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Intel Core i7-12700K CPU + MSI Z790-P Pro WiFi Mobo + 16GB G.Skill DDR4-3200 RAM

(Select Stores) + Free Store Pickup

$280

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Select Micro Center Stores have Intel Core i7-12700K CPU + MSI Z790-P Pro WiFi DDR4 Motherboard + 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 RAM Bundle on sale for $279.99. Select free store pickup where available.
  • Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location.
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Includes:
  • Intel i7-12700K 12-Core (8P+4E) / 20-Thread Processor
    • Note: Heatsink is not included, includes integrated UHD Graphics 770 chip with 8K HDR support
  • MSI Z790-P Pro Wi-Fi D4 Intel LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard
  • 16GB (2x8GB) G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 Desktop Memory Kit

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  • About this Store:
    • All products come with 60 days of Complimentary Tech Support
    • 15 Day Return Policy (details)
  • Additional Information:
    • This offer is $20 less than the previous +54 FP deal.
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Select Micro Center Stores have Intel Core i7-12700K CPU + MSI Z790-P Pro WiFi DDR4 Motherboard + 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 RAM Bundle on sale for $279.99. Select free store pickup where available.
  • Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location.
Thanks to Community Member artcab for finding this deal.

Includes:
  • Intel i7-12700K 12-Core (8P+4E) / 20-Thread Processor
    • Note: Heatsink is not included, includes integrated UHD Graphics 770 chip with 8K HDR support
  • MSI Z790-P Pro Wi-Fi D4 Intel LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard
  • 16GB (2x8GB) G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 Desktop Memory Kit

Editor's Notes

Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this Store:
    • All products come with 60 days of Complimentary Tech Support
    • 15 Day Return Policy (details)
  • Additional Information:
    • This offer is $20 less than the previous +54 FP deal.
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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PT89
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If you're on a tight budget yes. But if you can spare an additional $90 then I'd get the 7700X bundle. Comes with 32GB of DDR5 and the AM5 platform is more future proof and has an upgrade path since AMD is expected to release Zen 6 on it.
jbrukardt
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would be a major upgrade for you. 12th gen is where they put out a new processor architecture, then broke it in 13th and 14th gen.

Roughly 3x the performance of your 8700.

All that said. This isnt the best of microcenter bundled in my opinion.

https://www.microcenter.com/produ...ild-bundle is slightly weaker, but isnt end of life in memory and socket
pcman2000
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Nobody and I mean nobody ever really upgrades their CPU on same platform like 1%. They run the platform and setup they have until they get tired of it and upgrade to the whatever platform appeals at the time. People need to get off the dead socket bandwagon. The only time it's a dead socket is if Windows says so and then you might have an argument.

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Quote from pcman2000 :
Nobody and I mean nobody ever really upgrades their CPU on same platform like 1%. They run the platform and setup they have until they get tired of it and upgrade to the whatever platform appeals at the time. People need to get off the dead socket bandwagon. The only time it's a dead socket is if Windows says so and then you might have an argument.
I'd say for the most part yes you're right but there are lots of folks who upgraded to latest CPUs on AM4.
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bigjay517
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Quote from pcman2000 :
Nobody and I mean nobody ever really upgrades their CPU on same platform like 1%. They run the platform and setup they have until they get tired of it and upgrade to the whatever platform appeals at the time. People need to get off the dead socket bandwagon. The only time it's a dead socket is if Windows says so and then you might have an argument.
Funny. I just got off the phone with my buddy doing his 2nd upgrade on his AM4 platform. 1600 -> 2700x -> 3900x.

I could agree that it's not a common use case, but it's not true that nobody does it.
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ablang
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So what else would you need at a minimum hardwise-wise to build a working computer?
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Quote from ablang :
So what else would you need at a minimum hardwise-wise to build a working computer?
A farking psu
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Born2Gamble
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Been this price for months
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Quote from pcman2000 :
Nobody and I mean nobody ever really upgrades their CPU on same platform like 1%. They run the platform and setup they have until they get tired of it and upgrade to the whatever platform appeals at the time. People need to get off the dead socket bandwagon. The only time it's a dead socket is if Windows says so and then you might have an argument.
Agreed
We've reached the point that computers last longer to the point that it's really worth the upgrade when it's the nex gen ( smaller die socket/ram ) than just upgrade the CPU. Most motherboards don't handle really significant upgrades anyway besides ASRock.
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Quote from ablang :
So what else would you need at a minimum hardwise-wise to build a working computer?
PSU, Storage and CPU cooler and a case

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JustinW8458
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Quote from Cracktower :
Agreed
We've reached the point that computers last longer to the point that it's really worth the upgrade when it's the nex gen ( smaller die socket/ram ) than just upgrade the CPU. Most motherboards don't handle really significant upgrades anyway besides ASRock.
Socket AM4 supported CPUs from 14nm to 7nm over 8 years. Upgrading from a Ryzen 2700X to a 5800X 3D on the same board brings big performance gains. Most X570 and B550 boards can handle any Ryzen CPU from 2017-2024, making upgrades easy.

The idea that ASRock is one of the few brands that can handle significant upgrades is not accurate.

