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Intel Core i9-12900K + ASUS Z790-V Mobo + 32GB G.Skill DDR5-6000 RAM Combo

+ Free Store Pickup

$400

$686

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Micro Center has Intel Core i9-12900K + ASUS Z790-V Mobo + 32GB G.Skill DDR5-6000 RAM Combo on sale for $399.99. Select free store pickup where stock permits.
  • Note: Availability for store pickup may vary by location.
Thanks to Community Member hexise for finding this deal.

Bundle Includes:
  • Intel Core I9-12900 K Alder Lake 3.2 Ghz Sixteen-Core LGA 1700 Boxed Processor (Heatsink Not Included)
  • Asus Z790-V Prime Wifi Intel LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard
  • G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 Gb (2 X 16 Gb) DDR55-6000 PC5-48000 Cl36 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit (F5-6000J3636F16GX2-RS5K)

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Written by SlickDealio | Staff
  • About this deal:
  • Warranty:
    • Intel Core I9-12900 K Alder Lake - 3 Years Limited
    • Asus Z790-V Prime Wifi Intel LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard - 3 Years Limited
    • G.Skill RIPJAWS - Lifetime Limited

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Micro Center has Intel Core i9-12900K + ASUS Z790-V Mobo + 32GB G.Skill DDR5-6000 RAM Combo on sale for $399.99. Select free store pickup where stock permits.
  • Note: Availability for store pickup may vary by location.
Thanks to Community Member hexise for finding this deal.

Bundle Includes:
  • Intel Core I9-12900 K Alder Lake 3.2 Ghz Sixteen-Core LGA 1700 Boxed Processor (Heatsink Not Included)
  • Asus Z790-V Prime Wifi Intel LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard
  • G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 Gb (2 X 16 Gb) DDR55-6000 PC5-48000 Cl36 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit (F5-6000J3636F16GX2-RS5K)

Editor's Notes

Written by SlickDealio | Staff
  • About this deal:
  • Warranty:
    • Intel Core I9-12900 K Alder Lake - 3 Years Limited
    • Asus Z790-V Prime Wifi Intel LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard - 3 Years Limited
    • G.Skill RIPJAWS - Lifetime Limited

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fireballs
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Isn't this the price its been for a while now?

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Oct 21, 2023
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STEye
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I'm not familiar with the latest gen motherboards. Is the 790 better than the 690 chipset wise?
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Quote from STEye :
I'm not familiar with the latest gen motherboards. Is the 790 better than the 690 chipset wise?
That msi 690 MB is very good better than the asus one, msi 690 works for 13th gen and should work for 14th gen as well. Msi one has 1 pcie gen 5 and 2 pcie gen 3. But really they are useless if you aren't using them. Asus 790 has 1 gen 5 and 2 pcie gen 4. Def msi one is better, you can tell from the original price. If you do get the msi 690. Make sure you update the bio and install wifi driver
Oct 21, 2023
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CoolCircle4487
Oct 21, 2023
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Quote from STEye :
I'm not familiar with the latest gen motherboards. Is the 790 better than the 690 chipset wise?
Gamers Nexus, Hardware Unboxed, der8auer and Hardware Canucks all took slightly different angles on reviewing the "new" 14th gen CPUs.

If you're getting paralyzed too much, note that there is not much difference between stuff now a days....

You might be interested in the der8auer(of Corsair/Thermal Grizzly fame) video. He went and tested 12900k, 13900KS, 14900K, 7800X3D and 7950X3D at Intel and AMD specs (DDR5 4800 for 12900k, 5600 for 13900k, 5200 for 7800X3D,...) and than also at what a regular person would get. AMD recommends 6000 for Zen4 and regular users would realistically buy around 7200 for Intel. Just note the CL30, not any garbage RAM.

