Asus A8N Deluxe nForce4 SLI Motherboard $37

[dragonhunter]

http://www.microcenter.com/byos/byos_single_product_results.phtml?product_id=22433 3

[squads]

is this a good overclocking board?

[redrumy3]

refurbished of something newegg they are 114.99 lol

[scoobydoo]

good deal, but is it just a bare board or is it retail

[jonspd]

Retail.

These are refurb but still have a 1yr warranty.

The non refurb ones are like 141 I think same site.

[damarble]

I can't resist! Even if it ends up in a folding rig it's still a great deal.

[squads]

ordered one, not sure what I'm gonna do with it yet...maybe I'll pick up one of those cheap X2 3800+ or even a really really cheap Sempron.

[redrumy3]

I can't resist! Even if it ends up in a folding rig it's still a great deal.
yea i would buy this but i have no money in bank account :D lol good for spare board just incase of a rma in needed

[jonspd]

I guess I should order one sence there going for 100+ on e-gay :D


But then again I'm in the same boat with /\ bank account dont look to good right now.

[squads]

this must be a price mistake...these boards are over $100 anywhere else you look

[hainer36]

why must they have NO CANADIAN SHIPMENTS.....i got screwed again!

[Bal`thzar]

ok I bit on 10

lets see if this was a mistake or a decent payday ;)

might just take a bit of a gamble and get another 20

anyone think I should?

[Bal`thzar]

ok I bit on another 10 I figgure I can't lose money on these. after tax and shipping works out to be about $41.50 each

[Krusty]

ok I bit on 10

lets see if this was a mistake or a decent payday ;)

might just take a bit of a gamble and get another 20

anyone think I should?

I don't think this is something people on this forum like to hear. It's orders like this that cause price mistakes to be noticed, corrected, and have all orders cancelled.

When everyone's orders get cancelled, the blame gets pinned on the guy that tried to order 20.

[Bal`thzar]

I don't think this is something people on this forum like to hear. It's orders like this that cause price mistakes to be noticed, corrected, and have all orders cancelled.

When everyone's orders get cancelled, the blame gets pinned on the guy that tried to order 20.

well seeing as how this will wind up on slick deals in about 25 minutes I am not worried about it nor does the fact that I order 20 or 2000 matter a lick if its a price mistake they are going to cancel them anyway (shrug)

[Krusty]

If it hits slickdeals, yes. It will probably be cancelled when they start getting hundreds of orders in. However, they tend to notice things earliler when people order 20 at a time. For those that catch the deal early, they occasionally get their product.

[jonspd]

Right plus it's already on 2 of the most surfed forum's anyway's. Has been sence last night.


Bal`thzar if you get the 20 I want 1 plz :D 45-50 bux shipped sound ok? lol

[Reefa_Madness]

ok I bit on another 10 I figgure I can't lose money on these. after tax and shipping works out to be about $41.50 each

The problem with your logic is this...

The purpose of this section is to give Forum Members an opportunity to SHARE on good deals...not for one or two individuals to go out and buy out the stock and then try to turn it into a "decent payday" for themselves on eBay.

Shame on you.

[Bal`thzar]

Right plus it's already on 2 of the most surfed forum's anyway's. Has been sence last night.


Bal`thzar if you get the 20 I want 1 plz :D 45-50 bux shipped sound ok? lol

If they do ship I will hook ya up but I think I would take a loss at the price you wanted one for :P

[Bal`thzar]

The problem with your logic is this...

The purpose of this section is to give Forum Members an opportunity to SHARE on good deals...not for one or two individuals to go out and buy out the stock and then try to turn it into a "decent payday" for themselves on eBay.

Shame on you.

funny thing is that I don't do decent payday on ebay much and I generally get the stuff I buy back out to the guys at almost no markup. take a look a some of my forsale thread in the forsale forums (shrug) if I should hang my head in shame for having a couple of bucks in my pocket to buy I shall do it just because you said so :D

ok on doing some research on this deal over on some other forums apparantly when this was posted here all of the instore pickups were canceled do to non availability and those online were backordered So arguing whether I blew up the spot on this deal is moot.

and I will just make sure in the future I don't post quantity I buy :D

[Reefa_Madness]

Its not about having a couple of bucks more in your pocket than the other guy. I've got a couple of bucks in mine, too.

If you are in fact going to resell to forum members at or close to the original Cyber Deal price, then no harm done, however, your own post indicates that you are looking at this as an opportunity for a "decent payday"...those are your words. I'm not interested on researching your past For Sale items, only troubled by your posts in this specific thread.

I stand behind my opinion that the purpose of these threads are not for personal financial gain of the first few that read them, but instead to spread the opportunity for all to get in on good deals.

Clearly not everyone feels the same way.

[jonspd]

And clearly not everyone should keep on with the war about one person having a different idea then another.

@least he is man enough to post in open what he has done unlike most would do are have done.


I agree with both sides so it's hard for me to say either way. I dont like it when people buy out item's and dont leave the price mistake or hot deal for other's but on the other hand if I had the chance I would probably do it myself depending on the product and deal involved.

