$60 off any Z68/P67 MB w/2500K - Micro Center in store only

[MrTeal]

If that's what it took for you to delurk after eight years, then I agree. 🙂 You should actually take a vacation to one sometime, it's geek heaven.

What, it's not 2003 anymore? Maybe I should update the Barton 2500 running in the basement then. 😛

I'll have to stop in the next time I'm in the LA area. It won't be until 2012, but I don't plan to rebuild my desktop until IB and 28nm GPUs are out after tax return season anyway.

 

[knightc2]

I am actually kind of glad that Microcenter is a 4+ hour drive from me. If it were closer I'd probably be living in van down by the river. I would own several awesome computers though. 😉

 

[Cheesetogo]

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but this also works with the i3 2400 (at least, according to the guy I talked to at Microcenter).

Just picked up an ASRock Z68 board and a 2500k for my new HTPC for $260 with tax. Pretty darn nice deal IMO.

 

[ElFenix]

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but this also works with the i3 2400 (at least, according to the guy I talked to at Microcenter).

Just picked up an ASRock Z68 board and a 2500k for my new HTPC for $260 with tax. Pretty darn nice deal IMO.

$50 or $60 off the board?

i see this bumped and keep thinking it's back

 

[Cheesetogo]

$50 or $60 off the board?

i see this bumped and keep thinking it's back

It is back. $50 off, but I believe you get $60 off if you buy the 2600k.

I asked the guy when it ends. IIRC, it's the 18th.

 

[bigd480]

Can these be purchased online for in-store pickup? I'm 3hrs away but can get someone to pick it up. Do these promos run often? I'll be in a MicroCenter city for the week between xmas/newyears. I've been looking for a 2500K and a Z68 mobo

 

[rbk123]

Can these be purchased online for in-store pickup? I'm 3hrs away but can get someone to pick it up. Do these promos run often? I'll be in a MicroCenter city for the week between xmas/newyears. I've been looking for a 2500K and a Z68 mobo

You should be able to as that's normally how their deals work.

 

[Rvenger]

I just found out that there is a microcenter 2 hours away from me. If I would have known this I would have been there for all my system builds lol. 2 hour drive is nothing when you are saving ~$60-90 and get good gas mileage on your car. 🙂

 

[Kenmitch]

Can these be purchased online for in-store pickup? I'm 3hrs away but can get someone to pick it up. Do these promos run often? I'll be in a MicroCenter city for the week between xmas/newyears. I've been looking for a 2500K and a Z68 mobo

Yes you'll have 3 days to pick it up. I think it's end of biz day 3. The 2500k promotion seems never ending for $50 for the most part. Once in awhile they up the anty to include other chips and $60 off instead.

I just found out that there is a microcenter 2 hours away from me. If I would have known this I would have been there for all my system builds lol. 2 hour drive is nothing when you are saving ~$60-90 and get good gas mileage on your car. 🙂

Depending on how often you get the itch living within driving distance of microcenter can be a bad thing also. No traffic involved not counting how long I'm in the store it's a 2hr round trip for me. I only do the drive to microcenter when I'm going down that way anyways.

 

[Zap]

OT...hey Zap, mind doing a mini-review of that board sometime? I'm in the market for one myself. Tks!

Better late than never?

Zap's Mini Review Gigabyte GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3

 

[watek]

Better late than never?

Zap's Mini Review Gigabyte GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3

Oh yeah I read Zap's review on the Asrock Pro 3 M and got it from MC

props to your reviews!

 

[Zap]

Thanks! How do you like that ASRock board?

 

[watek]

Thanks! How do you like that ASRock board?

I really love the board. I'm a fan of the mATX boards and always been running budget systems for awhile. First Asrock but i've always seen around since SiS chipsets days and read they've improved quite a bit recently.

MC has given me opportunity to upgrade to a i5 2400 and this board, plus how cheap DDR3 is right now it's perfect time to upgrade but save money at the same time.

+Stable voltages. Low vroop with using offset and doesn't swing/vary that much from what I noticed. Coming from low budget AMD mATX boards, this is tons better.

+Perfect SATA location for my video config. I've used some bad mATX boards that would cover up most of them, so this is a plus.

+This board overclocks and has VRM cooling, seems rare with mATX style of boards.

+4 memory slot, awesome for upgrading

and support for IVY but i've decided this cpu will be good for awhile and until then just might as well do a whole upgrade. I actually just had an i3 2100 but the i5 2400 was $130. Loved the i3 2100 for the short time I had it and probably will recommend it to budget systems...friends, coworkers, family, etc haha.

Yeah it's not a 2500K but i'm happy with 3.8 on full load. Locked but not fully 😀