Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz LGA 1155 Boxed Processor $100 + Free In-Store Pick Up
 

Just saw this in their email:

http://www.microcenter.com/single...sku=200121

Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz LGA 1155 Boxed Processor $100 + Free In-Store Pick Up
 

MicroCenter.com has Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz LGA 1155 Boxed Processor for $99.99. In-store pick up only at your local Microcenter store. Check the drop-down on item page to see available locations. Thanks EmptorOcculta

Price Research: Our research has shown that this Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz LGA 1155 Boxed Processor is $100 lower (50% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant including shipping, with prices starting from $200 - brisar

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Sold out Microcenter in Denver, CO
Sold out Dallas / Metroplex TX
Sold out in Chicago/Central, IL
Sold out in Westbury Long island ,NY
Sold out in Tustin, CA
Sold out in Houston/West Loop, TX
Out of Stock at Westchester County/Yonkers Micro Center
Out of Stock at North Jersey / Paterson Micro Center

Call stores they have them in stock but limited online orders supply. Cambridge, MA has 50 of them in the store. (saw plenty locked up in glass box at about 6pm)


This is Sandy Bridge (2nd gen), not Ivy Bridge. - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2...317,00.asp

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Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz LGA 1155 Boxed Processor $100 Micro Center In Store
 

Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz LGA 1155 Boxed Processor $100 at Micro Center - in store only.
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You beat me by that much. :)

I wasn't sure if I wanted to share the deal or place my order first!

Just waiting for my Pick-up email now.

Daymn!
That deal is Kuh-ray-zeeeeee!

I was just at MC last night, glad I didn't buy anything!
Gotta head out and pick this up... for the price it's IMPOSSIBLE to beat.


And to think I was going to be happy with my little i5-750 for another year... hahaha!

TU+REPs+Front Page bound!

Very tempting...Edit, noticed OP got beat posting this by 2min lol.

Would BB price-match an in-store offer only? I don't live near any Microcenters..

I have been trying to buy these from the microcenter but no shop and no ship for us.
If any one can help me to ship from microcenter, I can help them to ship the item/s from Fry's if they want to buy anything.
I will order the stuff from microcenter online, you will simply pick it and ship it (will pay your expenditure to ship it). I will do the same if you want something from Fry's (its very close to my place)

Wow that is an amazing deal. Can't believe I paid twice that much for a used one a little over a year ago. Great chip right here, I can run mine at 4.8ghz all day long, no issues.

Very doubtful, most stores have some clause in their price match policy that the competitors store must be within 25 miles. Which honestly makes sense. Sadly I dont have a microcenter near me either.

Holy cow! The nearest MC is 1.5hour away.

seriously doubt BB will do price-match.

Just bought ivy i5 3570k for $169. How fast compare this one, or worth? Please help decision, my slickdeal fellows. Appreciated.

Okay, thanks for the info! This would be perfect for the build I've been slowly putting together.

Wow!

I was so close to buying a i3-3220 for $99 for an HTPC build last week at Microcenter but I decided not to until I purchase a HD first.

I am glad I did.

Thanks OP. It looks like I'll make a visit today and pick this up.

Holy crap this is an amazing deal.

the performance difference between the 3570k and 2500k is negligible. I'd buy the 2500k at $100. That's a much better bang / buck. Overclock the 2500k to 4.5Ghz easy. the 3570k may go a little higher

no -50 combo discount?

Every time this sets off my deal alert I cry a little inside. Damn my state for not having a Microcenter, amazing deal for those that can take advantage of it.

how does this compare to a i3 2100k?

I can't find $50 combo discount but only $40 instead.

Would MC hold for longer than 3 days or they automatically cancel your order if you don't pickup within 3 days?

IMO, this is a terrific deal. Sandy Bridge does not heat to the higher levels that Ivy is getting at, so unless Intel made their Ivy Processors more robust, Sandy Bridge should have a longer lifetime (this is highly variant on use, and cooling that you use). This also makes Sandy Bridge more ideal for overclocking.

