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expired Posted by nellison • May 26, 2023

Micro Center: Intel Core i7-12700K + MSI PRO Z690-A WiFi MoBo + 16GB DDR4 RAM

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$350

$795

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Select Micro Center Stores [store locator] have Intel Core i7-12700K Processor + MSI PRO Z690-A WiFi ATX Motherboard + 16GB (2x 8GB) G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 Memory Bundle on sale for $349.99. Select free store pickup where stock permits.

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  • Note: May not be available in all areas. Availability for store pickup may vary by location.
Bundle Includes:
  • Intel Core i7-12700K 12-Core / 20 Thread 125W LGA 1700 Socket Processor (No Heatsink Included, BX8071512700K)
  • MSI PRO Z690-A WiFi DDR4 LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard (PROZ690-AWIFIDD)
  • 16GB (2x 8GB) G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 CL16 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit (F4-3200C16D-16GVKB)

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    • Offer valid for a limited time while supplies last.
  • Refer to the forum thread for additional details and community discussion.

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Select Micro Center Stores [store locator] have Intel Core i7-12700K Processor + MSI PRO Z690-A WiFi ATX Motherboard + 16GB (2x 8GB) G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 Memory Bundle on sale for $349.99. Select free store pickup where stock permits.

Thanks to community member nellison for finding this deal.
  • Note: May not be available in all areas. Availability for store pickup may vary by location.
Bundle Includes:
  • Intel Core i7-12700K 12-Core / 20 Thread 125W LGA 1700 Socket Processor (No Heatsink Included, BX8071512700K)
  • MSI PRO Z690-A WiFi DDR4 LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard (PROZ690-AWIFIDD)
  • 16GB (2x 8GB) G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 CL16 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit (F4-3200C16D-16GVKB)

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Written by RevOne | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Offer valid for a limited time while supplies last.
  • Refer to the forum thread for additional details and community discussion.

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Some of the features you can see and others you'd have to look up on the companies' websites. There may be advantages to the MSI that I'm missing, and I had every intent to buy an MSI board for this upgrade because they seem to be the best overall choice nowadays. I haven't looked into the quality and number of power stages, and the MSI could be superior there for all I know.

The Gigabyte board has the following features that push it into a slightly nicer tier, whether you want them or not:
Heat sinks for all four NVME drives vs. just one
"Armor" for two of the DIMM slots
Better audio chipset
SPDIF output
Beefier VRM heatsinks?
Integrated IO shield
Built-in RGB and a reset button on board

You'll also notice the MSI board has some busy silk screening on it. This is sometimes used to hide a lack of features (so that you don't readily notice a lack of chips, slots, etc.). Again, MSI was the motherboard company I wanted to buy from because they're getting good reviews and I'm sure it's a fine board. One of the reasons it was chosen to receive coreboot was it was a good value and MSI had already sold a lot of them.
Some day I will move near a Microcenter and it will be glorious!

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The Newegg $426 bundle had 32GB of DDR5. Not sure if that's worth the $76, but it's OOS now anyways.
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katapaltes
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The $350 bundle with the Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Elite AX DDR4 is still available from what I can see. They have more than 25 available of each at the Dallas store. The Gigabyte board (that's the bundle I got) is nicer than the MSI one, but the MSI one officially supports coreboot if you're into that.
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Quote from katapaltes :
The $350 bundle with the Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Elite AX DDR4 is still available from what I can see. They have more than 25 available of each at the Dallas store. The Gigabyte board (that's the bundle I got) is nicer than the MSI one, but the MSI one officially supports coreboot if you're into that.
what makes the gigabyte one better than the MSI?
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nathanddrews
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Better deal than last week's motherboard which only had 3 PCIE slots, shame the 4th slot is x1 instead of x4, but I may have to strike on this one.
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Quote from liunit92 :
what makes the gigabyte one better than the MSI?
Some of the features you can see and others you'd have to look up on the companies' websites. There may be advantages to the MSI that I'm missing, and I had every intent to buy an MSI board for this upgrade because they seem to be the best overall choice nowadays. I haven't looked into the quality and number of power stages, and the MSI could be superior there for all I know.

The Gigabyte board has the following features that push it into a slightly nicer tier, whether you want them or not:
Heat sinks for all four NVME drives vs. just one
"Armor" for two of the DIMM slots
Better audio chipset
SPDIF output
Beefier VRM heatsinks?
Integrated IO shield
Built-in RGB and a reset button on board

You'll also notice the MSI board has some busy silk screening on it. This is sometimes used to hide a lack of features (so that you don't readily notice a lack of chips, slots, etc.). Again, MSI was the motherboard company I wanted to buy from because they're getting good reviews and I'm sure it's a fine board. One of the reasons it was chosen to receive coreboot was it was a good value and MSI had already sold a lot of them. Smilie
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Quote from echowave :
Purchase this bundle then return board and ram.

Purchase open box ASUS Z690-PLUS TUF Gaming WiFi D5 you can get it less than $100 (at tustin I can see $93.96) You just need to check it with your eyes. Also purchase DDR5 ram 16g x 2 6000hz. CL36 or 30.

You can get better performance also 16G more ram and almost same price.
Can you return parts of the bundle?
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MattTheRadarTech
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Quote from echowave :
Purchase this bundle then return board and ram.

Purchase open box ASUS Z690-PLUS TUF Gaming WiFi D5 you can get it less than $100 (at tustin I can see $93.96) You just need to check it with your eyes. Also purchase DDR5 ram 16g x 2 6000hz. CL36 or 30.

You can get better performance also 16G more ram and almost same price.
Micro Center would be cool if I bought the bundle and then just returned the RAM right then and there?
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Would this be ok for a Proxmox homelab? I know ram only 16gb but just to start.
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Quote from warlock110 :
Can you return parts of the bundle?
Yes, you can. There are certain price of each parts. In case of this I purchased cpu 182.62, board 140.49, ram 26.88. You can return them each.
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Quote from MattTheRadarTech :
Micro Center would be cool if I bought the bundle and then just returned the RAM right then and there?
Yes, you can. I already did it. But I never tried it at the same day. I never tried it. You can try it but I doubt about it.
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Some day I will move near a Microcenter and it will be glorious!
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Quote from liunit92 :
what makes the gigabyte one better than the MSI?
Anyone tried to get support from Gigabyte? MSI is horrid.

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Quote from echowave :
Yes, you can. There are certain price of each parts. In case of this I purchased cpu 182.62, board 140.49, ram 26.88. You can return them each.
Thank you so much. I bought the bundle and it came with atx mobo. Tried selling the ram and mobo since I have mini itX. If I can return the two other parts and keep 13700k for $180 I am so happy…

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