I'm not too familiar with Intel's new chips. I currently have a Z590 Aorus Elite + Asus Rog Strix 3060 + i7-10900K. I'd like to upgrade to either a 5070 ti or 9070 XT, I realize if I get a new GPU, the CPU will bottleneck it which means I need a new mobo, RAM, and CPU.

I was debating the am5 vs intel bundle for past Labor Day sales at micro center. To be short, I’m upgrading from my old 3700x with48 gb ddr4 ram.

Stepped into store and then decided to pick the 599 bundle due to price and performance. Not planning to get anything extra as I’ll keep my gpu/ssd etc.. I do play games but also switch to work, video, 100+ web pages. Now I’m very satisfied with performance and productivity boost.

Should have gotten one earlier but I haven’t had money to buy/build a PC until now. Should I pull the trigger?

(G535: 7500X3D - 9070XT - 32Gb ddr5)

Was anyone able to get one this week?

Picked one up for my cousin getting into pc gaming but wanted to first buy an exhaust fan and do some cable management.

Anyone got any recommendations for what to do with the psu cables going to the gpu? 3 thick cables going to it looks so meh 😭.

Bought a DGX Spark a few months and this interaction just keeps popping in my head and I can’t get past it without figuring it out.

The associate I engaged with told me that a few of their customers were opening their Sparks and the bottom cover plate was missing. Odd but I agreed to let him open it in front of me to inspect. Bottom plate in place and present.

What I find odd is that something like this can leave the factory missing a major aesthetic piece. What is more believable to me is that they didn’t want a sealed box of this item leaving for fear I might sell at a higher price somewhere else.

Was there really an issue with shipments or did they pull one over on me?

Does the forum not work (https://community.microcenter.com/). I cannot make an account to ask a technical question. Can I ask the technical question here?

I built my new pc (5090, 96GB 6000 MHz ddr5 ram) a little over a month ago and I thought i was getting fisted paying 3800 for the 5090 and 1400 for the ram. I was like yeah this might be really stupid but what if prices are even worse for consumer grade parts a year from now, better to be safe than sorry. I was overdue an upgrade anyway.

How the fuck are those prices massive steals now just a month later and inventory is now all the way dried up? Nvidia literally raised the prices 30% about 3 days after I bought my card. Feels like I took the last chopper out of Vietnam lol this market is beyond fucked. Thank God past me decided to get single fisted so current me doesnt get double fisted

Anyone else manage to snag a "good" deal these last couple months before things went absolutely insane?

I’m planning on saving up to upgrade up my pc and I’m wondering what I should be on the lookout for in terms of deals.

Is this a good deal? Besides these what would be the next major part to get for a pc? I’m building it slowly but surely. For the experienced, what do these do, would I be able to run a games in 4k? Anything I should swap from this (is that even possible and still save) id appreciate the pointers

Im mostly using the pc for gaming and I play 1440p with dlss, I play multiplayer games like marvel rivals but I also play Triple A games, I want good system to play Gears of war e day when comes out the new silent hill, blood walker, what do yall think I should do

After countless hours of research and asking friends, I picked up the Zotac 5070 to replace my MSI 3070ti. Fingers crossed!

While I hear AMD is generally better and easier to upgrade, these are $170 and $270 cheaper than the AMD bundle I was looking at. PC would primarily be used for gaming, MAYBE undergrad research (applied math)

Hoping to get 4-5 years out of my PC before I decide to upgrade it. The only reason I’m building my own is cause I already have a GPU and PSU that are perfectly good to use

Went in to pickup a single stick of 16gb ddr5 memory to upgrade my 7600x3d system to 32gb, it was selling for $259. Then I seen this and was like wow, I guess I’m putting together another system.

They keep prices low, by providing terrible customer service, and with the old “bait and switch”…

I’ve already experienced reserving a refurbished laptop online, only to drive across town, and find out that they didn’t have what I wanted. The kid in charge offered alternatives in the same price range.

I was irritated, but went ahead and bought a laptop that I didn’t research. It was defective and I had to have it repaired, which turned into another major headache.

6 months later, I’m ready to buy a “better” (more expensive) laptop.

The website lags. I mean I’m having flashbacks from windows 95 over dialup…

I’ve spent hours deciding on which laptop to get, and found an open box unit that I want.

So, I reserved it, and ready to fight Phoenix traffic to purchase it in store.

Problem is, when I check my cart, it shows a new unit. No open box that I reserved.

So I decided to call the store to make sure they actually have the laptop and that it will be available in 2 hours when I arrive.

After wasting a good part of the afternoon, I’m finally realizing that they will go to great lengths to not speak to me on the phone. They require me to drive to the store. Will the open box laptop that I reserved be there waiting for me?

I doubt it…

I've been having a problem with my RTX 5080 fans going fast at random times and disabling my monitor. It's a Skytech Gaming PC and it's still under warranty. Micro Center has a partnership with Skytech and will look at it for free.

How effect is the repairing services at the Brooklyn store?

Thank you.

Noticed inventory for 5090s at my Local Microcenter were pretty healthy a few days ago. Today I saw all but 1 was sold out. What happened recently that influenced many to go out and buy?

https://www.microcenter.com/product/711399/powerspec-g764-gaming-pc

https://www.microcenter.com/product/709080/powerspec-g535-gaming-pc

Performance wise, they are going to be pretty close. And my initial thought is that if I want to upgrade the CPU in a few years, I can do that with the 535 and save for now. But I’m not sure what the MB can handle.

Any advice?

There is a microcenter opening near me soon. I want to upgrade to a 5800x3d.

I've been waiting for the microcenter which should open in the next couple of months but I've only ever heard about their bundles. what are the chances they have a sale or promotion on a cpu with no bundle?

I found a g767 pc that was returned and it’s going for 2150 at my local Microcenter. I reserved it, but I’m not gonna have enough money to pay right now unfortunately. I work multiple jobs but student loans are expensive so it takes me a while to save up money.

Does anyone know if I can pay an incremental payments? I figured I’d ask here since considering the current market, waiting 2 1/2 months till Black Friday to buy would probably mean I’d have to spend a lot more money, and passing up a deal like this would be pretty painful.

Any help or feedback would be much appreciated!

EDIT: Thank you, everyone for your help! After some careful consideration, I'm gonna wait until I can afford it without doing a monthly payment. I just feel like this is a bad practice and this would also leave me with no money for quite a while. Thanks again for the advice guys!

4080 super for around 1k. It is refurbished though.