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Oct 21, 2023
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STEye
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Can you upgrade to WiFi 6 on the 790?
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mrrame
Oct 21, 2023
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Quote from flummoxednitwit :
purchased a couple of days ago intending to receive the msi z690. Afterwords realizing that the asus Z790 was substituted I returned to the store earlier today and exchanged mob's.
did you pay extra for the MB swap?
Oct 21, 2023
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EnkhturD
Oct 21, 2023
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I bought the z690 msi combo for 399$, everything works perfect. I am sure this setup will serve me for at least 5 years. I paired this combo with an samsung 980 pro ssd, 4070ti, aio water cooler. Running everything maxed at 1440p
Oct 21, 2023
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tjhart85
Oct 21, 2023
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Quote from mrrame :
did you pay extra for the MB swap?
It sounds like it wasn't so much a 'swap' as a "you gave me the wrong motherboard with this combo and I'd like the one that's being advertised with the bundle instead of receiving this downgrade" and they corrected their mistake.
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oporichito
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Quote from EnkhturD :
I bought the z690 msi combo for 399$, everything works perfect. I am sure this setup will serve me for at least 5 years. I paired this combo with an samsung 980 pro ssd, 4070ti, aio water cooler. Running everything maxed at 1440p
I got the same. Same SSD, same water cooler. But GPU is sapphire nitro+ RX 7900 xtx. Everything runs smooth on 4K. I upgraded from AMD 3900x and EVGA RTX 3090. RTX 3090 had temperature issue. It used to get overheated! Finally this 7900xtx runs super cool. Never saw running over 65°C on 4K gaming!
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LonW
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Chicago store has 17 in stock as of this post.
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flummoxednitwit
Oct 22, 2023
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Quote from mrrame :
did you pay extra for the MB swap?
Nothing extra, perhaps as a result of my original purchase being one of Micro Center bundle deals.
Oct 22, 2023
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Lordgenome
Oct 22, 2023
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Worth it only if you're several years (4+) behind on a new rig imo. Hold out for 13900 and 13700 deals, or go 7800x3d or 7950x3d route.
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scraejtp
Oct 22, 2023
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Quote from Lordgenome :
Worth it only if you're several years (4+) behind on a new rig imo. Hold out for 13900 and 13700 deals, or go 7800x3d or 7950x3d route.
Except this is literally less than half the price of the 13700 as a bundle, with a relatively marginal decrease in performance. If you wait a year then pricing may be about the same, generation older and all.

7950x3d is a better performer, but at about 4x the price. LMAO 7800x3d is power efficient and a good gaming chip, but the 12900K is better in many other ways. (integrated graphics, more cores, strong single core performance, etc)
Last edited by scraejtp October 21, 2023 at 10:12 PM.
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Oct 22, 2023
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ghostfreckle
Oct 22, 2023
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Quote from CoolCircle4487 :
At least that mobo shows a First BIOS release date of 2022/09/13. Should still get some updates as new issues come up.

However, 14th gen(literally just 13th gen with new "4" ink on the CPU) is the last CPU generation for this socket, should take that into account in any savings...
Would have been meta if intel just crossed out the the 3 and printed a "^4"on the cpu and the box… 😂
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essix8
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Quote from scraejtp :
Except this is literally less than half the price of the 13700 as a bundle, with a relatively marginal decrease in performance. If you wait a year then pricing may be about the same, generation older and all.

7950x3d is a better performer, but at about 4x the price. 7800x3d is power efficient and a good gaming chip, but the 12900K is better in many other ways. (integrated graphics, more cores, strong single core performance, etc)
I agree, this is a great deal, its cheap, 12900k is still a top performer for gaming, productivity and in multi-thread its still 50% faster than a 7800x3D ($350+ alone). So you are getting both high end performance for very cheap

Even if you lowball the value of the motherboard and DDR5 to $150+$50 (lower than retail), because they might not be your ideal choices, that means the i9-12900k is being sold for $200. Its a steal.

Obviously a 13700k, 13900k, 14700k, 13900k are all clearly better parts, but we wont see them discounted this deeply for another year or more. And if you want you can upgrade to them later down the road.

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ThirstyCruz
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Quote from essix8 :
I agree, this is a great deal, its cheap, 12900k is still a top performer for gaming, productivity and in multi-thread its still 50% faster than a 7800x3D ($350+ alone). So you are getting both high end performance for very cheap

Even if you lowball the value of the motherboard and DDR5 to $150+$50 (lower than retail), because they might not be your ideal choices, that means the i9-12900k is being sold for $200. Its a steal.

Obviously a 13700k, 13900k, 14700k, 13900k are all clearly better parts, but we wont see them discounted this deeply for another year or more. And if you want you can upgrade to them later down the road.
13700k bundle was only $50 more last week. Will see more deal like that this season
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