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Combo: Intel Core i9-12900K + MSI Z690-A PRO WiFi + 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws S5 DDR5

+ Free Store Pickup

$400

$703

43% off
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Micro Center has Computer Build Combo: Intel Core i9-12900K + MSI Z690-A PRO WiFi Motherbaord + 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws S5 DDR5 Memory on sale for $399.99. Select free store pickup where available.

Note: Availability for free store pickup will vary by location.

Includes:
  • Intel Core i9-12900K Alder Lake 3.2GHz 16-Core LGA 1700 Processor
  • MSI Z690-A PRO WiFi DDR5 Intel LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard
  • 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws S5 (2 x 16GB) DDR5-6000 PC5-48000 CL36 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit (F5-6000J3636F16GX2-RS5K)

Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake | Staff
  • Excellent savings for anyone looking to build a premium desktop. This price of this bundle is $302.97 lower (43% savings) than buying each item separately.
  • Limit of 1 bundle per household
  • See the forum thread for additional discussion of this deal.

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Micro Center has Computer Build Combo: Intel Core i9-12900K + MSI Z690-A PRO WiFi Motherbaord + 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws S5 DDR5 Memory on sale for $399.99. Select free store pickup where available.

Note: Availability for free store pickup will vary by location.

Includes:
  • Intel Core i9-12900K Alder Lake 3.2GHz 16-Core LGA 1700 Processor
  • MSI Z690-A PRO WiFi DDR5 Intel LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard
  • 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws S5 (2 x 16GB) DDR5-6000 PC5-48000 CL36 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit (F5-6000J3636F16GX2-RS5K)

Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake | Staff
  • Excellent savings for anyone looking to build a premium desktop. This price of this bundle is $302.97 lower (43% savings) than buying each item separately.
  • Limit of 1 bundle per household
  • See the forum thread for additional discussion of this deal.

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From my own experience and from what I understand about the 12900k is the memory controller is not as strong. I've had trouble getting my 12900k to run XMP 6000Mhz stable on my DDR5 kit. Even though my memory and motherboard are both on each others QVL. It will fail memory tests after a few hours of running. You might get luckly and get a good 12900k and it works, but it's not guaranteed by any means.
Sethbacca
Almost tempted to drive the 2.5 hours to Boston for this
(Mostly kidding though, nobody in their right mind drives in Boston)
b00gersugar
they will never ship this. will NEVER happen. they make no money on this. the entire purpose of these bundles is to get people to physically into the store and buy other stuff while there. it's the only way they can compete with lazy options like amazon



because they are scum buckets. i shopped there from 2004 to 2019. spent tens of thousands. but after they got bought out by some chinese company they went to s**t. bogus restocking fees. shipping broken returns instead of new items then blaming the buyers for breaking them. denying returns for made up reasons. allows scammers to sell on their platform and not helping customers when something goes wrong with 3rd party sellers. i can go on all day

on two occasions i bought brand new motherboards and got someone's broken returns. one of them had nearly all the pins destroyed. looked like someone whacked the cpu socket with a hammer. and they tried to blame it on me and reject the return. that was back in 2019. i filed a chargeback and never shopped there again

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Sep 9, 2023
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natedj
Sep 9, 2023
473 Posts
Nice combo, but if Micro Center want to impress me, they need to have a ITX board with this deal.
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Sep 9, 2023
168 Posts
Joined Dec 2011
Sep 9, 2023
swingking03
Sep 9, 2023
168 Posts
Didn't there used to be a subreddit to hire someone to do much better pickup and shipping?
Sep 9, 2023
1,220 Posts
Joined Dec 2010
Sep 9, 2023
new_yorker
Sep 9, 2023
1,220 Posts
Does it come with Intel WiFi chipset or Realtek?
Sep 9, 2023
3 Posts
Joined Jan 2012
Sep 9, 2023
xchuck35
Sep 9, 2023
3 Posts
Quote from new_yorker :
Does it come with Intel WiFi chipset or Realtek?
Both bundles that they have have intel 6E WIFI.
The Z690 AORUS ELITE has a Realtek 2.5Gig NIC and the MSI board bundle has and Intel 2.5Gig NIC
Sep 9, 2023
38 Posts
Joined Oct 2015
Sep 9, 2023
whoisillb
Sep 9, 2023
38 Posts
Can anyone comment their thoughts on if this is a good buy for someone who won't build for the next 3-6 months? Would I be better off waiting?
Sep 9, 2023
6 Posts
Joined Aug 2014
Sep 9, 2023
GregoryP3631
Sep 9, 2023
6 Posts
Quote from basecase :
I was looking the MB FAQs for this package. It looks like it defaults to 4000MHz with 4 sticks.

