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Still have no idea why they abandoned Silicon Valley of all places. I mean was competition with Fry's really that much of an issue? Can't be the whole lease issue either, as there are places that are available.
 
sfsuphysics said:
Still have no idea why they abandoned Silicon Valley of all places. I mean was competition with Fry's really that much of an issue? Can't be the whole lease issue either, as there are places that are available.
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Definitely not because of Fry's...
Houston has 3 Fry's locations and Micorcenter is still going strong... They actually build a new, bigger store 2min from their old location. This city is a major cluster@#$, but having Fry's and Microcenter within 30min drive make it more livable...:cool:
 
mzs_biteme said:
Definitely not because of Fry's...
Houston has 3 Fry's locations and Micorcenter is still going strong... They actually build a new, bigger store 2min from their old location. This city is a major cluster@#$, but having Fry's and Microcenter within 30min drive make it more livable...:cool:
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I hear you, I just dont live or work near downtown. Their new store is pretty nice though, frys has been going down hill for a while now.
 
///AMG said:
I hear you, I just dont live or work near downtown. Their new store is pretty nice though, frys has been going down hill for a while now.
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At least you have one to go downhill. Us forgotten folk in FL (NW specifically) aren't even getting that kind of love. :(
 
I would strongly consider just paying the extra $100 or so for the platform updates with X99 unless you are also getting the CPU much cheaper than the 5th gen i7s and DDR4 prices are dropping. 10+ SATA3/6G, full native USB 3.0 implementation, full official support for PCIe 3.0, m.2 and Sata express, just to name a few.

X99 had a rough launch but with the BIOS updates my rig has been rock solid for about 2 months now with the last few BIOS releases.
 
Dang only an open box left in Richardson MC :(, but yes if going new I would totally recommend making the jump to 2011v3, unless you have a pile of DDR3 sitting around.
 
sfsuphysics said:
Still have no idea why they abandoned Silicon Valley of all places. I mean was competition with Fry's really that much of an issue? Can't be the whole lease issue either, as there are places that are available.
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The reason why those places may still be available is because the owner wants a ridiculous price for rent.

Edit: The two stores in Atlanta seem to be doing fine too, one less than a mile from a bigger Fry's.
 
chizow said:
I would strongly consider just paying the extra $100 or so for the platform updates with X99 unless you are also getting the CPU much cheaper than the 5th gen i7s and DDR4 prices are dropping. 10+ SATA3/6G, full native USB 3.0 implementation, full official support for PCIe 3.0, m.2 and Sata express, just to name a few.

X99 had a rough launch but with the BIOS updates my rig has been rock solid for about 2 months now with the last few BIOS releases.
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I was genuinely considering doing just that, but between getting a bnib 3930k for 200 and getting a nice motherboard for 115 and being able to reuse my ram, I saved about 400 dollars total. Hard to sneeze at that.
 
Ryokurin said:
The reason why those places may still be available is because the owner wants a ridiculous price for rent.

Edit: The two stores in Atlanta seem to be doing fine too, one less than a mile from a bigger Fry's.
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Don't think that's the case for the SV store. There's now a cheap clothing store at the same location I think. Really does suck we don't have any MC here anymore.
 
///AMG said:
I hear you, I just dont live or work near downtown. Their new store is pretty nice though, frys has been going down hill for a while now.
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Their new store is pretty nice.. especially since its only a 5 min walk from my house :)
 
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