Intel Employee Purchases rock!

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Connundrum1

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Just ordered a Q6600 Retail for $140 shipped! My Dad has worked at Intel for 10 years and has never looked into the Employee Purchase Program. Deals on mobos suck but there are like 5 Cpus' including the QX6850 which are 50% off. Looks like my main rig is getting an upgrade. Any suggestions on a good Quad capable mobo for no more then $100?

If you know anyone who works at intel have them look at the store on Intel Circuit and buy a couple of these.







 
/lurks in background.

It is meant for family. Processors can't be sold for 3 years after purchase.

Abuse of the program leads to termination.
 
ICE_9 said:
/lurks in background.

It is meant for family. Processors can't be sold for 3 years after purchase.

Abuse of the program leads to termination.
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Oh, I know. I have an agreement with Kicker car audio like that.
 
You can bet my first question to my dad was how many he can get at that price. But i guess they kinda track sales, if one guy buys too many then they get suspicious.
 
Connundrum1 said:
Just ordered a Q6600 Retail for $140 shipped! My Dad has worked at Intel for 10 years and has never looked into the Employee Purchase Program. Deals on mobos suck but there are like 5 Cpus' including the QX6850 which are 50% off. Looks like my main rig is getting an upgrade. Any suggestions on a good Quad capable mobo for no more then $100?

If you know anyone who works at intel have them look at the store on Intel Circuit and buy a couple of these.







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Tell your dad to look up "CLP". ;)
 
I don't plan on abusing it, but they didn't put a limit on the amount he could order, it allowed him to add multiple to his shopping cart. I also don't plan on selling any for profit since I'd prefer to keep whatever number we could order.
 
Connundrum1 said:
Just ordered a Q6600 Retail for $140 shipped! My Dad has worked at Intel for 10 years and has never looked into the Employee Purchase Program. Deals on mobos suck but there are like 5 Cpus' including the QX6850 which are 50% off. Looks like my main rig is getting an upgrade. Any suggestions on a good Quad capable mobo for no more then $100?

If you know anyone who works at intel have them look at the store on Intel Circuit and buy a couple of these.

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127031

59.99 after MIR

Excellent quality much better then Gigabyte.

 
The Employee Purchase Program sucked back when I worked for them. Glad to see it has gotten better. I still have friends and family working there, might have them hook me up when I get some spare funds for another boxen.

 
I read that wrong. I thought you said Intel Employee Purchases rock. For a moment there I was wondering what kind of rock an Intel employee may have bought.

 
Sunin said:
I have that mobo... build quality is less than that of the ABIT IP35-E I linked you earlier... IMHO. I really liked the ABIT quality.. the Gigabyte NB and SB Heatsinks were loose...

Abit was nice and tight and overall like the layout...

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My Abit IP35-E won't see ANY IDE device on boot, hell it isn't even in the BIOS.

Good board, but you better have all SATA stuff. (I didn't) :mad:

 
Kendrak said:
My Abit IP35-E won't see ANY IDE device on boot, hell it isn't even in the BIOS.

Good board, but you better have all SATA stuff. (I didn't) :mad:

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LOL weird I do have all sata so I didn't notice that quirk! Good call if that is an issue... was that with the most recent bios?
 
Sunin said:
LOL weird I do have all sata so I didn't notice that quirk! Good call if that is an issue... was that with the most recent bios?
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Probably not. But If you cant get you IDE CD-ROM to work or a HDD to get an OS on your still hosed :p

 
Just in case intel reads these forums ... ICE 9 game me CPU that he stole from work ....



MUAHHHHH ......j/k


 
Just in case some of you are wondering about any new CPUs being available for those "in the business" ---- nothing new there. I just checked.
 
Sunin said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127031

59.99 after MIR

Excellent quality much better then Gigabyte.

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I second the IP35-e. I just got it to run my third quad. Easy overclocking and lots of options to tweak if you feel like it.

Crazy Larry said:
This is also a very solid board - 5 stars on Newegg.com and winner of a Customer Choice award $89

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard
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I will no longer recommend this board. I figured it would be a great board as well since it's just a stripped down version of my much loved P35-DS3R. However, After I got the DS3L I found I could not overclock with it. Anytime I manually set the FSB, even if it was the stock 266mhz, the board would freak out and reset everything to default. Let's just say I was not a happy camper. Luckily, I have someone who doesn't overclock that is buying the board off of me. What disappointed me the most is that a buddy of mine has the DS3L and my old E6400 and it overclocks just fine in his board. I'm not the only one with these problems either.

 
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