In terms of performance wise, Ivy is going to be slightly better. Integrated HD4000 graphics are much better then the HD3000 in the Sandy Bridge (though, I know no one that uses the integrated graphics on their desktop), also the Ivy natively supports PCI 3.0, where Sandy only goes to 2.1 I believe. And of course the Sandy is at 3.3GHz while the Ivy you listed is at 3.4GHz.

Hope this helps!

How you get the $40 combo discount?

The i5 has 4 cores compared to 2, 6MB cache instead of 3, no HT but turbo boost, base clock speed is .2 higher.

According to Microcenters catalog it only works if you combine a MOBO with the i3 3225 or i5 3570k

I think TigerDirect will price match this, for the people that need it shipped.

Thanks! Only 700miles to my nearest MC.

Molten freakin lava hottt

How do ya even find the combo deals?

You better get on the road now. :lol:

i live in austin but going to houston next week

will they hold it for a week?

Various parts of the price match policy negate any chance of this unless you just get a crazy person at Tiger Direct to price match it.

Yes, they will. I just found it in their web site..it will be ordered for store pick up in a couple of days. I just picked up my i7 3770k for $220 :D

It says 3 days but I'm wondering the same. I can pickup on Tuesday but am unsure if it automatically gets cancelled after 3 days or if they can still hold it.

Holy jesus, smoking hot deal. If only Microcenter was close by :(

One time I knew I was going to take more than the 3 days before I could easily get there, I called the store on day 2 and asked them to put a note on it saying not to cancel it and that I would be in on day 4. I was able to pick it up with no problem. This was on the intel extreme memory deal that the store only had 2 of them at the start of the sale. So I was a bit worried about still being able to get it.
This deal is unbelieveably hot, so I would certainly order it quick and worrry about how to get it later.
good luck

Microcenter come back to Santa Clara!

I miss your deals :(

We need some recommended motherboards listed in the wiki

HAHA not again

You have one that close? My nearest one is four hours away in Atlanta

As a price match that we have to request or are you expecting their website to just drop the price?

When check out at register just tell the cashier you bought the combo. The manager will overprice $40. Got mine thought

wow this is a crazy slick deal... 50% off an intel processor... wth... not in the market but might pick this up... MC is so far away though... thanx OP!

what's a good motherboard to pair with this? i wonder if you can stack the $40 off combo with the 50% off open box motherboards....

Pardon my French, but fark THAT! I paid almost 2x a little over a month ago :eek:

wow....will my i5-760 fetch for $99?

At the point of sale, TigerDirect.com will match any competitor’s price on identical items (matching manufacturer and model). The item must be in-stock, available for immediate shipment and be in the same condition as the TigerDirect.com advertised item. Price matched items are limited to a quantity of one per household.
For TigerDirect.com Phone and Web customers: At the point of sale, TigerDirect.com will match the advertised price of the product, including shipping charges, against other online resellers. Phone and web customers must call 800-800-8300 to request a price match and supply the customer service representative with proof of the lower price by providing the URL of the competitor’s web page or current advertisement that shows the lower price.

For TigerDirect.com Retail Store customers: At the point of sale, TigerDirect.com will match the advertised price of the product against local retail competitors with in-stock product. Retail store customers must provide proof of the lower price by bringing in a printed copy of the advertisement containing the lower price.

Exclusions from the Point of Sale Price Match Policy: The Point of Sale Price Match Policy does not apply to bundled items, free items, pricing errors, items of service, mail-in offers, offers including financing, out of stock, items offered below TigerDirect.com’s actual cost, or limited quantity items, clearance items, open-box items, and used/refurbished items.
I'm not sure if this counts as a Clearance item, or if it violates any of the other terms. :confused:

Thanks so much repped

did you call? or did you go to store?

