What's up with B-Grade?

[cavemanoc]

I used to love browsing the B-Grade section, lots of great hardware at knock down prices (might have been missing bits, but with guys like DFI happy to replace them free, always a winner ) But recently it seems to be getting a bit silly. Is it just poor maintenance, or is something wrong?

**B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus NCQ 80GB SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (BG-002-SE) £42.11 inc vat

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80GB ST3808110AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-051-SE) £34.02 inc vat

Seems a bit silly to pay an extra £8.09 for an older model that's not 100%

And then there's the derisory changes to the price:

**B Grade** Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-069-WD)
was £145.95
now £145.79

A whole 16p saving for the sake of losing the warranty and the new kit smell?

And my personal favourite

**B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB ST3250823A ATA-100 8MB Cache - OEM (BG-023-SE)
Was £59.95
Now £61.59

It's actually worth more as **B Grade**? I know that works for collectables like stamps, but hardware

I think more careful vetting of the prices might be in order, unless I'm missing something - real shame - I was hoping to pick up some kit this morning.

 

[nO}{8]

cavemanoc you are the best! what else do you do in your spare time?

 

[cavemanoc]

ahhh paternity leave - what else can I do while the little guy's sleeping

BTW, for the record, the Mobo section still fills me with hope - think I might have to get one of these:

**B Grade** DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (BG-010-DF)
Was £129.95
Now £75.00

Now that's more like it!