So I recently purchased a GIGABYTE P85-D3 from takealot. The idea was to build a cheap PC for my little brother to play minecraft on. I also purchased a smaller board to make a media center with.
http://www.takealot.com/gigabyte-p85-d3-socket-1150-atx-motherboard/PLID28007049...
In the past I've had good success with Gigabyte components, so bought a new GA-P67A-UD4-B3 motherboard via Wootware about a month ago. Two weeks later it failed. So, ok, stuff happens, even to good manufacturers. I returned it, and Rectron (the SA distributor for Gigabyte) confirmed that it had...