Actually, though Ivy bridge is clock for clock faster, Sandy bridge is able to OC higher

TD is full of it. When I tried to PM a TV, they said they can't because the price was too low to match. What's the point of a price match then?

wish it was for shipping or that they would open up one of these and a frys in louisiana...houston is the nearest for both...

repped

The point...for TD is to piss off customers

"items offered below TigerDirect.com’s actual cost"

Maybe its below their cost so they cant do it...

customac anyone? www dot customac dot com - what mobo should i buy for combo?

Hell of a deal for those in the know. Wish there was a Microcenter in Florida. Post up any success stories if you can find anyone that will pricematch this.

Odd since they had the same sale a couple weeks later.

I actually happen to be heading to Detroit tomorrow and this is a nice upgrade from an old AMD Phenom II 940, so this is EXTREMELY temping. The trouble is that I don't really NEED it, and there are other things that I really could/should put $100 toward.

They show no stock online and no store near me has any. I don't think they have any more. I'm giving Tiger Direct a try right now

wow. this deal is amazing

Yeah, I'm currently chatting with a representative. Will probably call as well.

What Motherboard Combo would you all recommend? I live near Microcenter.

Holy crap. This is an insane price! Got one, even though I did not even remotely need it. @@;;;

I don't need it either as I'm fine with my 1050t. But this is so tempting. Issue is, if I use it I have to then get a new Mobo, and then reinstall the OS which is a pain. I'd probably end up returning it or throwing it on Ebay.

Decisions.

Edit: Eh, ordered for pickup. Hopefully they'll hold it until Tuesday for me.

mine was a half hour drive away, till SC closed. now its 5hrs..

How compatible is this cpu with ECS H61H2-M2(1.0) LGA 1155 Intel H61 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard?

now I need to get rid of my current CPU and mobo LOL
too bad i use AMD :/

Now sell it on craiglist or Ebay and make some $ :lol::lol:

Should work fine, but because it's an H61 board - no overclocking.

This deal is sick, too bad I have no need what so ever to buy one.

makes me so angry that there is no microcenter near me. fuuuuuuuu

Could anyone recommended a mid range mobo for this?

Haha, makes you wish the 1 per household thing wasn't in effect. Damn. :P

Which processor did you get?
AFAIK the latest $40 combo is only on the 3225 and 3570K. It used to be on the 3770K, but that got dropped when they lowered the 3770K price to $230 (at least for ordering online).
This is really broken if they throw in the $40 off, and I suspect they won't.

can we get some decent board recommendations?
i figure this deal means it's a good time to upgrade my core 2 duo.

if anyone is successful at getting tiger to price match post up letting us know and a order confirmation with price would help too

Hi Gurus,

I am building a PC for home use, occasional video editing and may run a virtual server. I just bought this processor. Can you guys recommend motherboard to go along with it? I have Antec 300 case so I do not mind having ATX MB.

Thanks.

Wish I knew how reliable the paypal price match policy is hate to get screwed holding a 220 dollars processor.

Ugh, I currently have an i3-3225 and a B75 motherboard. Could use this, but B75 doesn't really OC, so I'd need a new motherboard too...

How long does it take to go into your order history? The confirm pages didn't print and the window closed. Order history is still empty and no email.

The AsRock Extreme 4 Z77 board is pretty highly regarded for performance/value built about 6 systems using it without issues.

Per my conversation with a representative from TD:

"PRICE MATCH
Yes. We do price match. However, you will have to call our sales department at 1-800-800-8300 option 1 to verify. Once approved you can also place the order with them.

Qualifying Competitors are: Amazon.com, BestBuy.com, Buy.com, CDW.com, Costco.c
om, Crutchfield.com. Dell.com, Frys.com, Gamestop.com, Kmart.com, Newegg.com, Officedepot.com, Officemax.com, PCmall.com, PCConnections.com, Samsclub.com, Sears.com, Staples.com, Target.com, Radioshack.com, and Walmart.com.

Customer: So you don't pricematch from Microcenter?

