AMD FX-6100 Retail CPU & MSI 970A-G46 Combo $134AR @Frys

Quote from JasonKR : nope, I could find $20 rebates on CPU and Mainboard each. which means you will need to buy it separately and file rebate twice!

Rebate is only for motherboard...

Quote from JasonKR : nope, I could find $20 rebates on CPU and Mainboard each. which means you will need to buy it separately and file rebate twice!

how do you buy them separately and get the discounted combo price?

Quote from dubleo : Rebate is only for motherboard...

Right, lol

Quote from KarateB0b : how do you buy them separately and get the discounted combo price?

there's no way lol...

I have both of these combos in one of my builds.

A few comments.
Only two USB 3.0 ports in the back. No motherboard headers for front USB 3.0

Mobo supports up to 32GB of RAM. I got the board for $59 and 32GB of RAM for $120.
4 DIMM slots for a $70 board is pretty big deal for me.

Runs Linux and Windows 7 fine. I'm currently running Mint 14.
It has IOMMU for hardware passthrough for vmware ESXi. I haven't tested it yet but the IOMMU option enabled in the bios will freeze Ubuntu (this is documented somewhere).

Running all 6 cores is where the box shines. Specifically running Linux or a hypervisor.
ffmpeg multi-threaded encoding are about 80% as fast as a new i7. That is very good considering the CPU is $90 vs $300 for a 3770K.

In general purpose, an i5 (even i3) will be faster but then again, I have a different workload than most people so the FX processor fits me fine.

sorry to thread crap but, this beats frys hands down
http://www.microcenter.com/site/p...ndles.aspx

Quote from pinsomniac : ...I suppose the path to 7K reps is starting an HD thread for every Fry's after-Christmas product (i) without mentioning they're in-store pickup only and (ii) ignoring the fact that the products were already discussed in the post that originally shared the sale.

i) obviously wrong there
ii) saw the FB ads before the scans were posted, was not aware preposting ad scans was equivalent to posting actual deal links and pricing on day of

Most folks probably don't want to see a list of unrelated items like motherboards and memory buried with TV and camera noise. Someone else complained earlier that the FP thermal paste deal was mentioned in a refurb ATX case deal, that wouldn't help many folks either. Btw think you've paid more attn to the 7k reps than I did - trying to make it personal? Pretty weak and transparent

Quote from phedoblue : sorry to thread crap but, this beats frys hands down http://www.microcenter.com/site/p...ndles.aspx

for those w/o a nearby MC store - guess you missed that in the OP, thx for restating what should be obvious, but an in-store deal doesn't help many folks out there.

Tried a few random zip codes. Shipping runs about $12.

Quote from Teaser38 : Tried a few random zip codes. Shipping runs about $12.

You care pare it down to $8 by shipping to a comm addr. If your work permits....

OOS for shipping. That didn't last long.