

 

[Gibbo]

Gibbo . wonder how many people preordered the Waterforce Xtreme as I might swap my Xtreme to Waterforce version .

I think they are all pre-sold sorry buddy.

 

[Gibbo]

OMG, KFA2 actually shipped HOF cards, BOOOOM!

Very small amount of 1070 left at killer price!

 

[Gibbo]

HI Gibbo,

I ordered my Amp Extreme 1080 on the 27th (5 weeks ago!) and am wondering when roughly i'll recieve it??

I am apparently number 5 in line last time i rang.

Thanks!

PPS. I paid by PayPal, and the money shows as a payment on my Paypal account, but hasn't left my account yet, any ideas?

Hopeful they are on todays shipment, warehouse are working hard and will move to Zotac once Palit is finished as Zotac is our biggest 10 series delivery to date.

But it makes me happy to check 1070 section and see nearly all cards listed as in stock!

We even have a lot of custom 1080's in stock now too.

 

[Gibbo]

Gibbo, apologies if you have said this already but are you expecting any EVGA 1080 FTW in todays shipment? (working so cant really go through much of the thread to look for answer)

No.
EVGA have only ever shipped us 50pc SC so far on custom 1080, we have had no further shipments of custom cards from EVGA since this on 1080 custom design.
50pc FTW arrive middle of next week, fingers crossed, but we have around 300ish sold, though it was originally 500+ but a lot of customers changed their orders.

 

[Gibbo]

@Gibbo. Any news on when the Gigabyte Xtreme will come in?

Also whats your opinion on the stacked Gigabyte Xtreme vs the Zotec AMP Extreme?

Thanks

Prefer Zotac personally but you should make your own decision.

 

[Gibbo]

Marathon not a sprint Gibbo.

We will make up ground in next 2-3 weeks I promise.

Ben

Cheers buddy we have confidence soon all will be well again.

 

[Gibbo]

Gibbo, if I was to swap my FTW for Gaming X, how much if anything extra would I have to pay? Also, would it be an issue if I paid any extra on a different card?

The price you paid plus the extra or less for the different card. Call sales they will action for you.

 

[Gibbo]

it looks like OC are working overtime to ship stuff today. Thanks guys, much appreciated!

Yes due to RX 480 launch and huge amount of 10 series arriving, we've had close to 3000 orders to get shipped out today, hence overtime.

 

[Gibbo]

Gibbo - any comment on the call I had with MSI that suggest they don't have the OC pre-orders for Aero? What did they say when you spoke to them?

MSI have PO's from us on every SKU, they have already delivered Aero, albeit small amounts.

 

[Gibbo]

I got tired waiting for my GTX 1080 to arrive from the local store in Belgium (ordered on the 28th of May!!). I saw that the MSI GTX 1080 Gaming G8 was available from OC UK last week I quickly wanted to order. Only to see this store does not ship to Belgium Why? You are even shipping to some obscure countries!!!

It is for tax reasons I believe, to ship to a certain country we have to do a set amount of business and the accounts side of the business then has to do a lot of work for legal reasons regarding tax.

Unfortunately Belgium is not an option for us.

 

[Gibbo]

Yes this is getting beyond a Joke. ASUS..... On Wednesday of this month it will be a one month since Pre Order of Asus Strix 1080. It seems Strix customers have been well and truly shafted and the ASUS Strix launch an absolute shambles to say the least. Ive been a valid ASUS customer for over 15 years.

Can we have a update to this please Gibbo?

I have screamed at Asus this morning and am still awaiting an update, trust me I am pushing them very hard for some kind of update.

 

[Gibbo]

Gigabyte looking after the competition before OCUK, what gives? Shame they are charging an absurd price for the xtreme or I'd had bought one and cancelled here.

Gigabyte shipped us Waterforce and Extreme Premier pack and more G1 on 1080, unfortunately it seems our shipment was short as arrived last week, so either stolen by couriers or the rest will be delivered later or tomorrow. This is now being investigated with couriers.

