E6300 (retail) and msi g31 board $89 AR, FRYS B&M

[OBLAMA2009]

frys is having an e6300/g31 combo for 99-10 rebate.

http://newspaperads.mercurynew...5&subid=26869870&type=

they were sold out at fremont but i got one at the sunnyvale store last night.

PLEASE DISCUSS AND TALK ABOUT THIS DEAL

 

[OBLAMA2009]

you guys please leave your comments re: the deal

 

[Ricochet]

Very nice. Frys seems to dominate the CPU/MB combo deal. IIRC those E6300 overclock like crazy. Not sure how much breathing room this MB will allow it to go though.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

lately frys hasnt had many deals but here they finally threw us a bone. the board reviews are mediocre and im sure a lot of them have to be rma'd

 

[totalnoob]

Since 98.7% of the country doesnt have a Frys within 50 miles, put Frys B&M in title plz.

 

[PottedMeat]

is this a retail cpu?

 

[OBLAMA2009]

YES THEY GAVE ME RETAIL YESTERDAY AT SUNNYVALE (JULY, COSTA RICA). THEY HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO BREAK OPEN THE TRAYS WHEN THEY RUN OUT OF BOXED THOUGH. I BELIEVE THESE SUPPORT HARDWARE VIRTUALIZATION

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: OBLAMA2009
YES THEY GAVE ME RETAIL YESTERDAY AT SUNNYVALE (JULY, COSTA RICA). THEY HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO BREAK OPEN THE TRAYS WHEN THEY RUN OUT OF BOXED THOUGH. I BELIEVE THESE SUPPORT HARDWARE VIRTUALIZATION

Did they have a sale on CAPITAL letters too? :laugh:

 

[cubeless]

Originally posted by: OBLAMA2009
YES THEY GAVE ME RETAIL YESTERDAY AT SUNNYVALE (JULY, COSTA RICA). THEY HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO BREAK OPEN THE TRAYS WHEN THEY RUN OUT OF BOXED THOUGH. I BELIEVE THESE SUPPORT HARDWARE VIRTUALIZATION

yes on virtualization...

 

[imported_nunya]

Originally posted by: OBLAMA2009
YES THEY GAVE ME RETAIL YESTERDAY AT SUNNYVALE (JULY, COSTA RICA). THEY HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO BREAK OPEN THE TRAYS WHEN THEY RUN OUT OF BOXED THOUGH. I BELIEVE THESE SUPPORT HARDWARE VIRTUALIZATION

Why are you yelling at me?

 

[cirthix]

Originally posted by: Engineer

Originally posted by: OBLAMA2009
YES THEY GAVE ME RETAIL YESTERDAY AT SUNNYVALE (JULY, COSTA RICA). THEY HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO BREAK OPEN THE TRAYS WHEN THEY RUN OUT OF BOXED THOUGH. I BELIEVE THESE SUPPORT HARDWARE VIRTUALIZATION

Did they have a sale on CAPITAL letters too? :laugh:

LOL, nice one Engineer :thumbsup:

 

[jrichrds]

Originally posted by: OBLAMA2009
lately frys hasnt had many deals but here they finally threw us a bone. the board reviews are mediocre and im sure a lot of them have to be rma'd

Yup, they used to have CPU+Mobo combos that were less than the cost of the CPU alone at Newegg, making the motherboard essentially free. And it was no big deal back then, as it was so common. Boy do I miss those days. The $135 retail-boxed E8400 + ECS G31 mobo from last year was the last Fry's combo I got in on. 9+ months later, Newegg still sells the E8400 for $170.

The E6300 is $78 shipped at Newegg, making the motherboard $22 - $10 rebate = $12AR. MSI has a very bad reputation with rebates, so you'd want to be willing to pay $22 for this board and consider the $10 a bonus.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

yeah frys used to regularly have deals on the 8400 but not anymore. six months ago the $79 combo deals were for e7200's not pentiums.

 

[jrichrds]

Originally posted by: OBLAMA2009
yeah frys used to regularly have deals on the 8400 but not anymore. six months ago the $79 combo deals were for e7200's not pentiums.

The good combo deals were already gone 6 months ago (fallout from the Fry's VP scandal). But last year during Fry's Intel System Builder Event, a retail-boxed E7200 + G33 board was $59. Was too spoiled by Fry's and only bought 1. G33 boards were $20.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

$59?! wow, i missed that one. good job frys! were the g33's intel brand boards or was that when they cleared out all the ecs stuff.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

did anyone go out and get this over the weekend? its probably good for a few more days if they have it in stock, which they probably wont.

 

[jrichrds]

Originally posted by: OBLAMA2009
$59?! wow, i missed that one. good job frys! were the g33's intel brand boards or was that when they cleared out all the ecs stuff.

It was an ECS G33T-M2. All combo deals in which the combo was less than the price of the CPU were ECS boards. This was well before they stopped carrying ECS though.