Fry's Weekend Ad (1/04-07) For SoCal

[Dan]

Mobo/CPU Combo's:
ECS K7S5A mobo w/Duron 1GHz CPU = $99
Iwill KK266 mobo w/Athlon XP 1800+ CPU = $249

Memory:
512MB PC133 = $44.95 (limit 2/customer)
256MB PC133 = $27.00 (limit 2/customer)
64MB Smart Media Card = $24

Hard Drives:
120GB Western Digital, Retail, $199.95 after $100 MIR
80GB Seagate??, OEM $149
60GB Maxtor, OEM, $109

Multimedia: (All limit one/customer)
Ricoh 2.4x12x10x8x32x DVD+RW = $449.99
Creative 24x10x40x USB/Firewire CD-RW = $249
Pacific Digital 16x10x40x CD-RW = $179.99 (USB 2.0 PCI Interface Card Included)
Iomega 4x4x6x External USB CD-RW = $99
Que! 24x10x40x CD-RW = $89.99
Creative 52x CD-ROM = $37.99

Miscelleaneous:
Encore 56K PCI WinModem = $0 after $25 MIR (limit one/customer)
Microsoft Optical Mouse, USB & PS/2 = $29.99 after $10 MIR
Refurbished WebCam, USB = $4.99 after $25 MIR
Volcano 5 HSF = $6.99

 

[Dan]

What happened? Everybody maxed out after Christmas?

 

[ThaiBruin]

Yes

 

[HoosierDadE]

I have to laugh at the "limit one" on the modem. They had the same deal last week and I picked one up on the last day of the ad. They had OVER 400 left. Since you can only get the rebate on one and $25 is not earthshattering for a Winmodem, I bet you could twist their arm and walk out with a few hundred if you wanted

 

[SLEEPER5555]

is that gig duron a retail unit or has it just gone up $10 since a couple days ago?

 

[Dazex]

Sleeper5555,
It seems that the combo listed for $89 a couple of days ago ended on 1/3 and it may have been only for the N.Cal area. I went looking for that deal at the San Diego Frys only to find that it was priced at $129 on the night of 1/3. Today, 1/4, I revisted Frys and the S.Cal ad was out with the combo listed at $99 now. It is still the same ECS motherboard and OEM Duron, but the price seems to be higher for us S.Cal people.

I called up a friend up in the N.Cal area. He drove over to the Palo Alto Frys and attempted to pick up the combo for me so I can save $10. The Frys' employee told him that the deal for the motherboard and CPU ended on 1/3 and it was no longer available at $89 nor $99.

So I guess Frys ads are region specific?

 

[Royboy81]

Yes, Fry's is region specific. That combo is available in TX stores for $119 - although I can't remember if it is retail or OEM and I don't have the paper... If it is retail, $20 premium for AMD fan is a lot!

 

[amdskip]

dang, how does Fry's even make money with those prices. They really do need to expand to bigger markets so they can do even better in sales

 

[icantiwont]

Can someone comment on the ECS K7S5A mobo w/Duron 1GHz CPU = $99
The good, the bad, and the ugly? I'm looking for a new mobo/processor
combo. Should I just pop out more and get a mobo with processor
combo at a higher rate?

 

[InverseOfNeo]

is the 60gig maxtor drive 7200RPM?

 

[SnowPunk98]

bah nothing of interest

 

[Sunmansfx]

Thanks for the post. I may just go pickup some PC133.

 

[bob92]

<< Can someone comment on the ECS K7S5A mobo w/Duron 1GHz CPU = $99
The good, the bad, and the ugly? I'm looking for a new mobo/processor
combo. Should I just pop out more and get a mobo with processor
combo at a higher rate? >>



I got the ECS Mobo + Athlon XP 1700 combo for $169 a couple of weeks ago and have been very happy with it. You might consider waiting until that rolls around again. Of course, you could always buy the Duron combo now and upgrade to an XP chip later when the prices drop...

 

[OCDuron]

The Dragon+ is a great board. The only complaint I have about it is that it does not support ATA133.

 

[57HotrodVW]

I picked up the ECS mobo and 1600+ XP combo about 2 months ago at Fry's and it has worked great for me.

Here are a couple of good ECS mobo resources:

Forum #1

Forum #2

 

[The Stigenator]

my friend marc had got on to the ECS deal. turns out we had a bad proc (a dead proc) and a dead mobo.

not a very good way to start off. The mobo wouldnt beep even if everything was taken off.. we returned both.. he is waiting for another deal to come up before putting in his store credit.

 

[im2smrt4u]

What is Fry's price on the ECS mobo? Couldn't I buy the combo and return the mobo for their price? I really only need the chip...don;t suppose anyone knows what their selling the chips for?

im2smrt4u