Microcenter is clearing out Core i7 4790K, $259.99 in store now!

[Fjodor2001]

Document it. A store that is "full" of old inventory did something terrible wrong in their logistics and would lose to other stores.

Just visit the major retail stores or check their adds. Or read the news about several OEMs postponing Skylake launch due to too much inventory of old Haswell/Broadwell stuff. If that is not enough to convince you then I don't care.

 

[Kenmitch]

Wow, you are my overclocking hero on AT. 5.6Ghz on i5 2550k? How many volts did that take?

I purchased the insurance plan so went in CRAZY mode to see how high it would go. Benched with 4 cores at 5.4GHz. Trying for 5.6GHz I had to drop down to 2 cores. Only ran a couple benchmarks at 5.6GHz. Still wonder to this day what it would have done with LN2.

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2413478

No I'll effects as far as 24/7 overclock goes. Was more afraid of blowing the caps off my motherboard.

 

[dark zero]

Wow, you are my overclocking hero on AT. 5.6Ghz on i5 2550k? How many volts did that take?

Oh... Those old times when the i5 and i7 SB and the AMD FX overclocks like champs and the chips with more than 5.0 GHz of clocking were the standard in this forums.... 5.6 Ghz was one of the best values however. I wonder what happened with the extreme overclocking on Intel and AMD... Now hardly we see chips with more than 4.8 Ghz and a 5.0 Ghz chips are a miracle

 

[Phynaz]

Must resist...

 

[RussianSensation]

I purchased the insurance plan so went in CRAZY mode to see how high it would go. Benched with 4 cores at 5.4GHz.

No I'll effects as far as 24/7 overclock goes. Was more afraid of blowing the caps off my motherboard.

Epic. Is that thing still alive or it died by now? 1.7V hhee. I thought you said it died under water or I misread?

 

[Kenmitch]

Epic. Is that thing still alive or it died by now? 1.7V hhee. I thought you said it died under water or I misread?

At that vcore and LN2 2500k's looked to tap out at 6GHz.

Sold it long ago. Buyer had full contact info. Last time I heard from him he was very pleased. Was only set to 4.5GHz for 24/7 overclock. As far as I know it's still alive....Unless he did something crazy with it.

@Dark_Zero....Intel ended it pretty much. The combo of more compacted nodes and cheap TIM with excessive gap ruined it. You can delid which helps but in the end too hard to dissipate the heat.

 

[railven]

Wasn't this the normal price for the 4790K @ Microcenter? I remember when I bought mine it was during a sale and was $50 off. I paid $230 for it and back then they still had the $40 mobo bundle (now a pathetic $20).

Prices for Intel have steadily gone up at Microcenter over the years.

When I got my Bloomfield it was $200 for the i7 920, then the Sandy's hit and it was $250 for the i7-2600k, then Haswell and it went to $280 for the 4770K, now with Skylake it's $360 for the 6600K

And the MoBo bundles went from $75 to $50 to $40, to $20

 

[VirtualLarry]

Document it. A store that is "full" of old inventory did something terrible wrong in their logistics and would lose to other stores.

Sounds like CompUSA / TigerDirect (retail).

 

[lyssword]

well not all of us live within 200 miles of MC

 

[Arachnotronic]

4790K for $299 @ the Egg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117369&cm_re=4790k-_-19-117-369-_-Product

 

[Insomniator]

Just checked my email. I bought an i2500k w/Asus P67 motherboard in January 2011 for $310 total. Still in my machine now 5 years later at 4.4Ghz and I can't find a reason to upgrade. 5 years!

CPU's are all ridiculous deals now that they last forever. Whatever money we are losing on garbage GPU deals lately is made up on CPU's we never have to upgrade.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Good deal. Did you also post this in the Hot Deals forum?

 

[boozzer]

Just an FYI. Not sure how long it will last.

same as last year, it will last a few days till just right before BF. if the same as the last 2 years, 1 - 2 days before BF.

 

[Beer4Me]

Not posted in Hot Deals as most people here seem to think its NOT a hot deal since they got or have seen better MC pricing.

 

[jkauff]

Microcenter does not have an inventory problem. They've used the 4790K as a loss leader a few times since it was released. Intel targeted the chip at those of us who build our own systems, and Microcenter knows we'll buy other higher margin products while we're in the store, because we always want it NOW. I certainly did when I bought my 4790K/Asus Z97 Pro combination there.

 

[ShintaiDK]

I doubt MC sells any chips at a loss. A lower profit? Sure.

 

[Essence_of_War]

I doubt MC sells any chips at a loss. A lower profit? Sure.

I doubt it also.

Lower margins? Likely. Close-to-cost? Possibly. It may be a loss leader in the metaphorical rather than literal sense. Almost no one buys a naked CPU. People interested in a good deal on a CPU are probably putting together a full build, and it's a prudent business move to try to get a shot at a full build's worth of business.

 

[dark zero]

I don't be surprised if those deals are refurbished CPU's...

 

[Beer4Me]

I don't be surprised if those deals are refurbished CPU's...

You'd be dead wrong and ignorant to think that. Check your facts. Microcenter only sells new, retail boxed Intel CPUs. They are also an authorized Intel reseller. They are the BEST PC parts and Apple reseller that I've had the pleasure of buying from locally.

 

[dark zero]

You'd be dead wrong and ignorant to think that. Check your facts. Microcenter only sells new, retail boxed Intel CPUs. They are also an authorized Intel reseller. They are the BEST PC parts and Apple reseller that I've had the pleasure of buying from locally.

That's a lot fanboyism, and I thought that due the adds it was on the thread.
So it won't be as expensive if it buys a LOT (thousands) of them, it just get cheaper, so they can deal with it.

 

[Essence_of_War]

It is kind of rude to make an uninformed remark about a retailer practice and then, instead of apologizing, or just acknowledging the correction, to start tossing around "fanboy" when someone points out that you don't know what you're talking about.

 

[iSkylaker]

I don't be surprised if those deals are refurbished CPU's...

Oh boy, you really don't know what you are talking about. MC this year started selling Skylake CPUs after about 20 days of its launch, considering the availability issues, from where do you think they got so many CPUs, manufacturer refurbished right?

And it only happened this year, on previous years they were selling discounted Intel CPUs from day one, I guess those were manufacturer refurbished as well?

 

[Boze]

I've got to move someplace near a Microcenter...

I wonder if their prices on hard disk drives are ever this nuts...

 

[GAO]

Microcenter does not have an inventory problem. They've used the 4790K as a loss leader a few times since it was released. Intel targeted the chip at those of us who build our own systems, and Microcenter knows we'll buy other higher margin products while we're in the store, because we always want it NOW. I certainly did when I bought my 4790K/Asus Z97 Pro combination there.

Yeah, it was $250 for a long while and the normal price was $279, always well below any other retailer.

Luckily I am near a MC. I just picked one up. Really happy with it, got one of the better overclockers.

 

[Suijin]

Microcenter has traditionally sold for even $100 less than Newegg, so Microcenter selld for $250 what costs $350 at newegg on brand new just released products. Back in the day I got a Q6600 there because I could see if it was the newer stepping rather than random chance of trying Newegg (don't think price was that much better though).

I don't think Microcenter is quite as good now as a few years ago on processor pricing, but really you couldn't get it anywhere cheaper so they could really only get worse.