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frontpageVioletHaddock489 | Staff posted Dec 18, 2025 08:07 PM
Intel i9-12900K CPU + ASUS Z790 MAX Mobo + 32GB (2 x 16GB) G.Skill DDR5 RAM
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I'd take a 12th Gen Intel over the 13/14th Gen Intel any day of the week. They are still destroying themselves after numerous microcode "fixes".
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The problem with the children who cry about it not being as cheap as it was a few years ago are is that it has nothing to do with Microcenter. In a sense, it is businesses being greedy. In a sense, it is businesses pivoting to the demand signals. Right now, the demand is for AI. AI farms are able to pay a premium for their hardware. It sucks. You and I can whine about it...but maybe with some context. That context being that global demand for hardware has spiked well beyond production capabilities and so whomever can pay the most will get the resources until tooling and manufacturing can catch up. Surprisingly that means the biggest tech companies in the world won't prioritize the wants of ClickCrayon1512 and their ilk. I can't blame them. Deal with a child who misremembers what the spent years ago (if you go back and do a search, the cheapest at Microcenter was $400 for the i9...the i7 was $300) or a business that will a) buy in bulk and b) spend a premium for the privilege to buy in bulk.
The problem with the children who cry about it not being as cheap as it was a few years ago are is that it has nothing to do with Microcenter. In a sense, it is businesses being greedy. In a sense, it is businesses pivoting to the demand signals. Right now, the demand is for AI. AI farms are able to pay a premium for their hardware. It sucks. You and I can whine about it...but maybe with some context. That context being that global demand for hardware has spiked well beyond production capabilities and so whomever can pay the most will get the resources until tooling and manufacturing can catch up. Surprisingly that means the biggest tech companies in the world won't prioritize the wants of ClickCrayon1512 and their ilk. I can't blame them. Deal with a child who misremembers what the spent years ago (if you go back and do a search, the cheapest at Microcenter was $400 for the i9...the i7 was $300) or a business that will a) buy in bulk and b) spend a premium for the privilege to buy in bulk.
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