Most motherboard brands, including ASUS, MSI, and Gigabyte, offer X570 and B550 boards that can support a wide range of Ryzen CPUs from 2017-2024.
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Faceman47
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Quote from pcman2000 :
Nobody and I mean nobody ever really upgrades their CPU on same platform like 1%. They run the platform and setup they have until they get tired of it and upgrade to the whatever platform appeals at the time. People need to get off the dead socket bandwagon. The only time it's a dead socket is if Windows says so and then you might have an argument.
Are you sure about it being that low? Am4 had a cpu come out for it less than a year ago. That socket went for a long time. If Am5 is even close, I think the idea of future proofing is pretty relevant.
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Cracktower
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Quote from JustinW8458 :
Socket AM4 supported CPUs from 14nm to 7nm over 8 years. Upgrading from a Ryzen 2700X to a 5800X 3D on the same board brings big performance gains. Most X570 and B550 boards can handle any Ryzen CPU from 2017-2024, making upgrades easy.

The idea that ASRock is one of the few brands that can handle significant upgrades is not accurate.

Most motherboard brands, including ASUS, MSI, and Gigabyte, offer X570 and B550 boards that can support a wide range of Ryzen CPUs from 2017-2024.
You don't get it. All of these boards had limitations if they were made 8 years ago. Chipset stayed the same, USB greatly outdated, ram revisions, GPU generation.. etc.. etc..
I'd much rather run my 12th gen cpu with ddr5 than 3. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.



Edit: Don't forget, nvme drive support wasn't near the transfer rate of today's gen and most likely wasn't on the typical board.
Last edited by Cracktower February 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM.
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JustinW8458
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Quote from Cracktower :
You don't get it. All of these boards had limitations if they were made 8 years ago. Chipset stayed the same, USB greatly outdated, ram revisions, GPU generation.. etc.. etc..
I'd much rather run my 12th gen cpu with ddr5 than 3. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.



Edit: Don't forget, nvme drive support wasn't near the transfer rate of today's gen and most likely wasn't on the typical board.
X370, x470, X570 aren't the same boards. X370 is the oldest chipset I listed and still supports the latest AM4 chips from just 1 year ago.
Socket AM4 supports all of these chipset and more.
The broader point is the wide variance of choice with significant upgrades in performance available in some cases with just replacing the CPU.

12th Gen Intels support both DDR4 or DDR5. Intel z690 and z790 support 12th, 13th, and 14th Gen processors.

And I still don't know where you got the idea that ASRock is of the few that can handle significant upgrades when compared to other motherboard manufacturers.
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Cracktower
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Quote from JustinW8458 :
X370, x470, X570 aren't the same boards. X370 is the oldest chipset I listed and still supports the latest AM4 chips from just 1 year ago.
Socket AM4 supports all of these chipset and more.
The broader point is the wide variance of choice with significant upgrades in performance available in some cases with just replacing the CPU.

12th Gen Intels support both DDR4 or DDR5. Intel z690 and z790 support 12th, 13th, and 14th Gen processors.

And I still don't know where you got the idea that ASRock is of the few that can handle significant upgrades when compared to other motherboard manufacturers.
All I'm saying is that the boards have many limitations due to age. Ram not current, gpu throughout not current, nvme not current (if even available). Most people these days just wait for the next gen, some 2 gets, before jumping. Future proofing doesn't exist anymore. It's not worth it anymore if you build a decent system to begin with, it will work fine for a few generations. No reason to sink money 8 years later into a board that's been overshadowed 4 years ago. It doesn't make sense.
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Quote from Cracktower :
All I'm saying is that the boards have many limitations due to age. Ram not current, gpu throughout not current, nvme not current (if even available). Most people these days just wait for the next gen, some 2 gets, before jumping. Future proofing doesn't exist anymore. It's not worth it anymore if you build a decent system to begin with, it will work fine for a few generations. No reason to sink money 8 years later into a board that's been overshadowed 4 years ago. It doesn't make sense.
It doesn't have to be a board from 8 years ago. But it is a choice that is available for some. Your 12th Gen Intel released in 2021 can be upgraded with a newer, much higher core and thread count CPU with a 14700k or 14900k. Depending on the workload, this is a significant performance increase and an increase in thread and core count with just a CPU swap.
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Quote from JustinW8458 :
It doesn't have to be a board from 8 years ago. But it is a choice that is available for some. Your 12th Gen Intel released in 2021 can be upgraded with a newer, much higher core and thread count CPU with a 14700k or 14900k. Depending on the workload, this is a significant performance increase and an increase in thread and core count with just a CPU swap.
By the time you need to swap out a 12th gen i7 you might as well upgrade to a better ram gen, nvme gen, USB gen. etc...etc.. It's a waste of money to put money into old tech with the fast rate of changes. Sure, cpu upgrades haven't been really major the past few generations but everything else has which requires a new board. I still have a working 3570k @:4.4 ghz oc. Doesn't mean I'm going to put anymore money into it, The board had reached its limitations and can't keep up, no matter how much better the 3990 is.
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Incredible deal for a Plex build!!!!!

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