"For the best stability and user experience, when installing 4 pcs of 4800MHz DDR5 memory, it will boot with 4000MHz. For other DRAM frequency or overclocking, please manually adjust in BIOS. Warning: Attempt overclocking at your own risk."
I ended up just running two sticks since it was plenty and I wasn't doing any video editing so 32GB was plenty
Sep 9, 2023
4 Posts
Joined Jan 2017
Sep 9, 2023
slicklai
Sep 9, 2023
4 Posts
Quote from xchuck35 :
Both bundles that they have have intel 6E WIFI.
The Z690 AORUS ELITE has a Realtek 2.5Gig NIC and the MSI board bundle has and Intel 2.5Gig NIC
I'm upgrading from a Ryzen 7 1800X 16GB RAM. Since both motherboards are at the same price, which MB is best generally speaking? Gigabyte or MSI? According to Newegg reviews, the MSI has better reviews than the GB.

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Sep 9, 2023
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Jaymz99
Sep 9, 2023
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Quote from ender2851 :
why does everyone hate newegg now? that is my only option at this point...
Let's not forget when Newegg got breached and everyone's credit card numbers got stolen due to poor website security. Newegg response, "We're sorry."
Sep 9, 2023
61 Posts
Joined Oct 2017
Sep 9, 2023
gadgetlam
Sep 9, 2023
61 Posts
Quote from natedj :
Nice combo, but if Micro Center want to impress me, they need to have a ITX board with this deal.
I'm wanting refresh my itx build and also am waiting for deal. how rare are they at microcenter. I'm lucky enough to have one 40min from me.
Sep 9, 2023
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Joined May 2012
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Chemosh013
Sep 9, 2023
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Quote from whoisillb :
Can anyone comment their thoughts on if this is a good buy for someone who won't build for the next 3-6 months? Would I be better off waiting?
I would definitely wait. 14th Gen intel is coming out later this month, and that might push some prices down.
Sep 9, 2023
3 Posts
Joined Aug 2022
Sep 9, 2023
FuschiaJoke884
Sep 9, 2023
3 Posts
Quote from pet1700 :
Does this have a built in graphics on the CPU? How is the built in graphics for 1080p gaming?
Probably dogshit
Sep 9, 2023
43 Posts
Joined Jul 2020
Sep 9, 2023
WittyMammoth137
Sep 9, 2023
43 Posts
Got this bundle for my unraid server. 10/10 deal
Sep 9, 2023
10 Posts
Joined Mar 2017
Sep 9, 2023
McFiddlesticks
Sep 9, 2023
10 Posts
Thanks for the post! It lead me to find out Charlotte is getting a store next year! This made my day!
Sep 9, 2023
721 Posts
Joined Nov 2010
Sep 9, 2023
bigj8705
Sep 9, 2023
721 Posts
Quote from Sethbacca :
Almost tempted to drive the 2.5 hours to Boston for this Stick Out Tongue
(Mostly kidding though, nobody in their right mind drives in Boston)
So I hear still a place I'd like to visit. My wife went years ago and was like yeah you walk there you don't drive. That walk from Boston would take forever.

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Sep 9, 2023
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skonowal
Sep 9, 2023
135 Posts
I want to have microcenter build a PC for me but there's just so much to know. If I was going to likely go with a 4070Ti, are these good components to pair with it? I was thinking about going with AMD X3D to keep temps low but... I just don't know. I have analysis paralysis 😔

Primary use is gaming (near zero productivity or streaming). Looking for 300+ fps in overwatch at 1440p. I've considered the 4090 but it looks like it struggles with 60fps 4k consistently and I'll upgrade once that threshold is met (and it'd be nice if that were plug and play)
Last edited by skonowal September 9, 2023 at 06:45 AM.
Sep 9, 2023
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smartdeals
Sep 9, 2023
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can i9-12900K mount to Z690 mobo with ddr4 ram eg this one https://www.microcenter.com/produ...otherboard
dont have ddr5 but alot ddr4 in hand

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