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Select Micro Center Stores have AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Processor + ASUS X870-P Prime Wi-Fi Motherboard + 32GB Crucial Pro Overclocking DDR5-6000 RAM Bundle on sale for $699.99. Select free store pickup where stock permits.
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- Our research indicates that this deal is $304.99 less (30.3% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $1004.98 when purchased separately at the time of this posting.
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Select Micro Center Stores have AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Processor + ASUS X870-P Prime Wi-Fi Motherboard + 32GB Crucial Pro Overclocking DDR5-6000 RAM Bundle on sale for $699.99. Select free store pickup where stock permits.
Thanks to Community Member shivster1796 for sharing this deal.
Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location.
Bundle Includes:
Thanks to Community Member shivster1796 for sharing this deal.
Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location.
Bundle Includes:
Editor's Notes
Written by Nate650 | Staff- About this deal:
- Our research indicates that this deal is $304.99 less (30.3% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $1004.98 when purchased separately at the time of this posting.
- Additional notes:
- Please see the original post for additional details & give the wiki and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
- Get 1%-5% cash back on deals like this with a cash back credit card. Compare the available cash back credit cards here.
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This Micro Center bundle pairs the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, ASUS X870-P Prime Wi Fi, and 32GB of Crucial Pro DDR5 into a very strong value package, especially for a gaming build. The pricing works out far below buying the parts separately, and the CPU is treated as a lightly tuned 9800X3D class chip. The motherboard is full size with four M.2 slots, but it only has two SATA ports, so storage expansion may need adapters or a PCIe SATA card. The main hesitation is the recent ASUS 800 series CPU reliability concern, which makes some prefer an MSI board instead. Overall, it is a compelling bundle if the board fit and storage layout suit the build.
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There are reports of ASUS 800-series boards damaging Ryzen 7 9800X3D chips, and several comments recommend considering an MSI X870E or Tomahawk instead for peace of mind. A newer ASUS BIOS was also mentioned as a possible fix, but the concern is still active.
Yes. The bundled ASUS X870-P Prime Wi-Fi has only 2 SATA ports, but it also has 4 M.2 slots, and the board is full-size enough to add a PCIe SATA card or use an M.2-to-SATA adapter if you need more storage ports.
Yes. The bundle was called out at $699.99-$700, with standalone pricing cited around $499 for the CPU, $380 for the RAM, and $240 for the motherboard, making the package far cheaper than buying the parts separately.
Yes, but the motherboard's 2 SATA ports are the main limitation. The board's 4 M.2 slots make it workable for many builds, and extra SATA can be added with a PCIe SATA card or M.2-to-SATA adapter; one comment also notes the SATA ports sit at the top edge of the board for clearance planning.
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I don't see the point anymore. I upgraded the workstaitons to have 10gigabit cards (had to use a riser with the one computer to just get a 10gig card in there with the giant 5090... get an FE if you ever get one.. it's nice to get so much SPACE back on the board)
10gig connection to the NAS is ~1GB/second and it absolutely does saturate the connection whether i use the hard drive array or the NVME array on my nas...
I really do suggest people just do the same even if they can't do 10gig and even if they can't justify buying a prebuilt nas... Not hard to find a workstation that's getting retired for basically nothing and building your own NAS...
Not having a single spinning disk in any of my computers is genuinely super nice.
I get it though right now, prices are absurd. I am glad i did most of my upgrading at the beginning of last summer.
NVME drives have went up a bit in price but you can still buy gen 4's a bit cheaper and it's not a difference that most people will even notice at all... I notice it because of the stuff I use my computers for, but it's really not necessary to go gen5 and pay the "AI bubble tax"
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Plus u don't want obstruct the flow of air to the gpu fans.
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