"Microcenter B&M" Core i3 2100 LGA 1155 3.1GHz Boxed Processor $99.99 no rebate

[happy medium]

At Microcenter with no rebate. $25 cheaper than Newegg.
That seems pretty hot to me.

http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0359809

Add this Motherboard for only 10$ more!
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0359807
Total for me with tax was 116$.

 

[DaveSimmons]

In store only -- Microcrenter is always having these in-store only deals and the polite thing to do is list "Microcenter B&M" in the title so the rest of us (away from a store) don't get our hopes up.

 

[SunnyD]

All of MC's CPUs are always 10-20% checker than newegg.

 

[dmoney1980]

No OC on these chips but a great deal anyway.

 

[Meghan54]

All of MC's CPUs are always 10-20% checker than newegg.

Was "informed" last weekend by the store manager that they're selling the cpus as a loss-leader (meaning they're selling at or below cost to bring in traffic.) This comment was made as an excuse to not pricematch Fry's one day sale on i5 2500k cpus for $149.99.....which ended up being a successful endeavor for me.

(2500k and Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 combo for $259.98 and then a $15 MIR on the board to boot, bringing down the cost to $244.98. It was a good day!)

 

[SonicIce]

yea this is the every day price i think. how do u get the mobo for $10?

 

[Meghan54]

yea this is the every day price i think. how do u get the mobo for $10?

I think he meant $15, not $10. Microcenter has a $50 off any 1155 motherboard when you buy a 1155 Core cpu, so while his motherboard retailed for $64.99, he paid $14.99 for it after the bundle discount on the motherboard.

 

[av911]

^^

I see $9.99 in the cart, not $15.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Hot Deal!

 

[mnewsham]

This deal was posted in another thread already but yeah it is a very hot deal IMHO.

 

[happy medium]

^^

I see $9.99 in the cart, not $15.

Yea , mine said 9.99$. 116.50 with tax for both.

 

[the DRIZZLE]

Was "informed" last weekend by the store manager that they're selling the cpus as a loss-leader (meaning they're selling at or below cost to bring in traffic.) This comment was made as an excuse to not pricematch Fry's one day sale on i5 2500k cpus for $149.99.....which ended up being a successful endeavor for me.

(2500k and Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 combo for $259.98 and then a $15 MIR on the board to boot, bringing down the cost to $244.98. It was a good day!)

I think it's true. They do seem to sell for cost or a little less. Which is funny because I usually just buy the processor from them and order everything else online.

 

[Meghan54]

I think it's true. They do seem to sell for cost or a little less. Which is funny because I usually just buy the processor from them and order everything else online.

Well, for memory or video cards, Microcenter does have a hard time competing.

But with motherboards, MC is quite competitive with Newegg and other places. For instance, I bought the i5 2500K combo with a Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 motherboard. Newegg's price the day I bought, before shipping, was $169.99......MicroCenter's price that day was $139.99 (which has since gone up about $20, but still cheaper than Newegg, even before the $40 off motherboards in the combo package deal.)

Microcenter can be and often is at least the same price as Newegg....sometimes much better. What Newegg hopes for is blind buying.....so addicted to Newegg one fails to price check anywhere else, esp. a B&M store that everyone assumes is more expensive on everything....which it isn't.

 

[shrimpsiumai]

Can you pick up any other combo mobo with dvi?
-Edit: thinking about this mobo instead for dvi. http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0363462 suggestions?

 

[LagunaX]

Yeah that's the only thing that mobo has no dvi or hdmi...

 

[superHARD]

I'm just getting $40 off the mobo

 

[Meghan54]

I'm just getting $40 off the mobo

And that's exactly what the sale is.....buy a SB/1155 cpu (the Pentium version excluded) and get $40 off a compatible Socket 1155 motherboard. There is no additional discount on the cpu, although MicroCenter's cpu prices are lower than Newegg, so that in essence makes them on sale, too.

(For instance, the i5 2500k is $219 at Newegg, $179 at Microcenter....everyday.)

 

[claes]

They'll also price match newegg on mobos, even open box ones.

 

[VirtualLarry]

They'll also price match newegg on mobos, even open box ones.

That sounds rather YMMV. I somehow doubt that MC would PM their brand-new mobo with a Newegg.com open-box one.

 

[claes]

sorry, could've been clearer - they won't, but if you buy an open box motherboard from microcenter they'll match newegg's open box price, if you buy new they'll match new (or other major online retailers)