Those aren't very good any more, either, unfortunately.
ORLY?
In today's Fry's ad:
---AMD Phenom x4 630 cpu/MSI 790GX-G65 ....... $139.99 after $15 MIR
Compare that to
Newegg's price of $239.98 for the combo (CPU--$112.99, motherboard $119.99)
Savings from Fry's combo: $92.99 minus any sales tax. Not shabby.
----Intel Core i7 860 cpu/Biostar TP55 motherboard ..... $239.99 after $20 MIR
Compare that to
Newegg's price of $399.98 for the combo (CPU--$279.99, motherboard $119.99)
Savings from Fry's combo: $159.99 minus any sales tax. Again, not too shabby.
----AMD Athlon II X2 245/Gigabyte GA-M68M-S2 motherboard .... $49.99 after $10 MIR.
Compare that to
Newegg's price of $106.99 for the combo (CPU--$62.00, and for the motherboard I used the cheapest Geforce 7025 chipset mb's price on Newegg, an Asrock, due to Newegg having none of the Gigabyte boards---$44.99)
Savings from Fry's combo: $57 minus any sales tax. Again, not too shabby.
A few weeks ago I purchased a Fry's combo of an i5 750 cpu and Gigabyte P55A-UD3 motherboard for $210 AR. Separately, from Newegg the price was $190 for the cpu and $139.99 for the motherboard, giving a combo price of $330, $120 more than the Fry's combo price.
Say what you will, the combo prices are pretty much just like they've always been.....cpu for below Newegg's price and the mb for free. It's just the el cheapo ECS combos are gone, but in their place are much better motherboards. True the prices are a tad higher now, but the mb quality is also higher.
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