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Ryan711

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why is their msi neo plat 2 so damn expensive, I was going to get one of their cpu/mobo combos, but their msi is 169 dollars, while their oem 3000+ is only 140. WTF is that. Even the non sli neo 4 is cheaper at 150 dollars, i'd get that but i was planning on getting the 6800nu and that doesn't come in pci-e. Well I guess I will go ahead since it comes with hl2 and farcry free. I would be buying those anyway. sighhhhhh
 
Ryan711 said:
why is their msi neo plat 2 so damn expensive, I was going to get one of their cpu/mobo combos, but their msi is 169 dollars, while their oem 3000+ is only 140. WTF is that. Even the non sli neo 4 is cheaper at 150 dollars, i'd get that but i was planning on getting the 6800nu and that doesn't come in pci-e. Well I guess I will go ahead since it comes with hl2 and farcry free. I would be buying those anyway. sighhhhhh
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It's highly possible that there is just an over-abundance of neo4 now, so they jacked up the prices of the neo2. - To compare, Newegg's 3500+ Winchester was 10$+ more expensive than the Newcastle for a long time, but now the Winny is 10$ cheaper. The Newcastle's 130nm core is being phased out, perhaps much like the neo2 - at least at Monarch.
 
monarch's prices fluctuate like crazy but generally follow their supply. Wait a week or so, the prices will probably come down at some point.
 
djskankho said:
monarch's prices fluctuate like crazy but generally follow their supply. Wait a week or so, the prices will probably come down at some point.
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This is true. They had A64 3700+'s for like $450, then all of a sudden they were $340 (AMD pricedrop.) During last weekend they dropped to $299 both retail and OEM, so I jumped on the retail one. Now it's back up to $340 and $330 for retail and OEM respectively. Glad I snagged that sucker! It's a 4000+ with half the memory bandwidth and for less than half the price :)


Anyways, try pricegrabber.com for the lowest price on that motherboard.
 
yea I would look to price grabber but most places that I trust are out of stock newegg zipzoomfly, gameve. Plus I wanted to get the bundle from monarch because they are giving away hl2 and farcry.
 
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