Representative: I am sorry but Microcenter is not included on the list"

In for one, woot start of my gf's new build. haha she will have a better comp than me for the first time ever

thanks for the deal :)

what should i even be lookign for in a mobo?
i'm assuming they are all ddr3 and 90% are usb3.0
almost all have hdmi
sata ports are importnat to me, i have alot of drives connected.
should i just be looking for the cheapest board with these features, i don't need crossfire and all that graphics stuff, even though it seems like most have that too?

what makes the $50 board so much worse than the $150 one?

Time to upgrade my Celeron G530! (which BTW, is perfectly adequate for web browsing and other computer tasks and hardly consumes any power)

Well Tiger Direct won't price match because it's below cost. Best Buy is trying to say that MicroCenter does not count as a competitor. Still chatting with them

Totally weak! I added the CPU to my cart. I filled out my info in their system. Then their system had to "verify" my e-mail, so I had to wait for that and click on the link. By the time all that was done, the CPUs were sold out at my store... SUCKS!!!!

Is it worth to upgrade from AMD 960T?

Ahhh no way...didn't know they closed. When was this? :(

how do you get the $50 motherboard discount?

lame... 2 were in stock while in checkout, sold out by the time I was about to complete order :( :( :(

technically no combo discount for this CPU

Only the 3570k and the i3 chip (can't remember the exact one.. but I'm sure you can find it)

Look closely at the features. When I was looking for a motherboard I knew that I was going with Ivy Bridge and wanted USB 3.0, HDMI, and at least one Sata 3 port for my SSD. I also decided on mATX, which left few options. Based on reviews and price, I ended up with the GA-B75M-D3H. If you're looking for ATX, there are more options. If you're buying this CPU, then you're definitely going to want to start with the Z77 chipset, as it has the best overclocking options.

Got one ordered at Chicago location. Site is so slow right now.

I was waiting till black friday to start buying parts for my new computer but I guess I can go ahead and start early.

DAMN!!!! ( 9 left ) had it in my cart and didn't remember if I had an account or not, so dummy me, clicked on forgot password and guess what I do not have an account, (30 sec gone by) then tried to go back to re-buy with create account and there was NONE left ZERO in stock!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There were 9 when I first opened the thread, 6 when I started checkout, and 0 by the time I completed checkout in the Philadelphia MC. Guess it's better that way...I don't need this or the 1.5 hour round trip to get it.

Ordered it, authorization charge on CC already but I have no order confirm or anything.

WOW! Only 400 miles to the closest MC.....

Yeah site is hammered right now. You wont be creating an account.

That's fair. I don't have Fry's here. How do you pay me the shipping fee?

Wish my brother still lived in Cincinnati.

Particularly the reason why I feel like people who are generically asking for motherboard recommendations should do their own research.

You buy a motherboard that suits your needs. If you don't need tons of features, you can save and buy a lower end board. If you need a certain size, you need to take that into consideration too. There are several things to consider.

People need to know exactly what they're looking for in a mobo before asking for recommendations.

Picked up a 3570k yesturday with the combo deal... but am waiting till after BF to open it. This is tempting though. Especially if I can get them to swap it out for the other CPU and leave the combo deal untouched.

killer deal, but like most people...I am no where near a microcenter :(

Almost the same situation from me. But from California, Tustin Store... Trying to checkout on a mobile phone while in a rush isn't fun.

Is that this one?
http://www.microcenter.com/produc...otherboard

$140 for a board seems a little higher considering the chip is $100

Yea, similar distance here...
Another reason to hate microcenter and their awesome prices on CPUs :lmao:

I never overclock anything, so this is my question: does speedstep still work after overclocking?

How would this processor fare for a low power unraid server build?

any deals on an i7?

I ordered one from Cambridge, MA. The site says 10+ in stock at the time of this writing.

BTW, does it make any difference whether you opt to pay at checkout or pay at the store? I would be very unhappy to make the hour-long round trip and get hassled about it.

It's an option in the mobo usually. You can turn it off and on. So yes.

great deal. Paid $149 for mine a couple of years ago.

Idling @ 4.5 GHz on an MSI board.......easiest overclock ever.

