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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is it necessary to add another set of 2x8gb ram to this if I wanted to use this bundle?
It's not at all necessary to buy another set of 2x8 for this. It really just depends on what you're going to be doing with the system. If you're going to build a system and throw a 3060 in it for medium to light gaming, then 16 gigs of Ram should be more than fine. If you're going to throw like…a 4090 in there and do some serious 4k ultra settings gaming, then I'd recommend probably nixing the 2x8 altogether and getting like a 2x16 or 2x32 kit. In so many instances, 2 sticks run as dual channel performs better than 4 sticks (of same capacity) in the same system.
Ultimately, though, I'd recommend running the 2x8 set in whatever your use case would be and see if it suits your needs.
Come to NY. Expensive AF here but 4 Micro Centers for you to waste whatever remaining cash you might have...
I used to work at the first one they had here. You took a technology test just to be a CASHIER! Needless to say, met a bunch of future IT people there and those tests are long gone for employees.
Still the best damn store around though, except for Total Wine obviously. That place is Toys 'R Us for adults.
In St Louis, actually Brentwood, the Total Wine store shares a parking lot with Micro Center.
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.
i tried to do this and they rep straight up told me they could not, is this something that we have to talk to a manager for, or is there some sort of company policy you have to quote?
i tried to do this and they rep straight up told me they could not, is this something that we have to talk to a manager for, or is there some sort of company policy you have to quote?
Honestly, I don't know. My store is at Tustin and I purchased them I could return some partially but not the same day. I never tried it at the same day though.
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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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It's not at all necessary to buy another set of 2x8 for this. It really just depends on what you're going to be doing with the system. If you're going to build a system and throw a 3060 in it for medium to light gaming, then 16 gigs of Ram should be more than fine. If you're going to throw like…a 4090 in there and do some serious 4k ultra settings gaming, then I'd recommend probably nixing the 2x8 altogether and getting like a 2x16 or 2x32 kit. In so many instances, 2 sticks run as dual channel performs better than 4 sticks (of same capacity) in the same system.
Ultimately, though, I'd recommend running the 2x8 set in whatever your use case would be and see if it suits your needs.
I used to work at the first one they had here. You took a technology test just to be a CASHIER! Needless to say, met a bunch of future IT people there and those tests are long gone for employees.
Still the best damn store around though, except for Total Wine obviously. That place is Toys 'R Us for adults.
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Thx. Got another $25 off $100 coupon
I think so.
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yea i have ddr3 lol