[Bal`thzar]

the funny thing is its all semantics.

to give an example I posted about some sound cards I had shipped to me and instead of the audigy 2 ZS they sent me X-Fi. I asked a simple question in the general community forum.

What would you do and the overwhelming response was to be honest and call the company and report that I had gotten the more expensive part. Which by the way I did do and was told that it was a substitution.

Now based that honesty is sthe best policy taking advantage of pricing errors would be unethical and so the pricing error should be reported to the business. Not taken advantage of.

Heck I didn't even know it was a price mistake I thought it was a sale. That being said. I really don't see the issue but if it is a pricing mistake I wouldn't expect to receive them

oh well another day another dollar.

[Reefa_Madness]

I stand behind my opinion that the purpose of these threads are not for personal financial gain of the first few that read them, but instead to spread the opportunity for all to get in on good deals.

Clearly not everyone feels the same way.

Pricing mistake or super sale...neither changes my opinion of why people start threads in the Cyber Deals section, or for that matter, why the Cyber Deals section exists in the first place.

This has nothing to do with "honesty" and everything to do with the sense of fair play being displayed, or lack thereof.

Take advantage of a sale, if you need the item, and let others do the same.

If someone is looking for inventory to sell on eBay...go to the flea market...don't do it at the expense of your fellow forum members by making bulk purchases of Cyber Deal finds.

I've expressed my opinion, now I'm done with this topic.

[damarble]

We're sorry, XXXXXXXXXXXX.

We're sorry to report that the merchandise listed below is not immediately available.

Though we expected to be able to send this product to you without delay, we have since found that we are unable to do so. Please accept our sincere apology for any inconvenience this may have caused.

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So not cancelled. But they only hold the order for 30 days, so I imagine they will just "not come in stock" until after that time. :rolleyes:

[squads]

yeah i got the same email...looks like this is a no go

[mpg01]

You know, this is just like the ATi video card eposide from about a month or so ago. You don't suppose that the folks over at Microcenter are doing this on purpose? I mean, it does generate a lot of traffic to their site and they can always plead mea culpa later. I just can't see these pricing error deals happening so frequently. Especially when they JUST had one.

[Lionsault_100]

the funny thing is its all semantics.

to give an example I posted about some sound cards I had shipped to me and instead of the audigy 2 ZS they sent me X-Fi. I asked a simple question in the general community forum.

What would you do and the overwhelming response was to be honest and call the company and report that I had gotten the more expensive part. Which by the way I did do and was told that it was a substitution.

Now based that honesty is sthe best policy taking advantage of pricing errors would be unethical and so the pricing error should be reported to the business. Not taken advantage of.

Heck I didn't even know it was a price mistake I thought it was a sale. That being said. I really don't see the issue but if it is a pricing mistake I wouldn't expect to receive them

oh well another day another dollar.

if you order 200 of these and make $50 on each more power to you.

[four4875]

i feel that if someone buys a mass of these to resell ata later date, as long as he is selling them for 10-15 over what he paid, and not making a KILLING, he deserves a little profit for his time, as he had the cash on hand (or credit lol) to get them, and holds on to them until a later date, when the sale is no longer available, and provides these for less than we'd pay anywhere else.. he put some effort into it, and should be compensated for it. if he were to give them to us at cost, what exactly motivates him to even do it? all it is is a headache for him.

if it werent for the backorder situation i probably would have jsut had one of my impulses, where i spend money i dont really have. ill be near a microcenter retail store this weekend, but since they're backordered i prolly wont bother. need to go to compusa too, to pick up a case if they have any left.

[Lionsault_100]

i feel that if someone buys a mass of these to resell ata later date, as long as he is selling them for 10-15 over what he paid, and not making a KILLING, he deserves a little profit for his time, as he had the cash on hand (or credit lol) to get them, and holds on to them until a later date, when the sale is no longer available, and provides these for less than we'd pay anywhere else.. he put some effort into it, and should be compensated for it. if he were to give them to us at cost, what exactly motivates him to even do it? all it is is a headache for him.

if it werent for the backorder situation i probably would have jsut had one of my impulses, where i spend money i dont really have. ill be near a microcenter retail store this weekend, but since they're backordered i prolly wont bother. need to go to compusa too, to pick up a case if they have any left.

only the market will determine what a killing is. If he tries to sell them for more than newegg no one will buy them! and he'd be FORCED to lower the price , he deserves to make as much as the market will bare for his time and money, you can't cap someones profits, if he had the cash (or credit) to buy them whos to say how much he can make ? - how do you think stores make money ? they find stuff at super low prices (warehouses) and sell them to you at a price as high as they can sell for that still has people buying

[eaglescouter]

I got in on the video card deal from microcenter a while back.

Those who ordered 2 or more had their orders cancelled, those who bought just one received their product in about 30 days.

While I wanted a pair to go SLI, I ordered just one and grabbed my second one when ebay got flooded (about the same time I received my product).