Hasn't made a difference when I've done it in the past at the Philly MC

Mine has been running for years at 4.8GHz, but drops to 1.6GHz when idle.

Does it make sense to upgrade if I am running overclocked i7-930 (4GHz)? My PC is getting OLD, and I would love to try a new build, but I am just not sure if the performance gain justifies new CPU/MOBO.

of all the times to forget my login info and get my account locked!!!!

Just built one of these up and its rock solid. Great board

I was bummed at first when I read this deal just buying a 3570k for $161 at Microcenter tustin, then I remembered the $40 mobo discount so I am still in a good.

To the guy wondering about his i7 930 build. I upgraded from that and I am happy I did, my system runs better than the last one in a few respects. I sold all my LGA 1366 gear and paid a grand total of $38 to upgrade after shipping and ebay charges. Cheapest upgrade ever. DO IT IF YOUR ON THE FENCE

-Lower temps
-Better disk controllers
-Higher gaming performance in BF3
-Recording at double the framerates in fraps

your computer is nothing without a board and it's nothing without the cpu. what matters is what you know what you will need and what you will be using with your computer. you base your buying off what you need.

If I had to do it all over again, I would have gotten a mini atx board instead of the one i have now to go with a smaller case..

I bought two of them and I need none. Thinking about flip them here.

Still 10 more in Cambridge location.

INSANE deal! HOT hot hot...

I got one.
Was going to just post it on E-Bay for a quick few bucks......times are a bit tight.

Now , looking on E-Bay....it looks like my current Core 2 8400 goes for about $40
Have to see what my current motherboard and memory....DDR2 I think...sell for

I have a TON of DDR3 memory lying around for a new build

Might just be time for an upgrade.

Not that the 8400 is slow....but wondering how much faster this i5 will be ?

Depends on how the server is used.

That said, a 2500k would generally be overkill for a storage server. You would be better off with a low power i3 or i5 cpu chip that would be more efficient and cooler for 24/7 uptime.

Yeah same here. I just made a new one.

As far as Microcenter is concerned- I don't think so. I've bought stuff from them before- unlike Frys where your reservation is worth jack squat- Microcenter should actually reserve your stuff if you order it online regardless of whether you pay in advance or not.

Going to reserve one online for pickup, go in and try to get them to swap for the 3570k while leaving motherboard discount intact : )

bought mine. will do some more research on the mobo, but there were a few open box items that gave a really nice discount.
still 10+ available at my store (westbury, ny)

:eek::eek:Nothing good can come of that!!!!:eek::eek:

This is an insane deal

this is true, they pull your stuff and put it to the side with your order information. so hypothetically, you shouldn't have to worry about anything.

Well, I have a 8800 and just looked up some benchmarks- across the board I see a roughly 2x increase, a tiny bit more even in some cases. If you OC- should be even better. I'm definitely upgrading- though I'm going to need more than a few parts...hoping to sell my remaining stuff for ~$50-70 and have upgrade costs hover around $100-150

got 1 at Detroit store, not sure if I want to drive from ann arbor to get it or not, it's about 60 miles drive. For round trip, it's $20 in gas.

Just got pickup notification email. Hopefully my uncle will want it otherwise will try to find someone to sell it to at what I paid for it.

how would that work?

Come back come back dear MC come back to Santa Clara along with the Santa for this xmas

WTF. JUst realized the Silicon Valley store closed.

Any cooling??

OOS Tustin, CA

Reserved one to pay in store for it. Will bring my receipt and the 3570k cpu, and say can they swap these out. They might not notice the combo savings or override them.

isn't the 3570k better ?

I cant even checkout, the site keeps getting stuck on the checout screen. SD effect FUFUFUFUFUFUUUUUUUUU

Yes but negligible and the 2500k is better to OC also $70 cheaper...

This is the deal of the year. Easily the lowest price I have seen on a very powerful CPU, especially if you overclock this bad boy.

