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Microcenter confirms there won't be any online ordering for the 30XX series. https://twitter.com/microcenter/status/1302306270913888256 Has anyone ever gone on launch day? How early do you need to show up/how many do they usually have? I have that week off of work so I'm not opposed to doing something silly for some silicon.
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Sep 6, 2020 16:34
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axeil posted:Microcenter confirms there won't be any online ordering for the 30XX series. Doesn't that just mean that online orders won't go live until stores open?
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Sep 6, 2020 16:39
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More photos of the 3090 FE revealed! j/k it's a new Skoda EV SUV https://www.autickar.cz/files/obrazky/clanky/9302/clanky-112621.png
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Sep 6, 2020 16:54
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Incessant Excess posted:Doesn't that just mean that online orders won't go live until stores open? You can order or reserve online, but you still have to pick it up.
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Sep 6, 2020 17:13
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ufarn posted:It means there is no way to order/buy them without picking them up at a store. I don't know whether it's an anti-scalping measure, the result of low stock, or to drive upsale. I thought Microcenter doesn't ship, everything is in store.
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Sep 6, 2020 17:15
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Hackan Slash posted:I thought Microcenter doesn't ship, everything is in store.
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Sep 6, 2020 17:17
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Heads up that these (in general, across all sites) go through a system with pretty lackadaisical performance, often 30-45 minutes real world delivery times, and there is a very good chance it will be sold out by the time you get the email, assuming it sends at all once it sees that they’re sold out. You will want to use something like NowInStock or good old f5’ing instead. The one good thing about email notifications is they do give you a chance if some site mistakenly puts them up at a weird time, like if Best Buy accidentally releases the cards at say 3am instead of 9am or whatever.
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Sep 6, 2020 17:18
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Hackan Slash posted:I thought Microcenter doesn't ship, everything is in store. Yeah, they don't. They do let you order online and the staff will pull it for you to pick up, but they don't do that for limited quantity / high demand items. Probably just to get people into the store, they don't make any margin on the components themselves, same deal on their anti-scalping limits.
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Sep 6, 2020 17:23
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axeil posted:Microcenter confirms there won't be any online ordering for the 30XX series. I got a 3950X at Microcenter on launch day, they only had a few. For this launch you'd probably want to get there several hours before opening time. If you call the day before launch they might be able to tell you how many they have.
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Sep 6, 2020 17:29
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Some Goon posted:Yeah, they don't. They do let you order online and the staff will pull it for you to pick up, but they don't do that for limited quantity / high demand items. Probably just to get people into the store, they don't make any margin on the components themselves, same deal on their anti-scalping limits. Yep, the store will have these on shelves first and reps have to go pick them up from there to fulfill in-store pickup orders, but since there will be a line of people outside of the door, they're not gonna bother and just prioritize the people who waited in line.
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Sep 6, 2020 17:40
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axeil posted:Microcenter confirms there won't be any online ordering for the 30XX series. I was working at BestBuy during the Xbone launch unloading inventory. People were lining up 4 hours ahead of store open. We also held Xboxs back so we didn't sell out before Black Friday.
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Sep 6, 2020 17:49
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sean10mm posted:I mean mext gen consoles have a slower version of a 3700x, they'd have to be outright incompetent to make the game require nothing less than a 10900k or overcloxked 10600k to be worth a poo poo. you forget that most players don't mind playing at ~30 fps e: also: https://twitter.com/UltimaShadowX/status/1302446050666590214 Truga fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Sep 6, 2020 |
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Sep 6, 2020 17:51
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OhFunny posted:I was working at BestBuy during the Xbone launch unloading inventory. People were lining up 4 hours ahead of store open. We also held Xboxs back so we didn't sell out before Black Friday. Wow so you DID have some more in the back
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Sep 6, 2020 17:54
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gradenko_2000 posted:Wow so you DID have some more in the back I don't understand why you would do that. Like if you can sell them now, sell them now. It's not like big box stores have ever had trouble getting people in the doors on black Fridays with the promise of $200 tvs...
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Sep 6, 2020 18:04
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Advertising laws probably.
