Asus P5N-E nForce 650i SLI (Open Box) for $63.13 + Shipping @ Mwave

[LukeMan]

Link ($71.91 shipped Fedex Ground for me, the 2-day and 3-day options are only a couple dollars more)

Just to compare, Newegg's Open Box of this model is $88 + Shipping, and that's even a descent deal.

I ordered this board on Monday. At more than 50% off from a new retail boxed version I was expecting to get just the board without the box/cables/manual/sli bridge/etc.

Anyways, Fedex just dropped off the package and it is the full retail box w/ everything inside (even sticker). So if you are willing to trade the Asus warranty (1-year, I think?) for a 15-day Mwave return policy then this a hell of a deal! I'm tempted to buy a 2nd board.

 

[worldcomingdown]

Sounds good to me.....now to find a quad cheap!

 

[LukeMan]

Originally posted by: worldcomingdown
Sounds good to me.....now to find a quad cheap!

Buy an E4300 to hold you over until the next Price Drop (sometime in the 3rd Quarter, just a couple months away).

 

[VinceDee]

ordered...thanks OP. These ECS freeby boards are good basic boards but I needed to get a decent OC board to go with my e4300.

I just hope I get lucky like you did and the whole retail package shows up at my door.

UPDATE (5-30-07): Just received my board. It was the retail package. It has been obviously used, but includes everything except the hd/floppy cables. It also includes a Gigabyte video card dongle that I think the previous user must be missing now.

 

[foolish501]

hmmm thinking of jumping on this, but not sure if you were just lucky and got all the accessories or not

 

[LukeMan]

I've ordered 3 Open Box motherboards from Mwave back when it was www.dumpinggoods.com (Mwave bought dumpinggoods.com), and 2 or 3 Open Box/Oem from Newegg, and all 5 or 6 were full retail boxed, so I think they just use that "bare board" lingo to save them incase something is missing.

 

[uhohs]

Originally posted by: worldcomingdown
Sounds good to me.....now to find a quad cheap!

price drop in late july.

 

[SunnyD]

Dead dead and more dead.

Anyway, usually the first couple they ship will be full boxed, after that your odds of getting just the board go up significantly.

 

[Smartazz]

It's dead, I almost bit on this one.