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

$350

$794.97

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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 Edited May 30, 2023 at 07:59 AM by

this deal is back, but with another motherboard.

MSI Z690-A Pro WiFi DDR4 Intel LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard

G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 PC4-25600 CL16 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit F4-3200C16D-16GVKB - Black

Intel Core i7-12700K Alder Lake 3.6GHz Twelve-Core LGA 1700 Boxed Processor - Heatsink Not Included

https://www.microcenter.com/produ...ild-bundle

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Created 05-25-2023 at 07:22 PM by nellison

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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. Smilie

Some day I will move near a Microcenter and it will be glorious!

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06-21-2023 at 06:20 AM.

Deal is still available. Need to rebuild an old media server PC that's dying on me.

This or the deal with the Asus mobo and DDR5? The RAM in that other deal is kind of scaring me, not great reviews and questionable compatibility with mobo/CPU.

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07-05-2023 at 11:39 AM.

Newegg has bundle with 32GB DDR5 6000 CL32 for $412.

https://slickdeals.net/f/16764125-intel-core-i7-12700k-msi-pro-z690-a-wifi-ddr5-atx-motherboard-oloy-blade-32gb-2-x-16-ddr5-6000-cl32-411-99

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07-05-2023 at 11:53 AM.

its been a while since I built a pc (about 10 years), can I just plug in a NVME m.2 directly onto this board like the 2tb Samsung one amazon is offering for $99? Im use to a bunch of cables to a 3.5 IDE drive

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07-07-2023 at 01:22 AM.

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Should be plug and play for the most part. You may have to unscrew and rescrew a motherboard heatsink. There's usually one screw to keep the ssd in place.

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07-07-2023 at 12:36 PM.

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Should be plug and play for the most part. You may have to unscrew and rescrew a motherboard heatsink. There's usually one screw to keep the ssd in place.

cool thanks

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09-15-2023 at 08:49 AM.

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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.

any memory oc issues?

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09-15-2023 at 05:51 PM.

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any memory oc issues?

I haven't tried, so I can't say.

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09-15-2023 at 06:01 PM.

More or less have had this combo since launch of 12th gen. My Gskill's are a tiny bit better but not much 16-16-16-32. I just game and browse and while a storage speed junkie paired with the latest NVMe 4 drives Samsung/WD I'm good. You will be very happy for years with this I think.