The Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 board works also. Comes to $119.99, plus tax, minus $10 MIR.
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Microcenter: i5 2500k - $149.99 Instant
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Hmm... was going to wait until Ivy to upgrade the C2Q, but I should be able to get $150 for the 790i and Q9450.... that would make it a $100 or so upgrade. I'm thinking I'll take the wife out to the city tomorrow and oh while I'm there stumble upon this deal. 
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Hmm... was going to wait until Ivy to upgrade the C2Q, but I should be able to get $150 for the 790i and Q9450.... that would make it a $100 or so upgrade. I'm thinking I'll take the wife out to the city tomorrow and oh while I'm there stumble upon this deal.
Deal will be gone by tomorrow. Take your wife out NOW!
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oh my where is a microcenter when u need one
Wow lol. The MC in Central Chicago has 47 in stock, they just received a shipment of 25 today.
No, he is playing it just fine at 1920x1200, 25-30 outside, 30-35 inside.
Its not as CPU instensive as everyone thinks.
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i dont understand, its a net $15.....it cost that much to go pick up
$180 + tax. The "regular price" for a 2500K at Microcenter (the least expensive place to buy I think) is $179.99, no? Or in other words and to be more specific, $179.99 + $17.54 = $197.53.
So, $164.61 vs. ~$197.53 or a net $33 difference.
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got it with the cheap MSI board for only $19 after the instant $40 off to use on a spare G620 laying around. perfect combo considering the mobo is almost free and the CPU is by far lowest price anywhere. I did online purchase for store pickup so they should honor it for a week with no rush to run to the store.
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oh yea, added the linkworld mATX open box case for $12 too, can't really beat that either for the spare cheap G620 build.
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just FYI I just called them and they stated it has to be physically picked up today to get the special price. even if you order it online and your reservation says $149, when you get it the next day they will raise the price. they also will not accept payment over the phone.
not very friendly! I also asked if I could pick up 1 for myself and 1 for my brother if he called while I was there to confirm I was picking it up for him and even have him pay with his own credit card and they said no, lol. not finding many loopholes for this deal, the houston store has tons in-stock too. if they were looser I would pick up all 30 of them and sell to forum members at cost.
not very friendly! I also asked if I could pick up 1 for myself and 1 for my brother if he called while I was there to confirm I was picking it up for him and even have him pay with his own credit card and they said no, lol. not finding many loopholes for this deal, the houston store has tons in-stock too. if they were looser I would pick up all 30 of them and sell to forum members at cost.
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most retailers dont accept payment over the phone bro, it directly contradicts their policy on verifying identity of a card holder, if they just took any credit card info over the phone from just anyone they would be sued in a hurry. I'm glad they don't do that to be honest otherwise if someone found your lost wallet they could call up Microcenter and order a shit ton of stuff on your card.
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if you want to loose money then yeah put it on ebay.
The time and gas money alone would be about $15 to go to the store and back. Not to mention time in traffic etc...In addition there would be ebay FVF fees and paypal fees, by the time you are done you would be paying out of pocket.
At loss? Yeah right, you could easily make about $30-35 per chip. They are going for about $200 on ebay right now.
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Looks like you have either never sold anything on ebay or are plain dumb and stupid.
Chip at Microcenter 149.99 + 8% tax = $161.98 +$15 in gas = $176.98 (This does not include the time it would take you to drive back n forth to the store)
Assuming, you post it on ebay for $200 (Buy it now) You would have $21.20 in ebay+paypal fees
If you do the math $200-$21.20 = $178.80 NET it what you would get after ebay+Paypal fees.
So $178.80- $176.98 = $1.82
Now...Is it worth all this trouble for a measly $1.82
(That's what i thought so too)
Looks like you have either never sold anything on ebay or are plain dumb and stupid.
Chip at Microcenter 149.99 + 8% tax = $161.98 +$15 in gas = $176.98 (This does not include the time it would take you to drive back n forth to the store)
Assuming, you post it on ebay for $200 (Buy it now) You would have $21.20 in ebay+paypal fees
If you do the math $200-$21.20 = $178.80 NET it what you would get after ebay+Paypal fees.
So $178.80- $176.98 = $1.82
Now...Is it worth all this trouble for a measly $1.82
Wow.. your logic make so much since. I guess I am a complete moron.
First of all there are probably locations in states that do not have sales tax. And I am sure there are plenty of people that it would not cost $15 to get there and back. More like $3 round trip if you live close and don't have a gas guzzler. Plus if you bring a couple people with you or are lucky enough to be sold more than one per visit. Then you could actually make lots of money.
But since you seem so stubborn that its bad idea.
YOUR RIGHT, I AM WRONG
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I think there is only one Microcenter where you would not pay sales tax and I wouldn't count on bringing a couple of people with me and me keeping all the profits or at least buying them lunch or something
Just got back with my shiny new 2500K and 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR-1600 Gonna have to order a mobo on newegg though.
Well look at it this way. Even if the gas is free and there's no sales tax (only 5 of 50 states have no sales tax), you will be making $25-30, for 1-2 hours work minimum (between driving there, picking it out, ringing it up, driving home, listing on ebay, packaging, and shipping). $25/hr is a good wage, but it's only 1 hour of work, and this is assuming an ideal situation of free gas and no sales tax.
Why would the people you bring with you not sell the CPU for themselves?
