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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

+ Free Store Pickup

$500

$800

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Micro Center has Intel Core i9-12900K Processor + ASUS Z790 MAX GAMING WIFI7 Intel LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard + 32GB (2 x 16GB) G.Skill Ripjaws S5 DDR5-6000 Memory Kit Bundle on sale for $499.99. Select free store pick up where available.

Thanks to Staff Member VioletHaddock489 for sharing this deal.
  • Note: Availability for store pickup may vary by location.
Includes:
  • Intel Core i9-12900K Alder Lake 3.2GHz Sixteen-Core LGA 1700 Boxed Processor (Heatsink Not Included, BX8071512900K)
  • ASUS Z790 MAX GAMING WIFI7 Intel LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard
  • 32GB (2 x 16GB) G.Skill Ripjaws S5 DDR5-6000 PC5-48000 CL36 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit (F5-6000J3636F16GX2-RS5K, Black)

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Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this deal:
  • About this product:
    • 3-year warranty on Processor & Motherboard
    • Lifetime warranty on Memory
  • About this store:
    • Details of Micro Center's return policy (here)

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Micro Center has Intel Core i9-12900K Processor + ASUS Z790 MAX GAMING WIFI7 Intel LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard + 32GB (2 x 16GB) G.Skill Ripjaws S5 DDR5-6000 Memory Kit Bundle on sale for $499.99. Select free store pick up where available.

Thanks to Staff Member VioletHaddock489 for sharing this deal.
  • Note: Availability for store pickup may vary by location.
Includes:
  • Intel Core i9-12900K Alder Lake 3.2GHz Sixteen-Core LGA 1700 Boxed Processor (Heatsink Not Included, BX8071512900K)
  • ASUS Z790 MAX GAMING WIFI7 Intel LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard
  • 32GB (2 x 16GB) G.Skill Ripjaws S5 DDR5-6000 PC5-48000 CL36 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit (F5-6000J3636F16GX2-RS5K, Black)

Editor's Notes

Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this deal:
  • About this product:
    • 3-year warranty on Processor & Motherboard
    • Lifetime warranty on Memory
  • About this store:
    • Details of Micro Center's return policy (here)

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Written by VioletHaddock489 | Staff

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gaardus
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Major tech companies' impossibly high demand for AI hardware has been wreaking havoc on the storage and RAM markets in the past couple months. There just isn't anywhere near enough supply to go around, resulting in crazy high prices. You should expect higher prices and/or lower specs on laptops, phones, tablets, consoles, etc. next year as a result.
pcgeekpcgeek
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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".
notrandom78129
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Can I borrow your time machine too?

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Dec 18, 2025 10:10 PM
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bthiagoDec 18, 2025 10:10 PM
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Quote from FeistyMarmot1232 :
Why is it higher now? Was it a price error?
Not true!
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Dec 18, 2025 10:10 PM
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evilchildDec 18, 2025 10:10 PM
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Quote from SlickCrayon1512 :
Bought this combo for $299 like 2 or 3 years ago. Meh
Same. I got this a few years ago when I updated my computer.
Dec 18, 2025 10:26 PM
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APhamXDec 18, 2025 10:26 PM
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Quote from AustinM8565 :
We are back to the Crypto GPU shortage days where all the retailers only sold cards in crap bundles with old shit nobody wanted to make people buy it so they could get rid of old stock. It's scummy
microcenter bundles are good. Newegg on the other hand... yeah..
Dec 18, 2025 10:51 PM
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Justin09Dec 18, 2025 10:51 PM
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https://www.microcenter.com/site/...-save.aspx

Pasting link in case anyone wants to see the other bundles being mentioned
Dec 18, 2025 11:08 PM
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gamingdroidDec 18, 2025 11:08 PM
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Can I use this CPU in my NUC13 Extreme PC?

Currently it has an i5-13500k.
Dec 18, 2025 11:14 PM
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UnixAdminDec 18, 2025 11:14 PM
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It is tempting.
Dec 18, 2025 11:16 PM
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UnixAdminDec 18, 2025 11:16 PM
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Quote from UnixAdmin :
It is tempting.
It is tempting because You are getting an older processor and motherboard at a steep discount.

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Dec 18, 2025 11:55 PM
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CretzDec 18, 2025 11:55 PM
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I bought this same bundle in September '23 for cheaper to play Starfield and it still ran like garbage. Phantom Liberty ran well pre-upgrade and even better post, so worth it I suppose.
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Dec 19, 2025 02:05 AM
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FookNoeDec 19, 2025 02:05 AM
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Quote from APhamX :
microcenter bundles are good. Newegg on the other hand... yeah..
I got a good Newegg bundle last year, even though I have Microcenter here. The problem with Microcenter bundles is that it's always the same bundles.... Newegg bundles deals are rare but they do come once in a blue moon.
Dec 19, 2025 02:07 AM
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b00gersugarDec 19, 2025 02:07 AM
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Quote from SlickCrayon1512 :
Bought this combo for $299 like 2 or 3 years ago. Meh
bought a home in 2019 for 600k that now costs over a million and financed at 2.5%.

see how stupid that sounds? does it help anyone?

Quote from FookNoe :
I got a good Newegg bundle last year, even though I have Microcenter here. The problem with Microcenter bundles is that it's always the same bundles.... Newegg bundles deals are rare but they do come once in a blue moon.
mc use to allow you to pick your mobo but people abused it too much by taking a busted up open box board for like $50 and getting heaving discounts of high end CPU. 9950X were coming out to like $360, 7800x3d was $210. etc. would have made more sense to exclude open box items from bundle discounts, but they chose to instead lock the discounts to specific models
Last edited by b00gersugar December 18, 2025 at 07:10 PM.
Dec 19, 2025 02:08 AM
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SlickdeezeeDec 19, 2025 02:08 AM
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Quote from b00gersugar :
bought a home in 2019 for 600k that now costs over a million and financed at 2.5%.

see how stupid that sounds? does it help anyone?
Computer hardware is real estate now?
Dec 19, 2025 03:34 AM
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whatgooddealDec 19, 2025 03:34 AM
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Quote from pcgeekpcgeek :

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".
what's the problem in 13/14th gen?
Dec 19, 2025 06:43 AM
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ElatedString650Dec 19, 2025 06:43 AM
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what the hell, isnt ram extremely expensive right now.

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Dec 19, 2025 06:55 AM
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LightningDemonDec 19, 2025 06:55 AM
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Still rocking an intel i7 12700K, Gigabyte Z690 AORUS Ultra, 64GB Corsair (CMT64GX5M2B5200C40) RAM, Nvidia RTX 3060Ti (I also have an RTX 3080 Founders Edition in my closet I'm too lazy to install), Win 10 Pro, build 2004 and I can go weeks without rebooting, no stability issues, and I just do not see a need to upgrade for mediocre performance gains.

I am considering switching to AMD as I hate intel now and their reluctance to actually want to advance their chipsets. Even Apple CPU's can keep up and run circles around most intel chips.

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