View Full Version : [in-store] retail i7 920's now $199.99 @ microcenter, LARGE STOCK!
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0302727
boxied retail i7 920 only $199.99 at microcenter, in store only.
The one near my work has over 200 in stock. Easy to cherry pick some D0's.
Crazy prices now on these beasts. I'm still on 775, but this seriously has me thinking a new mobo+ram+cpu wouldn't be too expensive now... just hard to justify when I'm already running 8GB ram and 3.8ghz quad. :clap:
NICE deal!...
Just really sad that the closest store to us is... just a day away! :(...
Sucks they wouldn't ship it. :bang head
Nebulous
07-27-09, 08:28 AM
NICE deal!...
Just really sad that the closest store to us is... just a day away! :(...
Sucks they wouldn't ship it. :bang head
Same here. I have a few friends that live close by to MC, but the shipping plus a little something to say "thank you" & gas money will kill the deal :(
stereo555
07-27-09, 10:37 AM
Ack , always "instore only" :p Hand picking stepping and week would be great though .
wow that is a hell of a deal. only problem for me is im still using 775 board so i'll have to pass for now.
antipesto93
07-31-09, 05:29 AM
WOW, i am going on holiday to california and i think i will go and pick out a good batch!!!( i am slowly compiling a list of good and bat batches)
they are selling about 10 a day!
am i right in thinking for a d0: earlier weeks are the best? and B is useually better?
920's are 80 pounds cheaper in the USA ..NO FAIR!!!
antipesto93
07-31-09, 06:57 AM
ok this is abit off topic but i thourght i would ask, does anyone know if i would have to pay customs.duty from taking the i7 920 from the usa to the uk?
ok this is abit off topic but i thourght i would ask, does anyone know if i would have to pay customs.duty from taking the i7 920 from the usa to the uk?
If you are putting it in luggage, just declare it as a gift.
If you are putting it in luggage, just declare it as a gift.
And make sure to keep it in the box so its not suspicious. :P
antipesto93
08-04-09, 01:15 PM
And make sure to keep it in the box so its not suspicious. :P
hmm somehow i need to stop myself peeking for two weeks:eek:
saltytheseagull
08-04-09, 11:18 PM
Kind of offtopic but does anyone have a list of "good" D0 steppings?
antipesto93
08-05-09, 12:17 AM
yup, i made one over the last few weeks, collecting charts from different sites
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AjFIHfty_yz7dG1NbU14U3UwNC1LcjBCVkFYa3p0T VE&hl=en
enjory :)
saltytheseagull
08-05-09, 01:28 AM
Thanks!!!
I was lucky enough to get a 3849B batch from this deal. I'm still learning how to clock on the i7 platform, but I had the chip priming @ 4.0ghz with around 1.2v.
GMdoubleG
08-07-09, 08:03 PM
Where on the box do I find the batch number and stepping?
antipesto93
08-07-09, 09:34 PM
Where on the box do I find the batch number and stepping?
Its on a label on the batch
I just got my i7 from the silicon valley microcenter
And wow. I got the batch 3849b and is supposed to be great ocer
Gogogogo the current batch is awsome
stereo555
08-07-09, 10:50 PM
I just got my i7 from the silicon valley microcenter
And wow. I got the batch 3849b and is supposed to be great ocer
Gogogogo the current batch is awsome
Oh man ... ur gonna make me drive down to the Orange County store after hearing that ! :p
leftheaded
08-15-09, 11:12 AM
Its on a label on the batch
I just got my i7 from the silicon valley microcenter
And wow. I got the batch 3849b and is supposed to be great ocer
Gogogogo the current batch is awsome
i'm headed to microcenter today and i started checking sites like this one looking for deals. i wasn't planning on going i7, but should i do it now if i can get one of these 3849B's??
antipesto93
08-15-09, 11:21 AM
i'm headed to microcenter today and i started checking sites like this one looking for deals. i wasn't planning on going i7, but should i do it now if i can get one of these 3849B's??
Well $200 is the cheapest you will get an i7 d0...even on ebay and the classifides they are selling for 215+ used
So id you can get a deecent motherboared and 6 gigs of ram, you have a full i7 system!
That batch number will defo do atleast 4.0ghz, and I have heard very good things about it ( google ' batxh 3849b' )
I don't get home to the uk till the 25th so can't test my i7 till them arrrr the painnn
leftheaded
08-15-09, 04:24 PM
3849A is all they have. Get one? Worth it?
antipesto93
08-15-09, 08:02 PM
Hmm I am not to sure abot that as I have no idea what the difference between a and b batches are...but I am guessing it is no more that 10mhz
JonSimonzi
08-15-09, 09:58 PM
Anybody been to the Microcenter in Boston lately, and know if part of their 47 in stock 920's are D0s? Can only imagine by this time most of them should be.
Anybody been to the Microcenter in Boston lately, and know if part of their 47 in stock 920's are D0s? Can only imagine by this time most of them should be.
I bought mine a little over a month ago, give or take, and it is a D0 3849B. At the time they had 26 D0s in stock.
JonSimonzi
08-20-09, 06:46 PM
I bought mine a little over a month ago, give or take, and it is a D0 3849B. At the time they had 26 D0s in stock.
So in preparation for my pilgrimage to the holy Microcenter tomorrow, I called tonight to see what their stock of 21 i7 920's looked like. The girl who answered the phone sounded like someone who just new how to work the register, and nothing about the actual product. I was half surprised with how the conversation went.
Me: "Your website says you have quite a few i7 920's in stock, I was just curious to see what stepping they were"
MC Employee: "They're umm... SL... ahhh... J something... I think... Umm..."
