Microcenter OCZ Agility 3 60GB $35 AR + tax YMMV B&M

Quote from mattzane227 : Why does Microcenter even have a website? Has any one ever actually made a purchase there? I have never seen one of their crazy cheap deals actually available online. Shows the low price then you go to cart and it goes up. Nice!

Even if sales prices don't show up immediately, their website is pretty essential. Microcenter stores don't maintain any phone support, and their website reflects an accurate inventory of every product they sell. It's is probably the most reliable shopping tool I've found for B&M stores. Way the hell better than Best Buy, Sears, Walmart, Staples...

Quote from TempestDash : Even if sales prices don't show up immediately, their website is pretty essential. Microcenter stores don't maintain any phone support, and their website reflects an accurate inventory of every product they sell. It's is probably the most reliable shopping tool I've found for B&M stores. Way the hell better than Best Buy, Sears, Walmart, Staples...

You're right, I was just bitching because I don't have a Microcenter (or Fry's).

Quote from Dicka24 : Cheap price, but 60GB is damn small considering all the really good deals we've seen on larger capacity drives. This would be good for your OS, and maybe a few games.

Agreed. For only $35, and with an MC in my area, it's tempting to pick one up just for OS. However, all the recent SSD deals makes me wonder if might not see a 120GB come in around the same price in the not too distant future....

I have a Microcenter about 20 minutes away downtown, and like you said, for $35 it's tempting. I just see all these slick deals of $70 or so for 128GB drive, or the one yesterday of $190 for 360GBs, and I'm going to hold off and see what the 4th of July brings.

What sucks in a sense is originally I wasn't interested in an SSD. I have a Samsung Spinpoint F3 in my gaming rig and it's fine enough. SSD's were too expensive a luxury imo. Now that all these crazy prices on SSDs have been showing up, I'm leaning towards buying one. 128GB I figured was a good size. Well, with that $190 360GB deal I saw yesterday, now I'm wondering if I'm better off buying a larger drive like that, and using my Spinpoint in my next build. My gaming rig only plays games so 360Gb would be more than enough space. I say this "sucks" cuz I went from not looking to spend a dime, to probably spending $70-80, to now thinking why not just get the big one and spend $200. hahahaha, this damn site "sucks" if you know what I mean. hehehehe....

In for another ( got back when was 45$ after rebate) ..the boot time for Win7 Pro on my AMD 1045t six core 15% OC and 8 gig ram w/ WesDig 1tb Cavir green is about 10sec...puting this on my Q9300 4 core ....crazy fast boot..

I love the Micro Center by me! The place is always packed though.

However, sometimes when I see the deals on HDTVs at Fry's it makes me sad debating on starting my own franchise store to compete with the Micro Center.

Quote from Centient : Agreed. For only $35, and with an MC in my area, it's tempting to pick one up just for OS. However, all the recent SSD deals makes me wonder if might not see a 120GB come in around the same price in the not too distant future....

not this price... maybe this price per G, yeah. that's what i'm waiting for, the ~0.50$/G price range on the 120G or preferably 240G drives. then i'll just for my main pc, as the boot time means nothing to me, if i don't have space to load my programs and games it's useless.

this seems like it'd be fun to play with in my HTPC though as the main drive to play around with... not convinced it would help with anything real, i don't turn off the PC, but it'd be fine to play with.

Quote from mattzane227 : Why does Microcenter even have a website? Has any one ever actually made a purchase there? I have never seen one of their crazy cheap deals actually available online. Shows the low price then you go to cart and it goes up. Nice!

I love their website. Add it to cart, pick it up and pay in store. They can adjust the price at pickup or you can throw your coupon in there at that time. It assures you that they are holding one for you.

I have a Vertex 2 60GB in my HTPC. With all my apps, I have ~17GB free.

Quote from anothauserhere : I love their website. Add it to cart, pick it up and pay in store. They can adjust the price at pickup or you can throw your coupon in there at that time. It assures you that they are holding one for you.

Yeah I get the point. But if you don't have an actual store in your city like 95% of the U.S. then it is useless.

they fixed the price? $54.99 now

Quote from pyroz : they fixed the price? $54.99 now

add it to your cart.
price goes down 10$.

Quote from psyctto : not this price... maybe this price per G, yeah. that's what i'm waiting for, the ~0.50$/G price range on the 120G or preferably 240G drives. then i'll just for my main pc, as the boot time means nothing to me, if i don't have space to load my programs and games it's useless. this seems like it'd be fun to play with in my HTPC though as the main drive to play around with... not convinced it would help with anything real, i don't turn off the PC, but it'd be fine to play with.

We're already seeing some of the 120GB going for the same price per GB as this one. The 360GB deal was even less expensive per GB than this one is.

I'm not holding my breath for a $35 120GB anytime soon. Though I wonder if $55ish isn't possible in the not too distant future.

Quote from Centient : We're already seeing some of the 120GB going for the same price per GB as this one. The 360GB deal was even less expensive per GB than this one is. I'm not holding my breath for a $35 120GB anytime soon. Though I wonder if $55ish isn't possible in the not too distant future.

lowest i've seen any 120Gs, other than the petrol (which is meh), is 80-90$ (0.66$/G, 0.75$G). the 360G was 200$ (0.55$/G). this deal is 60G for 35$ (0.58$/G).

the thing with the larger drives is getting down to 0.50$/G is a lot more money... like the 360G, to get to 0.50$/G it would have to drop another 20$ (ie. 180$ for 360G). same for the 120G. where as this drive to get to 0.50$/G would only have to drop 5$ (ie. 30$ for 60G), a factor of 4.


see what i mean