[damarble]

Those who ordered 2 or more had their orders cancelled, those who bought just one received their product in about 30 days.


Thats good news for us peeps that only got 1. *crosses fingers*

[Bal`thzar]

backordered.

in a few days i will call to order one via phone and see if its instock ;)

[squads]

Thats good news for us peeps that only got 1. *crosses fingers*

yeah that would be cool if it goes through. I was tempted to order 2 or 3, but I don't like dealing with the trouble of reselling stuff, especially on Egay. I would probably use it to build a low-cost backup rig.

[xsoulbrothax]

I dropped by a physical store (Santa Clara) and it's massively, massively out of stock. Like just plain.. zero, and no ETA on getting more. The employee had no idea that it existed, but he checked in the system and noted it was a 'Class A' or something item? - basically that it's still something they're selling and putting on the shelves as much as possible. He wrote down the SKU number so he could grab one when they came back in, and wrote down my phone number to let me know. :D

I checked Fry's, and they seem willing to pricematch 110% - the massive price difference means they'll probably call and check to see if it's in stock, though. I was just honest about it and told the guy that MC didn't have any today, but are probably getting more Tuesday or Thursday.

[quityourbitchin]

I placed my order on 7/21/06 and received shipment confirmation today. The ETA is 8/16/16 via Fed Ex.

[dragonhunter]

How many did you ordered?

[quityourbitchin]

I ordered 10.

[damarble]

Good news. I still haven't heard anything, except for the frequent "still out of stock" emails.

[greenmaji]

Guys.. its a crapy clocking motherboard anyway.
If your going to sell stock rigs with them that would be cool, but for overclocking, Nforce4 chipsets give intel CPU's a bad name :(

[KillrBuckeye]

Guys.. its a crapy clocking motherboard anyway.
If your going to sell stock rigs with them that would be cool, but for overclocking, Nforce4 chipsets give intel CPU's a bad name :(Huh??? Are you confused, or am I missing something? The mobo does just fine for moderate overclocking. It's not a great choice for benchmark junkies because it doesn't like 1T at high memory speeds and you're not going to much much over 300 on the HTT, but for 90% of people this is a great motherboard.

[greenmaji]

Huh??? Are you confused, or am I missing something? The mobo does just fine for moderate overclocking. It's not a great choice for benchmark junkies because it doesn't like 1T at high memory speeds and you're not going to much much over 300 on the HTT, but for 90% of people this is a great motherboard.

baa.. Its an AMD board?? then its fine.. 300HTT is cool :)
Same board for Intel hits about 240FSB tops (on a VERY GOOD day or if your VERY lucky!).. that sucks!! :(

I thought it was the Intel version, if not my bad.

[KillrBuckeye]

:) I believe that any Asus motherboard whose model number starts with an "A" is an AMD board. "P" is for Intel boards.

[EvilT]

:) I believe that any Asus motherboard whose model number starts with an "A" is an AMD board. "P" is for Intel boards.
correct:)

[quityourbitchin]

Well I received one board instead of the ten I had ordered.
I called customer service and they informed me that due
to the large number of orders they have for this item they
are limited to one per customer.

[Bal`thzar]

got mine on the way :D I guess I am upgrading my system :D

[g0dM@n]

got mine on the way :D I guess I am upgrading my system :D
damn... so woulda taken this.

[damarble]

OK, I take it back. It looks like everybody is starting to get their confirmations now. I just got mine too. Good thing, because tomorrow is 30 days, then they cancel the order.

[quityourbitchin]

Considering my order was placed two days before the deal was posted here, I believe they are shipping on a first in first out basis.

[Krusty]

I ordered around the time I first posted in this thread. I received a shipping confirmation today.

Yay Microcenter! I didn't really need this board, but I couldn't pass up such a deal.

[Bal`thzar]

OK so the people that were greedy and ordered 10+ are getting 1, but not the guys that ordered just 1. There's justice for you.

they are doing it in the order received and they are honoring all purchases jsut reducing quantity to 1

I am betting dollars to donuts that the price they posted is thier actual cost.

shows how cheap hardware is

[squads]

I got shipping confirmation today...man what a deal

[fastcuda]

Mine shipped today also, my current rig has a x850xt and a AMD 3200+, what would be a good processor and VC for this to notice a significant difference? I am thinking 3800+ and a AIW x1900, I use 2 rigs so not sure if a dual core will help me since I only do 1 game at a time.

[Bal`thzar]

got mine delivered today and I see an upgrade in my future. now to find a 7800 gtx for cheap and a couple of raptors and a couple of.... this is not turning out to be really cheap after all bah

[damarble]

Mine just came in. There's no way this is a refurbed mobo. It's in the retail box, with every accessory in sealed bags. There are no signs of wear on anything, even the HSF retention bracket is not scratched.

I never knew a mobo could come with so much stuff!

[kimochii72]

My brother told me about this deal when it was on, I missed out. But he got his, and it is new.

[dragonhunter]

It looks like a Retail to me, don't know about the warranty though.