GIGABYTE ripped me off

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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

http://www.takealot.com/gigabyte-ga-b85m-hd3-motherboard-socket-1150/PLID28004715

When I received the products and started the build I noticed the boards look different to the images posted on the site:

Picture from Takealot

http://media3.takealot.com/covers/covers/29793561/534419b4b944a-zoom.jpg?1396964759

Picture of motherboard I received.

http://i.imgur.com/kjK4eb4.jpg

Seems a whole lot of capacitors are missing and there are less choke's too can you spot the difference ?. Whats even more upsetting when I checked my B85M-HD3 it has the same issue, the board is not as advertised on Takealot.
Picture from Takealot

http://media3.takealot.com/covers/covers/29789848/51d561c46c19d-zoom.jpg?1372931495

Picture of motherboard I received.

http://i.imgur.com/DrEYX0s.jpg


Feeling kinda ripped off, both boards work but are not as promoted on the site I purchased them from.
 
Uhm ... notice the revision numbers on the corner of those boards?

Motherboards are revised, usually for the better, and thus you have a revision 2 version while the online images are for the 1st version.

You can always compare the model revisions side-by-side spec wise on the Gigabyte site to see if any short changing has actually occurred.
 
Yes I did buy on spec, blow is copied from the Takealot site: the main item missing from what I recived is the second BIOS. The images are just to show you the difference in what was posted versus what I recived.

Specifications:
Gigabyte P85-D3: B85 Express Chipset: Socket LGA1150, 2.5GT/s DMI, Supports 4th Generation Core i5, Core i7 LGA 1150 Processors Only
- 4x DDR3-1333+ Slots (Dual Channel - 32GB Max),
- 2x SATA2,
- 4x SATA3
- 8x USB 2.0 (4 On Back Panel, 4x Cable)
- 4x USB 3.0 (2x On Back Panel, 2x Cable)
- Intel HD Graphics (On CPU)
- 1x PCI Express x16, 1x PCI Express x4,
- 1x PCI Express x1,
- 4x PCI Slot,
- Realtek Gigabit LAN,
- 7.1 Channel HD Audio
- Graphics Requires Core i5-4xxx / Core i7-4xxx With Graphics Support On The CPU

Rear IO Panel Display Ports Available:
- HDMI Port

Ultra Durable 4 Classic Features:
- New Glass Fabric PCB,
- High ESD Resistance & Anti-Surge IC's,
- Dual UEFI BIOS,
- All Solid Capacitors,
- Lower RDS(on) MOSFET
 
The Gigabyte site states that both revisions have Dual UEFI BIOSes...

And you can see both in your picture of the board you received... M_BIOS and B_BIOS.

dualBios.jpg

and

dualBioss.jpg

notsohappy said:
Yes I did buy on spec, blow is copied from the Takealot site: the main item missing from what I recived is the second BIOS. The images are just to show you the difference in what was posted versus what I recived.

Specifications:
Gigabyte P85-D3: B85 Express Chipset: Socket LGA1150, 2.5GT/s DMI, Supports 4th Generation Core i5, Core i7 LGA 1150 Processors Only
- 4x DDR3-1333+ Slots (Dual Channel - 32GB Max),
- 2x SATA2,
- 4x SATA3
- 8x USB 2.0 (4 On Back Panel, 4x Cable)
- 4x USB 3.0 (2x On Back Panel, 2x Cable)
- Intel HD Graphics (On CPU)
- 1x PCI Express x16, 1x PCI Express x4,
- 1x PCI Express x1,
- 4x PCI Slot,
- Realtek Gigabit LAN,
- 7.1 Channel HD Audio
- Graphics Requires Core i5-4xxx / Core i7-4xxx With Graphics Support On The CPU

Rear IO Panel Display Ports Available:
- HDMI Port

Ultra Durable 4 Classic Features:
- New Glass Fabric PCB,
- High ESD Resistance & Anti-Surge IC's,
- Dual UEFI BIOS,
- All Solid Capacitors,
- Lower RDS(on) MOSFET
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You bought a Rev 2 board.. not Rev 1...

This is not Gigabyte that ripped you off. This is you not doing enough research. At worst, Takealot should have an updated product image, but the features are accurate from what I can tell.
 
oh dear, another "let me join mybb and bitch about how much I've been ripped off because I stuffed up thread" :rolleyes:
 
Lol, guy complains about getting a rev2 board instead of a rev1 board, really?
 
D3athD00r said:
And he blames Gigabyte, not takelot.
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I did contact Takealot, they said they get the info for the product from GIGABYTE via the distributor. At first I did think it was their fault but as posted below they seem to out of this loop and have little control on the info posted on their site. Also to be fair to them they did offer to credit me so I dont think its at all their fault.
 
GIGABYTE ripped me off
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So to summarize.

1.) Gigabyte did not rip you off.

2.) The picture on the Takealot website could maybe have been updated, but the chances are high that they were not aware or informed of this change.

Personally I would have seen that there are 2 versions on Gigabytes website and first confirmed with Takealot as to which revision they were going to be supplying.

Still, they seem like a decent pair of motherboards :)
 
dualmeister said:
So to summarize.

1.) Gigabyte did not rip you off.

2.) The picture on the Takealot website could maybe have been updated, but the chances are high that they were not aware or informed of this change.

Personally I would have seen that there are 2 versions on Gigabytes website and first confirmed with Takealot as to which revision they were going to be supplying.

Still, they seem like a decent pair of motherboards :)
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1. If rev2 is underperfoming he was ripped off

2. Takelot should refund him in good faith if he so wishes, if there is a real difference between what they advertised and what they sold
 
One lives and one learns it seems...

Pffft... supermarkets cutting down on item quantity for same price with no indication thereof, now trusted PC component manufacturers skimping on components without any clear notification thereof too.

That uk.hardware test seems to indicate a performance hit with the 2.x revision.

If there is definitely no Dual BIOS on these revisions despite being listed on the site as a feature and printed on the actual boards, then this is unforgivable.

Yes, it may seem trivial on lower tier motherboard, but let us not just accept this as a precedent and the new norm.

These changes should be clearly indicated and these omissions should boldly stated.

/meh
 
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