4770k for $199.99 AT MC, 3 days only

ThumperSD said:
Just contacted Microcenter and they was told they cannot hold a store item for you. The i7 4770k is also sold out at the Tustin store.
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Asking the store to hold an item, and ordering for store pickup aren't the same thing...

From MC's website when placing an order on the website for in store pickup:
Your reservation will remain on hold for three calendar days.
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Although it's moot since they are OOS, but now you know for next time :)
 
If anyone is feeling generous and would like to snag one for me I would really appreciate it ! I would pay you for your efforts. The location where my fellow H member was going to get one from is OOS (CA). PM me if so! I'm calling to make sure the CA MC is really OOS.

Edit: got a couple offers nevermind
 
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Hate that I missed this. The damn thing is still the same price on the site and is in stock, but won't let me reserve it now! Argh!
 
Staples: OOS since last nite
BB: OOS last morning
MC: they took out the reserve in store button (just says in store for the add to cart)
NCIX: this thread has info on that
TG: $279 w/ V me or 299
Amazon: $299

I want to know what the regular price on this is from tomm. Is it gonna stay the same or gonna go up?
 
samm said:
MC: they took out the reserve in store button (just says in store for the add to cart)
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It's utter bull-dookie. The 3570k reserves just fine though. I guess they got too many reserves for the 4770k.
 
no offense, but never heard the term "bull-dookie", mind if i use that :)
 
I got one from the Houston store. Mine does 4.5GHz @ 1.29v so it's somewhat of an average chip. A great deal on this CPU. I went ahead and got the $20 replacement plan too, easy enough to walk in the store and get a new one if it breaks.
 
AMD T-type said:
We get it, it runs hot.
Even with the stock cooler the thing might barely hit 80 at full load, which is still over 25C from max temp.

It will be fine, just relax
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With stock heat sink it can get a lot hotter than 80c full load. More like 90 to 105C depending on what type of load you put on it.

Bottom line the 3770k is more than likely priced higher because it runs cooler and is more popular for over clocking.
 
WinSomeLoseNone said:
Shit!

I could have had the UD5H for +$30 more than I paid for the MSI GD-65!

Might actually return the MSI (unopened) as the UD5H is a great board. Although, [H] rated the MSI better..
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The UD5H is 209.99 at MC... I'm still undecided what is a good board to get...stuck between ASRock OC Formula, UD5H, Asus Z87 Pro.
 
TheMadHatterXxX said:
The UD5H is 209.99 at MC... I'm still undecided what is a good board to get...stuck between ASRock OC Formula, UD5H, Asus Z87 Pro.
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I'd buy the UD5H from Newegg which is = in price to the GD65 at MC. I would lose the $30 combo but GD65 vs UD5H is no contest, also no tax.

Well, I want whatever board is going to allow the highest OC.

From what I've seen the more power phases the better the OC.

The board I got (GD65) has 12. The UD5H and other slightly more expensive boards have 16 power phases which can allow for a higher more stable OC.

I'm not touching Asus due to their terrible CS so the UD5H is my only other pick (Asrock boards are ugly).
 
DeadSkull said:
$190 for this piece : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128593
$200 for 4770k at MC
$60-$80 for 8Gb DDR3 2400.

Not bad. Hopefully MC brings back the $200 price for 4770k for the Cyber Monday week.
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Don`t get me wrong here as bring this kind of deal back is great, but I don`t think theyre gonna be doing any 4770K deals anytime soon. I think 2 years ago, MC did the same thing before a major consumer day (BF) and their BF ad was horrible for CPUs.

They're might be a chance of the deal on the 4670K tho, as its price wasn't dropped.
 
WinSomeLoseNone said:
I'd buy the UD5H from Newegg which is = in price to the GD65 at MC. I would lose the $30 combo but GD65 vs UD5H is no contest, also no tax.

Well, I want whatever board is going to allow the highest OC.

From what I've seen the more power phases the better the OC.

The board I got (GD65) has 12. The UD5H and other slightly more expensive boards have 16 power phases which can allow for a higher more stable OC.

I'm not touching Asus due to their terrible CS so the UD5H is my only other pick (Asrock boards are ugly).
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Hmmmm you may have won me over on the UD5H..i just needed a little push. :)
 
TheMadHatterXxX said:
Hmmmm you may have won me over on the UD5H..i just needed a little push. :)
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Overclocking with Haswell is much more CPU dependent than Mobo dependent.

Check out the [H] reviews for each board.