Gonna have to order a mobo on newegg though.Well look at it this way. Even if the gas is free and there's no sales tax (only 5 of 50 states have no sales tax), you will be making $25-30, for 1-2 hours work minimum (between driving there, picking it out, ringing it up, driving home, listing on ebay, packaging, and shipping). $25/hr is a good wage, but it's only 1 hour of work, and this is assuming an ideal situation of free gas and no sales tax.
Why would the people you bring with you not sell the CPU for themselves?
Wow.. your logic make so much since. I guess I am a complete moron.
First of all there are probably locations in states that do not have sales tax. And I am sure there are plenty of people that it would not cost $15 to get there and back. More like $3 round trip if you live close and don't have a gas guzzler. Plus if you bring a couple people with you or are lucky enough to be sold more than one per visit. Then you could actually make lots of money.
But since you seem so stubborn that its bad idea.
YOUR RIGHT, I AM WRONG
AFAIK, all B&M stores have a sales tax. At least Im pretty sure all the ones with a MC do. Also you are forgetting shipping fees.
So, $150 + tax = $162, + shipping with insurance and confirmation is another $15, = $180ish, then paypal and ebay fees, = no money made, and that does not count for gas or time.
Good news: The wife and I made a day of it, she went shopping in the other stores in the plaza, and I got to spend 2 hours in Microcenter. It was like being able to shop in Newegg! (my first visit) I got the retail box 2500k for $149, a retail box 7200RPM 32MB cache 1TB Seagate for $49 (daily special) . The wife enjoyed me taking her out for the day = win.
Acceptable News: They did not have a mobo $40 off... at least that I thought. I ended up getting the Gigabyte UD3H-B3 Z68 MB for $119. Now, I expected to get it for $80, but when I look at this board, it is easy a good deal at $120 so I'm not worried... that is still a sale price IMO. Dolby HD Audio, eSata, HDMI for the intel GPU, USB3, PCIe 3.0 compliant, fire-wire, o/c's well, etc, etc, that's a good mobo for $120 so I'm okay with that. Now I will say the sticker on the mobo says $175 and in store it was $140, but I showed him where it said online it was $120 and they honored that. The $40 off at the micro-center in KC, MO was for AMD combos. Or perhaps this was a higher version of the Gigabyte I thought I was looking at, I don't know... IMO it's a $175 board. $150 on sale... I got it for $120 so that's okay with me.
Tax was $27.... meh.... total for all three OTD was $347. Newegg was about that price without the 1TB HD, so worst case I look at it like I got a free 7200RPM 1TB drive, which BTW I needed as I'm still using a 250GB WD as my primary drive, so all good now.
So now I am going to tinker and upgrade. Going to try out "Smart Response" with the new 1GB drive and my Intel SSD... will post back when I have it all together.
Acceptable News: They did not have a mobo $40 off... at least that I thought. I ended up getting the Gigabyte UD3H-B3 Z68 MB for $119. Now, I expected to get it for $80, but when I look at this board, it is easy a good deal at $120 so I'm not worried... that is still a sale price IMO. Dolby HD Audio, eSata, HDMI for the intel GPU, USB3, PCIe 3.0 compliant, fire-wire, o/c's well, etc, etc, that's a good mobo for $120 so I'm okay with that. Now I will say the sticker on the mobo says $175 and in store it was $140, but I showed him where it said online it was $120 and they honored that. The $40 off at the micro-center in KC, MO was for AMD combos. Or perhaps this was a higher version of the Gigabyte I thought I was looking at, I don't know... IMO it's a $175 board. $150 on sale... I got it for $120 so that's okay with me.
Tax was $27.... meh.... total for all three OTD was $347. Newegg was about that price without the 1TB HD, so worst case I look at it like I got a free 7200RPM 1TB drive, which BTW I needed as I'm still using a 250GB WD as my primary drive, so all good now.
So now I am going to tinker and upgrade. Going to try out "Smart Response" with the new 1GB drive and my Intel SSD... will post back when I have it all together.
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Wow.. your logic make so much since. I guess I am a complete moron.
First of all there are probably locations in states that do not have sales tax. And I am sure there are plenty of people that it would not cost $15 to get there and back. More like $3 round trip if you live close and don't have a gas guzzler. Plus if you bring a couple people with you or are lucky enough to be sold more than one per visit. Then you could actually make lots of money.
But since you seem so stubborn that its bad idea.
YOUR RIGHT, I AM WRONG
Looks like you took it personally, i didn't mean it that ways, but since so many people were posting about how good of a deal it is blah blah blah... when you do the math to be honest, it breaks out even. sorry if i offended you.
My point exactly
Sometimes it just better to order online OR if your local computer sstore does a price match, then your in luck
The board is $159.99. You got $40 off which makes it $119.99. And a $10 rebate to it, so $109.99 before tax. The $80 off a z68 board is for the i7-2600k.
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Looks like you took it personally, i didn't mean it that ways, but since so many people were posting about how good of a deal it is blah blah blah... when you do the math to be honest, it breaks out even. sorry if i offended you.
My point exactly
Sometimes it just better to order online OR if your local computer sstore does a price match, then your in luck
Yeah my microcenter is 40 miles from me which is about $10-15 in gas depending on how I drive from NJ to PA. Couple that with sales tax and unless I'm saving more than $80 or so it's usually not worth killing 2-3 hours out of my day.
Amazon prime makes me lazy too.