MicroCenter Intel deal

Immaculate · May 29, 2013

How long has this deal been going on at MicroCenter with the i5/i7 K series?

http://www.microcenter.com/site/brands/intel-processor-bundles.aspx

slomo4sho · May 29, 2013

Quite some time. It is in-store only so only applicable to a very small population that has a Microcenter nearby.

Fulgurant · May 29, 2013

slomo4sho :

Yeah, it's gotta be 7-8 months now. I remember getting an email from them about the ~$230 i7 in like October.

Immaculate · May 29, 2013

There is a store about 20 minutes away from me. Do you think it will get even better with the Haswell release? i7 for i5 price is amazing.
Thank you

Fulgurant · May 29, 2013

Immaculate :

Hard to say. Eventually perhaps.

If you want to build now, I'd probably just snap up the current deal on the Ivy chip. Haswell only represents, at best, about a ~10% performance increase by all accounts, so it's not like waiting will pay off in any significant or even necessarily noticeable sort of way.

On the other hand, if you were planning to wait regardless, you might want to do that. Just know that there's always a better deal around the corner, no matter when you buy.

Immaculate · May 29, 2013

@Fulgurant I wanted to wait and see what happens but I thought I read somewhere else that Sandy bridge didn't drop very much when Ivy came out and I can't see MC offering anything too much better and still making decent money off Ivy. I also wanted a GTX 780 but i think instead I'll get the 7870 w/4 games and see what happens when 770 and others come out.

theonerm2 · May 29, 2013

I hate it so much that there isn't a micro-center near me. I do have an online friend that lives near one and I consider her trustworthy enough to pick something up from there and ship it to me though. I am going to have to try that some day.

j1888 · May 29, 2013

Well, actually guys - the i5-3570k deal is actually very recent (May 16 approximately). It used to be $189.99 at Microcenter but they lowered the price to $169.99 around May 16.

Also, in February I think it was "BYOC Month" (Build Your Own Computer Month) and so therefore they were selling the i5-3570k for $169.99.

However, in March the price went back up to $189.99.

I'm pretty sure that they are going to raise the price again, back to $189.99 - So I would get one before price goes up again

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