MSI GD65

GB UD5H

While the UD5H may be more highly regarded, the MSI GD65 allowed for a higher OC @ lower voltage and more importantly, 2400MHz RAM vs 1600MHz on the UD5H.

I'm going to keep the MSI as I already have it and prefer the looks.

**[H] seems to generally favor the MSI board over the GB, as always YMMV.
 
If I'm not CPU overclocking, but want to run ddr3-1866 cas 10, should I be ok ? how about ddr3-2133 cas 11 or ddr3-1600 cas 9?
 
AMD T-type said:
Asking the store to hold an item, and ordering for store pickup aren't the same thing...

From MC's website when placing an order on the website for in store pickup:


Although it's moot since they are OOS, but now you know for next time :)
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Yea you can't place the order online since it says they are OOS, however they are not OOS.
I think they are doing it that way on purpose.
 
Robstar said:
If I'm not CPU overclocking, but want to run ddr3-1866 cas 10, should I be ok ? how about ddr3-2133 cas 11 or ddr3-1600 cas 9?
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I just went with DDR3-2400 C10 cause is wasn't much more expensive than 2133.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313325

however they also have some PC1600 C9 on sale
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148545

The Balistix is a better deal, and should OC since it's only running 1.5v. However I still opted for the 2400 C10 since BF4 and Haswell / Z87 seems to love higher speed memory. If your not even concerned with Overclocking the CPU, then the cheaper stuff would work fine I'm sure.
 
Justintoxicated said:
I just went with DDR3-2400 C10 cause is wasn't much more expensive than 2133.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313325

however they also have some PC1600 C9 on sale
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148545

The Balistix is a better deal, and should OC since it's only running 1.5v. However I still opted for the 2400 C10 since BF4 and Haswell / Z87 seems to love higher speed memory. If your not even concerned with Overclocking the CPU, then the cheaper stuff would work fine I'm sure.
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I thought haswell wasn't supposed to use 1.65v memory? Egg has 1866-cl10 (1.5v), 2 * 8GB for $110.
 
Robstar said:
I thought haswell wasn't supposed to use 1.65v memory? Egg has 1866-cl10 (1.5v), 2 * 8GB for $110.
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Anything over 1.5 (+0.05) is out of Intel spec.

Nearly everyone who OCs will exceed this. Plenty of people are using 1.6-1.65 and some thrill seekers even run 1.7, though I wouldn't do that.
 
Any idea if Micro Center is going to be doing this deal for the next two weeks?
 
I have the 4770k and Gigabyte UD4H sitting here unopened. Even at this price, I'm not sure if the upgrade is worth it over my 3570k and UD5H.
 
Mikerocks2112 said:
I have the 4770k and Gigabyte UD4H sitting here unopened. Even at this price, I'm not sure if the upgrade is worth it over my 3570k and UD5H.
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My CPU is shit..i can't get it past 4.4 ghz @ 1.3v...I tried 4.5 Ghz @ 1.32v and craps out Prime95...preliminary attempts.

Think maybe I'll disable HT and try again but what's the point of an upgrade then. :-/
 
DeadSkull said:
Any idea if Micro Center is going to be doing this deal for the next two weeks?
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This sale was advertised as "Pre-Cyber Monday Sale" so I could see it going back to this price on Cyber Monday (Dec 2nd) and maybe even Black Friday. After that I wouldn't expect to see it again at $200 anytime soon, it will probably drop to $230 from $280 after BF as other Intel CPUs in this product slot in the past.
 
Mikerocks2112 said:
I have the 4770k and Gigabyte UD4H sitting here unopened. Even at this price, I'm not sure if the upgrade is worth it over my 3570k and UD5H.
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I've seen these deals come up pretty often and I got my 2500k from the local MC before they closed shop. The newest chipset and cpu's are %'s faster, but offer little that I need. I opted to pick up a 2600k as an "upgrade" and kick my 2500k down to my wife to avoid any platform migration headaches. I've been on this trusty P67 setup since Sandy launched and feel no real need to upgrade yet. Were I in your shoes... I'd prolly sell the 4770k. ;)
 
voklskier4452 said:
they should open one up in NH and I would probably make the drive. But having to drive 3 hours each and having to pay tax to get a MC kills it. Waiting for retail edge like a boss.
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Voklskier: I live in Gloucester, MA. & it takes me almost an hour to get to Cambridge with all that city traffic. I only use MC for combo motherboard/CPU deals. Picked up a AMD 6400K APU & MSI MB for $69.99. Great deal for a WINXP build for older games.
 
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