One left in Yonkers NY as I type-better hurry :)

This was back in August. Santa Clara closed the store due to a disagreement in building/property rental price. Now there are no Microcenters in the Bay Area :(

Same setup I have. Need DDR3 ram, and I Might as well get a new video card as well. :)

Depends on what you do with your computer.

The i7 9xx series is still very much a great CPU even today. It might be a bit slower clock for clock, can't clock as high as some of the K processors and not as efficient (in terms of power), but it's still extremely capable for 95% of most people's needs.

If you feel like you could use the extra horsepower - either for gaming, encoding, or rendering, etc. - then it might be worth it.

I would argue outside of largely CPU intensive work, one would not notice the difference between a 4ghz nehalem CPU and a 4.5ghz ivy bridge cpu.

Too bad you need to show ID at Microcenter.

I'm stopping after work in Madison Heights to get mine, I would pick yours up and just mail it to you.
Shipping should only be $5 or $6

Depends if you are more concerned about cost, or having new tech. This processor is an amazing deal, and if you can somehow talk the Micro Center rep to giving you a discount on a MB too, then it's a super amazing deal.

That being said, Haswell architecture for the processors is supposed to come out Q2 for Intel from what I remember, so sometime before summer starts. It's Intel tock in their tick-tock model and historically, the tocks have been proven as very good processor improvements. That being said, the Sandy Bridge was also a tock and is also historically known as a very good processor without high heating when overclocking (if you have non stock cooling of course).

i think gas would cost just as expensive to just get there lol

Oh yeah, these do heat up with high frequency, even when near stock voltage (where I am)

Using a Thermalright Ultra 120 with Sony SF fluid bearing fan.

The cpu could do more but the temp starts going ballistic and I don't want to pay any more for cooling.

I have a ton of DDR3 memory that I can make you a great deal on.

I need to start brooming parts out.

Must be in store...a Blue shirt will do the price match and place the order..just print the microcenter web page showing the price and the item number...They will check their website and place the order. It worked for me on the i5 3570k and the i7 3770k

ill need to build a new machine.. but a nice upgrade over q6600 on lga775

I already bought a 2500k years ago from MC but for this price, it's too hard to pass up. Great processor. I'll probably keep my current system for 3-4 more years.

Sweet, just got one. Waiting for my pick-up email.

Congrats to you lucky folks with a MC.

By this logic, if the CPU was FREE then it would be worthless because without a free motherboard you could never justify paying for a motherboard to put it in.

Houston store sold out. Boooo

Hating the fact that I don't have a Microcenter by me right about now. But I can't complain too much, atleast I have a Fry's

Sucks to live in Utah.

The stock updating thing seems to be a bit on the slow side. I had my order in fairly early but no notification yet, and it still says 10+ in stock in IL. The notification email is key because that means the store actually set one aside, if you don't get that- it's a no go.

how long does it take to show in order list? I placed one about 10 mins ago, still no confirm email.

Good deal

Not having a Micro Center should be the last reason to complain about.

The folks working at my MC are much sharper than that. They're hooves and antlers above your BB types! Maybe your store is the Detroit store though!

Stop DDOSing the website!

Their stocking is notoriously bad, anything below 5 means they might not have any, so don't be surprised. I feel bad for all the employees running around atm lol

Sooooo want to get this as it is such a great deal and I have a MC near me, but simply don't need it....and with holidays coming....must resist, must resist!!!

PC sales must have been so terrible that Intel has to pump up DIY demands to compensate PC sale decline. INTC is going down.

oh well i am at work right now -- 5 mins from Microcenter -- and i am trying to ignore it.

I don't want one, I don't want one!

Yes but that's not what I mean. I live right here at the headquarters of MC and they are very smart but they have customer satisfaction above all else, so they will often override things because they want to keep you as a customer. That is what I meant.

I have a 2600k, but this deal is just too good to pass up. In 4 1!!

Thats not the logic, I just try to find cheapest 4+ star mobo's available. My i7 is running on a $100 mobo and has been for nearly 2 years just fine.