Asus still no response and still pushing them.

 

[Gibbo]

Does Gigabyte get more money for each standard 1080 Xtreme from competitors ?
It seems it''s in stock there but much more expensive.
Unless it''s also PP but they just forgot to add info.

Gibbo, do you have good or any relationship with guys at Gigabyte to find out please ?

The competitor is PP stock, Gigabyte confirmed, so an error in listing on their part.

Our stock was due Friday, but seems to be lost, we were expecting close to 50 units which would have covered all backorders. Our warehouse and Gigabyte are investigating as they may need to make an insurance claim as nearly 200 cards have gone missing.

 

[Gibbo]

Asus update:

1070 Strix OC: 100+ this week!
1070 Strix: 100+ this week!

1080 Strix OC: 50 this week
1080 Strix: 100+ this week.


Better than previous weeks, but still not great, expected later this week, they are working on an update as I mentioned their statement of 1000 units of 1080 this week and that this seems to fall far short, looks like someone got a bit ahead of themselves.

 

[Gibbo]

The way I see it, prices are going to fall once EVGA and alike pump their cards out in full and that seems to be happening soon. The EVGA and MSI cards win hands down now that we know overclocking is a non-factor and will be cheaper than the strix.

If it's a choice between supporting continual delays for a product I have no faith in or waiting slightly longer for EVGA or MSI, I'll probably switch.

Think about it, if there are issues with these ASUS cards, what's to say it won't die within the next 3 years? We have no idea what the problem is, all we know is there is one. How much do you trust their products and customer service?

Why do the EVGA cards win out of interest?

I sell them all but if it was my money for me it would be Zotac Extreme cards or the yet to be released EVGA Classified.

Prices will only fall by large chunks (£50 and more) if exchange rates improve. Otherwise price movements will be small as the increases are due to exchange rates.

We need exchange rates back to 1.45 or a reduction in USD cost to bring prices down. Either could happen but right now is too early to predict, I would certainly like them to come down because with lower prices we will sell more fact, but until our cost lowers by either a reduction in USD cost or GBP strengthening against dollar we have no interest in reducing cost to sell more to simply make no profit.

 

[Gibbo]

200 units gone missing. WOW
Guys, admit who had enough of waiting and figured out a way to lay hands on 200 cards.

Unless those are the units that competition is now selling

Thanks for the update Gibbo

Who knows, couriers make errors and could have shipped them elsewhere, but hopefully our stock is just miss-laid in the depot and will be with us in a couple of days.

 

[Gibbo]

Like I said earlier other competitor has EVGA 1080 SC in stock. FTW would be available tomorrow there as well. Hope OCUK can have there's as well. Need my FTW now. A month and 7 days waiting is a complete joke now. Please can I have my GPU I paid for may 27.

FAO: EVGA BEN

Ben promised that OcUK customers would be looked after, he knows how many we have pre-sold, so I am sure he must have sent some stock our way to get cards into customers hands rather than sat on the shelf at a competitor who clearly does not have the pre-orders.

Hopefully Ben has sent us stock and it will be here in a day or two? Ben whats the score buddy as I have so lost track of what is incoming, is stock en-route to OcUK so those who have faithfully placed pre-orders and parted with cash will also get cards this week?

 

[Gibbo]

Should have just ordered the standard Strix and OC'd myself. Can you share how many of those Strix OC are going to systems and how many to individuals?

I won't get mine either way but its a difference of climbing 50 places or 15.

They go in date order, so based on the date when order was placed irrelevent of system or not.

 

[Gibbo]

Any update to msi Gaming x Gtx 1080?

MSI are coming to OcUK HQ tomorrow, to go through all SKU's as now it is getting confusing trying to keep track of 100 different 10 series cards.

So MSI should have answers tomorrow, including Aero.