New "Deals and Savings" Thread

[John P. Myers]

Anyone live near a Micro Center? Intel i5-2500K only $99.99!!!!

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[coronicus]

Anyone live near a Micro Center? Intel i5-2500K only $99.99!!!!

OMG... called a friend, who called another friend and im supose to have two 2500k's waiting for me... So cross your fingers...



Update... sniff sniff.. Well had my friends brother go to the store only to find out they couldnt sell em cause they were already sold. Wasnt fast enough

[STE\/E]

Out of Stock at Detroit/Madison Heights Micro Center ... Same here, the nearest Micron Store is about 80 Miles from me, I figured they'd be sold out before I got there ...

[coronicus]

aye, the brother said the store had actually sold all its stock online before it opened today so im assuming that happened to all the stores. I though it was instore only, oh well... maybe next time.

[Fire$torm]

Anyone live near a Micro Center? Intel i5-2500K only $99.99!!!!......

Out of Stock at Detroit/Madison Heights Micro Center ... Same here, the nearest Micron Store is about 80 Miles from me, I figured they'd be sold out before I got there ...

Damn Ste\/e you beat me too it. Well its not like I had the money anyhow.... But guys, if the Madison Heights store gets any more in let me know and I can pick one up for ya if you can do PayPal. Its a 20 minute drive for me.

[STE\/E]

Seems like a good Deal >>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231487 ... 32 Gb's of 10666 Ram 4 x 8 Dimm's for $130 with a Promo Code for $20 off the $130. Wonder how much slower the 10666 Ram is than the 12800 Ram ???

[Fire$torm]

DDR3-1600 is 20% faster then DDR3-1333 but that is relative to CAS latency (Lower = faster). That is why RAM with higher CAS is cheaper.

Wikipedia on DDR3 ---> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR3_SDRAM

[John P. Myers]

On the RAM STE\/E posted, just change the timings to 8-8-8-24, change voltage to 1.60V and it's the almost same thing. Or leave the timings alone and change it to 1600MHz at 1.65V. Easy work-around to save a few $$

[STE\/E]

Probably a better Deal >>> G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9Q-32GXM For $110 with Free Shipping 9-9-9 Timings CL @ 9 ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231569

[Fire$torm]

Newegg PromoBOMBERS Super sale (Link)

EVGA Z68 FTW 160-SB-E689-KR LGA 1155 Intel Z68 - $84.99 (Before $25.00 MIR)

LG CH10LS28 10x Blu-Ray reader / 16x DVD burner - $39.99 w/Promo Code EMCJJJA22

Other deals also listed. But stay away from New Corsair Hydro Series releases!!! Too many people are posting serious problems with the new coolers.

Example...

Item: Corsair Hydro Series H100i
Title: Disaster

Pros: Looked nice when I finally got it installed

Cons: Installed it last night after getting off of work. Looked great and seemed to be operating flawlessly. Woke up this morning and tried to wake my computer from sleep mode. It had power but for some reason my monitor wasn't detecting a video source. Opened up my case to diagnose the problem and.... yup, you guessed it.... found a nice radiant pool of green coolant all inside the case. One of the fixtures attached to the pump had popped right off.

Other Thoughts: Pretty sure I lost both 7850 video cards in my system. Not sure about the processor or any of my other components yet ( good thing I have a backup computer). Will have to wait till I get back from work tonight to assess the full extent of the damage. If you intended to install this unit into your rig, please double check the fixtures to make sure they're secure (don't look as nearly as secure as the old H100 fixtures, which I own). I would really hate to see this happen to anyone else. One of the perils of water cooling I suppose. Lesson learned ...the hard way.