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.
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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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…
Worth keeping everything? I want to upgrade my old i5-4690?
what are you planning on doing with it? if it's just normal computering, you'll be fine with the components in this bundle.
swapping to another mobo and DDR5 will do nothing of note, just make the bill higher
what are you planning on doing with it? if it's just normal computering, you'll be fine with the components in this bundle.
swapping to another mobo and DDR5 will do nothing of note, just make the bill higher
Anyone tried to get support from Gigabyte? MSI is horrid.
Wait what? I guess you don't know what horrid is. Gigabyte has the worst service on earth. Good luck reaching out to get a proper tech that knows anything.
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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.
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Anyone tried to get support from Gigabyte? MSI is horrid.
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…
You can move to Chicago .they have 2 stores there..i just moved out of there🤣
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swapping to another mobo and DDR5 will do nothing of note, just make the bill higher
swapping to another mobo and DDR5 will do nothing of note, just make the bill higher
Basic computing and gaming lol
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