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Intel Core i7-8700K Coffee Lake 6-Core -
$349.99
ASUS ROG Strix Z370-E Gaming LGA 1151 (300 Series) -
$189.99
CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 3000 -
$199.99
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Combined Total:
$739.97
Combo Discounts:
- $139.98
Final Price:
599.99
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https://www.newegg.com/Product/Co...bo.3755062
I'm a first time builder, but this seemed like a good deal to me. Walmart has the 8700K at $313 before tax right now, so if you subtract that amount from this, you're still paying $287 for a motherboard that's lowest price has been historically around $180 and RAM that's ~$160. That's basically at least $50 savings, plus no tax/shipping from Newegg.
I don't know about the reputation of this mobo, but it seems great if you're ok with 3000mhz RAM imo.
EDIT: Now that this has hit front page, please don't flame me for this not being a "frontpage worthy deal". As people have pointed out, prices will go down over time but for people that want to buy this week or something this is probably pretty good. I also realize that this is at best a modest deal and not a "slick" deal, but it saves a lot of hassle of looking for the lowest price of all the parts and doing mail-in-rebates if you needed all 3 of things in the first place.
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Newegg charges taxes for CA:
$647 for me after taxes
Compared:
8700K from wally: $313*1.08 = $338
Asus Mobo: B&H photo = $179 if purchased when they had the android pay $10 off
RAM: ~ $150
Total = 338 + 179 + 150 = $667.
So price-wise, you are saving $20 (around 3% of purchase value) and a lot of searching for deals if purchased separately. But not super crazy slick deal IMO.
I think if someone can wait until mid/late this year to build, everything will be much better priced.
1) Crypto currency might wane off and GPU prices might lower.
2) Intel will have new mobo chipset for their new CPU which doesn't have exploits and will be higher demand, meaning Intel Exploited Chips such as Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake stuff will be cheaper
3) RAM manufacturing will get better yield and prices will lower if you believe the RAM manufacture about why they are raising prices.
Again I can be wrong in some or all of these predictions, but I think so far, prices can only head down.
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Doubt its worth it for most, but it will outlive ryzen that is for certain
Why will it outlive Ryzen?
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Newegg charges taxes for CA:
$647 for me after taxes
Compared:
8700K from wally: $313*1.08 = $338
Asus Mobo: B&H photo = $179 if purchased when they had the android pay $10 off
RAM: ~ $150
Total = 338 + 179 + 150 = $667.
So price-wise, you are saving $20 (around 3% of purchase value) and a lot of searching for deals if purchased separately. But not super crazy slick deal IMO.
I think if someone can wait until mid/late this year to build, everything will be much better priced.
1) Crypto currency might wane off and GPU prices might lower.
2) Intel will have new mobo chipset for their new CPU which doesn't have exploits and will be higher demand, meaning Intel Exploited Chips such as Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake stuff will be cheaper
3) RAM manufacturing will get better yield and prices will lower if you believe the RAM manufacture about why they are raising prices.
Again I can be wrong in some or all of these predictions, but I think so far, prices can only head down.
Doubt its worth it for most, but it will outlive ryzen that is for certain
Newegg charges taxes for CA:
$647 for me after taxes
Compared:
8700K from wally: $313*1.08 = $338
Asus Mobo: B&H photo = $179 if purchased when they had the android pay $10 off
RAM: ~ $150
Total = 338 + 179 + 150 = $667.
So price-wise, you are saving $20 (around 3% of purchase value) and a lot of searching for deals if purchased separately. But not super crazy slick deal IMO.
I think if someone can wait until mid/late this year to build, everything will be much better priced.
1) Crypto currency might wane off and GPU prices might lower.
2) Intel will have new mobo chipset for their new CPU which doesn't have exploits and will be higher demand, meaning Intel Exploited Chips such as Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake stuff will be cheaper
3) RAM manufacturing will get better yield and prices will lower if you believe the RAM manufacture about why they are raising prices.
Again I can be wrong in some or all of these predictions, but I think so far, prices can only head down.
Also, no one ever recommends a PC parts purchase off needing it later. Prices almost always go down in the long run (with the exception of graphics cards for mining where the price is unpredicable), so you buy now because you need something now or very soon.
Great deal.