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Sep 6, 2020 18:11
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VorpalFish posted:I don't understand why you would do that. Probably because "we ran out of a very limited item on launch day" is a lot more understandable from a PR perspective than "we don't have any on the biggest shopping day of the year" is. Nerds are out shopping launch day. Mom is out shopping on Black Friday. Nerds will put up with a lot more bullshit than mom will, generally.
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Sep 6, 2020 18:53
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Buy me BoneStorm or go to hell.
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Sep 6, 2020 19:08
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axeil posted:Microcenter confirms there won't be any online ordering for the 30XX series. Great not like there's a pandemic going on. edit: Incessant Excess posted:Doesn't that just mean that online orders won't go live until stores open? Oh yeah probably.
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Sep 6, 2020 19:11
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Hackan Slash posted:I thought Microcenter doesn't ship, everything is in store.  They do have a lot of products that are in-store only, which seems to include all video cards currently, but they definitely offer online ordering shipped directly to you.
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Sep 6, 2020 20:04
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Hackan Slash posted:I thought Microcenter doesn't ship, everything is in store. They ship the issue is every single insane deal that you see get posted online in an In Store only offer.
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Sep 6, 2020 20:07
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gradenko_2000 posted:The main thing to keep in mind is to make sure that whichever panel you're laying down to face the floor isn't being used for airflow, but otherwise, if you already have a set-up like pulling air in from the front and exhausting it out the back, that should still work even with the case laying on its side. You might lose SOME airflow if you're using the top of the case to exhaust hot air as it rises, but probably not enough for it to matter? I'd probably just lay it down on the back corner of my desk. That being said, there is a 3"x3" section of mesh on that panel, but it has a bunch of angles and stuff going on anyway so if I were to lay it down, I'd probably set it on blocks or something so it was level, which would probably give that mesh bit some room to breathe. The top of my case has fans, so I suspect I shouldn't have too many issues with passive heat buildup. The other side (that would then be the top) is tempered glass, so I wouldn't be setting anything on it anyway. Maybe this is all real dumb to think about though, and the size/weight of these cards still won't be an issue as long as I screw them in tight.
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Sep 6, 2020 20:32
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jisforjosh posted:They ship the issue is every single insane deal that you see get posted online in an In Store only offer. Microcenter sounds like one of those insufferable stores that artificially tries to prop up their failing bricks and mortar shops to the detriment of their online service cos they can't see the writing on the wall and refuse to adapt In the UK we gleefully let them collapse, our largest PC shop by a huge margin is an online-only shop with one single store in Newcastle
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Sep 6, 2020 20:36
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:Microcenter sounds like one of those insufferable stores that artificially tries to prop up their failing bricks and mortar shops to the detriment of their online service cos they can't see the writing on the wall and refuse to adapt in the uk we privatised the post office and now we don't have any post offices anymore; hardly a utopia
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Sep 6, 2020 20:40
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That's an entirely separate issue & I didn't vote for the people who did that. I do agree that the laissez faire attitude to services and business both private and public by the Tories has been to the detriment of our society
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Sep 6, 2020 20:42
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There's no margin to be made in computer hardware and you're not going to compete with the established players. Microcenter is an extended warranty and cable store with some big ticket items to get you in the door. They're a private company but by all appearances they're doing just fine for themselves. They also carry lots of TVs and laptops and some cameras and maker stuff. Computer hardware is maybe a quarter of the store.
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Sep 6, 2020 20:44
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:Microcenter sounds like one of those insufferable stores that artificially tries to prop up their failing bricks and mortar shops to the detriment of their online service cos they can't see the writing on the wall and refuse to adapt The Micro Centers near me are so incredibly far away from suffering it is unbelievable. I ordered something for pickup a few weeks ago on a Sunday, walked in the store, saw that the checkout line wrapped around half the store, and walked right back out and ordered on amazon. Everyone was wearing a mask, but there was no distancing in the line. It was at least a couple hundred people long. It was worse than Black Friday and there weren't even any huge sales going on. People like having a local store with better prices than online.
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Sep 6, 2020 20:50
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:That's an entirely separate issue & I didn't vote for the people who did that. I do agree that the laissez faire attitude to services and business both private and public by the Tories has been to the detriment of our society That's a different company. Fry's Electronics is the one that's a moldering corpse.