I guess in general I just dont like spending a ton on motherboards, but if its rock solid its hard to argue with buying. I'm looking for an HTPC build so preferably a mATX anyway, but if theres a great deal on a board then i'd go ATX.

Just went OOS at Houston West Loop

yah, I still don't understand how he plans to pull it off. ??

2500k is about 10-12% slower clock-for-clock but has more overhead for OC. 3570k has better onboard graphics if you care. I don't think the 3570k is worth $70 more, but I got the 2500k for $179 last year and have been real happy with it.

Shrug, maybe? Someone with a LGA1156 system and no desire to mobo swap might be willing to pick it up. I'm running a first gen i7 xeon at work and it's pretty damn snappy.

The Z77 is definitely the caddy of chipsets right now but I think the Z68 still has a lot of life in it. Difference is essentially the Z68 doesn't have built-in USB 3 support (needs a separate USB 3 chip/driver) and doesn't have PCIe 3.0 support. I have a GA-Z68AP-D3 which I'm pretty happy with and it was $59 with a $10 rebate. If you can still find a discount Z68 board I'd pick it up.

Any cheap but good overclockable motherboard recommendations @ microcenter?

they don't ;)

hell, i have a Q6600 (at 3.6G) that i still can't justify to myself an upgrade... sure i'll be able to post far better benchmarks, but aside from that there's nothing my current computer can't do or run :P and yeah, i use it for heavy gaming... BF3 mostly now with my SLi GTX480s.

Sadly, here in central New York, we have neither Microcenter nor Fry's nor hhgregg nor OfficeDepot nor ...............

I installed an i5-2400 CPU on that ECS board - works fine. I didn't need to update the BIOS or anything, has been rock solid so far and fast. (i5-2400 is basically the non-overclockable version of the i5-2500K.)

By the way, I had gotten the i5-2400 for $120 around four months ago. It was a good deal then for a machine that I will never be overclocking. But this i5-2500K deal - hot.

Inbox failing.... can't keep up....... dyinggg.......:omg:

I put in a reservation, but it's been 18 minutes. Where's my confirmation for pickup? :cool:

Is your BB within 25 miles of a Microcenter?

i put one on reserve (chose the pay in store option) but remember that if you can't grab one, Frys Electronics in Downers Grove price matches online prices....they have a HUGE banner on the side of the store that you can see from I-355 when I drove by there yesterday on my way to MC to pickup my 3770k processor.

Hmm. Sucks that this doesn't qualify for any of the MB combos. Still a ridiculously hot price tho!

Thanks. USB 3.0 means absolutely nothing to me. 0% stake in this PC. The only time I ever find it useful is transferring pics from my Nikon to my PC.

But it's a $250 CPU on sale for $100.
exactly

Thanks for all the replies! I decided to keep my i7 930 until Intel's next tick -- Haswell. This is indeed a great price for this CPU (and MC is 15min from me), but there are other costs in a new build, which makes it difficult to justify paying for fairly marginal upgrade.

Got one, thanks OP.

I am much closer, but do I need to build another i5 desktop?

Check your order history for status

Good Luck

I think a lot of us with orders are going to be disappointed : /
Still might get a raincheck though.

I feel the same. I have a q8200 and it runs everything I want 3 years later. Coupled with a new GPU it can play any game out there ... this is why I made sure i got a quad Core 2 as I knew it would age better than a dual core (though most core 2 duals are still fine)

If someone can pick one up for I would be more than happy to buy it at cost+shipping+a lil extra for the trouble

I got two confirmation emails. Don't they check the address at all? I used the same address.

Might have to try this...I will be a touch disappointed if I can't get this but I've been fairly content with my E8800.

"Status: Needs Processed" what does that mean?

Dunno, seems as if the inventory diminshed rapidly on their web counter. MC is not like (trying to think of etailers that massively oversold actual inventories of Touchpad) oh yeah, Onsale.

Hey, never noticed when it registered in my MC order history, but I never received an order confirmation email.

I only received the Pick Up Ready email at 9:48, looking back at my MC order history, I placed my order at 8:56.