Me: "It would be either SLBCH or SLBEJ"
MC Employee: "Yeah, the EJ one. We have the EJ ones"
The confidence wasn't pouring out of her mouth, but when asked about stepping she did get 3 out of 5, and one of them was an important letter... Wouldn't have felt as safe if she could just list SLB heh. Probably is a call they get quite frequently though.
So I'll be hopping in my car with my faith in her, that they are stocked with D0s. Just sucks that a place 45 minutes away will take a 4 hour round trip due to crappy Boston traffic. Man I hate traffic.
Anyone considered putting in on a group buy for some 920's? I was flip flopping about driving up to orange county from SD but if a few people put in on gas it might tip the balance lol.
Anyone considered putting in on a group buy for some 920's? I was flip flopping about driving up to orange county from SD but if a few people put in on gas it might tip the balance lol.
Doesn't it say 1 per customer? :bday:
JonSimonzi
08-21-09, 09:22 AM
Isn't allowed unfortunetley. Several people have offered to pick up 920s for other members, but it's upon by the higher ups.
joedymueller
08-21-09, 10:35 AM
but it's upon by the higher ups.
shunned ?
Doesn't it say 1 per customer? :bday:
You're right it says only one can be ordered online when you try to add to cart, I hadn't tried that yet. Who knows what would happen if I actually went there in person with cash :bday:
Isn't allowed unfortunetley. Several people have offered to pick up 920s for other members, but it's upon by the higher ups.
I don't completely understand that sentence but I think you're saying it's frowned upon by the managers at microcenter? Or frowned upon by the mods at ocforums?
JonSimonzi
08-21-09, 09:21 PM
Sorry. Post was done from my iPhone. It is frowned upon by the mods here. Per classified rules, you have to have an item in hand ready to ship to post it for sale. So they don't condone people giving others money to get them an i7 on a future trip to MicroCenter.
gregers05
08-22-09, 02:07 PM
Sorry. Post was done from my iPhone. It is frowned upon by the mods here. Per classified rules, you have to have an item in hand ready to ship to post it for sale. So they don't condone people giving others money to get them an i7 on a future trip to MicroCenter.
anybody know the reasoning behind this being frowned upon? dont see any reason why we shouldnt be able to do stuff like this and other things? dont really care as i have a microcenter here but just curious as to the reasoning.
Alien432
08-22-09, 07:35 PM
I happened to be visiting relatives in California and went to a MC there in San Jose. I picked one up a 920 and was floored when I found out sales tax was 10 %. So not such a good deal buying out of state there. And that state is broke?
Yeah, tax in CA is almost pointless as you can pick them up for $230 on ebay new if you are patient.
satandole666
08-25-09, 12:44 AM
This deal makes me want to jump into an i7 setup.
I'm not impressed with the motherboard prices at all though.
radi4fun
08-28-09, 12:56 PM
this is actually not only at Microcenter. i just called up Fry's thats like 2 miles away from me in San Diego, and they said they will do a price match is they have the CPU's in stock :D so this way, i actually might not have to drive all the way up to LA/orange county to get a great deal. for thouse of you that have Fry's next to you and no Microcenter, try asking them to do a price match, most likely they will sell it to you for that amount and i'm hoping w/o the 1 per customer limit.
Neuromancer
08-28-09, 01:18 PM
anybody know the reasoning behind this being frowned upon? dont see any reason why we shouldnt be able to do stuff like this and other things? dont really care as i have a microcenter here but just curious as to the reasoning.
Group buys are frowned upon. not allowed at all. Except for team32 stuff
However, offering to go to the store for someone should not be, IF you list it under services :(
Personal Shopper service :)
(still is not allowed, I know someone that offered it recently, at no personal gain, and got their thread locked down).
Maybe I'll try fry's then. I work 5 minutes from one.
Alien432
08-29-09, 07:32 PM
I forgot to mention that while dropping in MC for a 920. The sales people were really nice everyone willing help but what I didn't like was the up sell. They are persistent trying to get you to buy other parts which aren't that great a deal. So I'm thinking that's why MC sells these 920 so cheap is that the hope you will buy all the others parts there to build a system. Security was so tight he never handed me the chip after is was taken out of a locked case. He walked me to the register and handed it to the cashier. :)
Nice bargain. Went over this afternoon and snagged a D0 :cool:
gregers05
10-11-09, 08:55 PM
Nice bargain. Went over this afternoon and snagged a D0 :cool:
looks like ill be making a trip tuesday:bday:
visbits
10-12-09, 11:19 AM
Microcenter is just down the road from me. If you guys want me to pickup procs for you I can do that, only ask $25 on top of everything to cover shipping/travel.
PM me if interested.
All microcenter has is d0 now.
gregers05
10-13-09, 01:41 PM
just picked up mine today. D0 batch# 3925A261
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0302727
boxied retail i7 920 only $199.99 at microcenter, in store only.
The one near my work has over 200 in stock. Easy to cherry pick some D0's.
Crazy prices now on these beasts. I'm still on 775, but this seriously has me thinking a new mobo+ram+cpu wouldn't be too expensive now... just hard to justify when I'm already running 8GB ram and 3.8ghz quad. :clap:
and if you dont upgrade because there is really no need for it just imagine how much cheeper they will be in 3 years time not to mention the options for the boards and the ram..it will all be 1/2 as cheap if not more ..
there is not a game or application out there truthfully that will be a need a 4ghz cpu reguardless of the nm..in fact i find it extremely hard to bog down my low budget q66..
but when that happens ill upgrade..im in your shoes..happily waiting...
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