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Sep 6, 2020 20:51
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Duck and Cover posted:Great not like there's a pandemic going on. Look, if we're being told we need to be prepared to die for the economy and the 1%'s stock portfolios, at least we can risk our lives for something we actually want and enjoy, instead of scalped toilet paper out of the back of a Karen's SUV in the parking lot.
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Sep 6, 2020 20:56
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Miss the era of Comp USA
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Sep 6, 2020 21:07
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pyrotek posted:The Micro Centers near me are so incredibly far away from suffering it is unbelievable. I ordered something for pickup a few weeks ago on a Sunday, walked in the store, saw that the checkout line wrapped around half the store, and walked right back out and ordered on amazon. Everyone was wearing a mask, but there was no distancing in the line. It was at least a couple hundred people long. All the way back in like March, Boston Microcenter had a guy at the door who you had to let spray your hands with alcohol before you could come in. I was there a week ago and they still spray everyone's hands on top of requiring masks and having someone at both entrance and exit with a clicker to track the occupancy. They definitely kept 6 foot lines too. I don't care as much because I wear a full-face P100 but they're about the most diligent retail store I've seen.
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Sep 6, 2020 21:12
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SwissArmyDruid posted:That's a different company. Fry's Electronics is the one that's a moldering corpse. I went to my local Fry's recently and holy gently caress it's worse than I thought it'd be, literally only a fourth of the sales floor was even being used and what was still being used was picked over and bare. I was looking for a new gaming mouse and they had like five or six left in the building. I used to love going there 
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Sep 6, 2020 21:19
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chaleski posted:I went to my local Fry's recently and holy gently caress it's worse than I thought it'd be, literally only a fourth of the sales floor was even being used and what was still being used was picked over and bare. I was looking for a new gaming mouse and they had like five or six left in the building. I used to love going there That's what my Best Buy looked like when I visited last month. Maybe it's just covid-related.
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Sep 6, 2020 21:21
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There's been a mad rush to buy PC hardware and peripherals since the pandemic started, since every office worker and kid needed a 2080Ti to do their Zoom calls and homework or something.  Amazon had to prioritize delivering food, medicine and other essentials, so physical stores were often the best choice to get hardware in a reasonable time.
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Sep 6, 2020 21:22
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I'm pretty sure if best buy is empty right now its because they cant keep stuff in stock. Theyre doing really well on the market and I imagine that is somewhat of an indicator for that company  also convincing my parents i needed a 2080ti for school sounds great
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Sep 6, 2020 21:23
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Rinkles posted:That's what my Best Buy looked like when I visited last month. Maybe it's just covid-related. That's part of it, but Fry's has been circling the drain for a while. This was in January: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq2rUsUTL_0 That said, Microcenter is about the only place left where you can walk in and buy everything you need for a build. In the before-covid times it was a pretty fun place to just browse.
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Sep 6, 2020 21:36
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Isn't that the guy with the horribly racist chinese caricature alter-ego
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Sep 6, 2020 22:08
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Frys was incredible last year when they were trying to stop the bleeding of their store revenues. They did some crazy poo poo. I got a new 2080 for $500. Unfortunately they realized they can't spur sales by giving away their entire store for free so it's pretty bad now.
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Sep 6, 2020 22:11
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MicroCenter is great. Good combo deals and if you misplace / misremember that XXL Pak of SATA cables you swore you'd never go through, theres not a ton of options for same day service! MicroCenter is indeed the closest thing you get get to replicating the feel of CompUSA. I grew up in the next town over from a CompUSA and that was absolutely my 100% most favorite place to go as a kid.
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Sep 6, 2020 22:11
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Statutory Ape posted:
 poo poo I miss CompUSA. Micro center is great but the nearest one to me is an hour away without traffic (there is always traffic). Still worth it if I need a ton of parts for a build ASAP, since Best Buy sucks, the Marshals auctions can go for ages, and Newegg ain’t what it used to be.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:
soo, we both talking the cambridge microcenter? lol i will say that nobody that i talked to there had any idea about how monitors worked besides the size. that was kind of bewildering Worf fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Sep 6, 2020 |
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