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[ionbasa]

MSI P67A-C43 B3 Intel P67 Motherboard and Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz Quad-Core Unlocked CPU and Patriot Viper II 4096MB PC12800 DDR3 Dual Channel and Seagate Barracuda 1TB Low Power Hard Drive Bundle

$497.99

MSI P67A-C43 B3 Intel P67 Motherboard and Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz Quad-Core Unlocked CPU and Patriot Viper II 4096MB PC12800 DDR3 Dual Channel and Seagate Barracuda 1TB Low Power Hard Driv Bundle at TigerDirect.com

 

[Borg 386]

TigerDirect.com has the refurbished Vizio E320VA 32-inch LCD HDTV for $259.99, plus around $22 for shipping. If it happens to sell out, which seems to be the pattern this week, try Overstock.com, which has the same model for $279.99--plus $2.95 for shipping. (Your out-the-door total is about the same.)

Oh, and just to fully cover my bases today, Amazon has the Vizio E320VA new for $294.98 shipped. Much as I'm a big believer in refurbished gear, it's probably worth an extra $13 to get a full one-year warranty, rather than the 90 days included with the refurbished models.

Read more:

Get a 32-inch Vizio HDTV for $259.99 | The Cheapskate - CNET News

 

[Dave76]

St. Patricks Day Sale - Newegg


Intel 510 Series (Elm Crest) 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive

$314.99​

Your Price: $289.99​

 

[Dave76]

HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000.C HDS721010CLA332 (0F10383) 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
$49.99
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CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Power Supply
$119.99
Your Price: $84.99
With Promo Code
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$64.99 After $20.00 MIR


NZXT Phantom PHAN-001WT White Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case
$139.99
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Dell E2011H 20" 1600 x 900 5ms LED BackLight Widescreen LCD Monitor
$179.99
Your Price: $109.99
With Promo Code
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[Dave76]

Spring Break Sale

LG 47" 1080p LCD HDTV 47LD450
$999.99
Your Price: $599.99
With Promo Code
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Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s Hard Drive -Bare Drive
$79.99
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G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory
$129.99
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CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
$119.99
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OCZ StealthXstream II OCZ700SXS2 700W 80 PLUS Certified Power Supply
$96.99
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With Promo Code
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$34.99 After $35.00 MIR


Intel X25-M SSDSA2MH160G2K5 2.5" 160GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive
$399.99
Your Price: $389.99
$314.99 After $75.00 MIR

 

[Dave76]

No April Foolin here - Newegg
Promo codes expire 4/7/2011

Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
$254.99
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With Promo Code: EMCKFKJ22


Corsair Nova Series CSSD-V64GB2-BRKT 2.5" 64GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
$129.99
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$79.99 after mail-in rebate card

CORSAIR DOMINATOR 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
$129.99
Your Price: $104.99
With Promo Code
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Intel X25-M SSDSA2MH080G2K5 2.5" 80GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
$184.49
Your Price: $174.49


OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
$269.99
Your Price: $199.99


Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield 3.2GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80601960
$289.99
Your Price: $279.99
With Promo Code
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[Dave76]

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[Phone Man]

Recently added a USB 3 card to my system and the ports are on the back of my PC. I found this new product to extend my USB port to my desk. USB 3 and USB 2 compatible.

https://www.startech.com/product/US...d-USB-3-Extension-Cable-A-to-A-Male-to-Female



Jim

 

[Dave76]

Todays Shell Shocker Deals 5/17/11


Available from 10:00AM - 12:59PM PT
5/17/11
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5/17/11
OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
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Gifts for the Techie Grad

HITACHI Deskstar 0S03230 3TB 5400 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
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Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive
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Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive
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OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE240G 2.5" 240GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive
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Intel 510 Series (Elm Crest) SSDSC2MH250A2K5 2.5" 250GB SATA III MLC Solid State Drive
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G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
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$139.99
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[Dave76]

Guerrilla Deals

Deal expires at​

11:59pm PDT on Wednesday, 6/1/2011!​

Intel 320 Series SSDSA2CW120G310 2.5 Inch 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - OEM

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$194.99With Promo Code: EMCYTZT498​

 

[sygnus21]

Intel Core i7-960 sale

Anyone still owning a 1366 motherboard with an i7-900 series processor (me ) may want to check out the this deal......

An i7-960 (3.2Gig) processor for $179.99. That's a good price and if I didn't have my 950 I'd be all over that deal



The catch - In-Store pickup only. You'll need to visit a Microcenter store near you.

Not sure how long the sale will last as Microcenter tends to keep these sales going. The i7-950 went on "sale" in Feb for $199 and is still selling for that price now. However being that the 960 is a more powerful chip than the 950 I'm not sure the 960 going to be staying at that price too long.

Now, if the i7-970 goes on sale for under $200 I'm all over that one

 

[Win7User512]

Anyone still owning a 1366 motherboard with an i7-900 series processor (me ) may want to check out the this deal......

An i7-960 (3.2Gig) processor for $179.99. That's a good price and if I didn't have my 950 I'd be all over that deal

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The catch - In-Store pickup only. You'll need to visit a Microcenter store near you.

Not sure how long the sale will last as Microcenter tends to keep these sales going. The i7-950 went on "sale" in Feb for $199 and is still selling for that price now. However being that the 960 is a more powerful chip than the 950 I'm not sure the 960 going to be staying at that price too long.

Now, if the i7-970 goes on sale for under $200 I'm all over that one

I miss out on a lot of their deals since I don't have one close enough.

 

[profdlp]

...An i7-960 (3.2Gig) processor for $179.99. That's a good price and if I didn't have my 950 I'd be all over that deal...

I'm debating whether it would be a noticeable improvement over my 920. I also have a spare Gigabyte EX58-UD3R board here, plus the Ati 4870 I replaced last January. If i upgraded I could take the 920, add some RAM and a hard drive, then my daughter could get an upgrade, too...

Not sure how long the sale will last as Microcenter tends to keep these sales going...

There is a store near me and I get their email alerts. According to today's email it ends on the 12th - this Sunday.

 

[sygnus21]

I'm debating whether it would be a noticeable improvement over my 920. I also have a spare Gigabyte EX58-UD3R board here, plus the Ati 4870 I replaced last January. If i upgraded I could take the 920, add some RAM and a hard drive, then my daughter could get an upgrade, too...

Well if you consider the 920's default speed is 2.66 whereas the 950 is 3.2, that's basically a 600MHz difference! So yeah, I think you'd see a difference

On the other hand, If you have a good chip that overclocks well, you might reconsider.

Here's an example - I had an 930 (2.80) OC to 3.5GHz, but I noticed I could use low CPU volts, and thus keep temps down.

Then I upgraded to a 950 (3.06) and OC'd to 3.8, but noticed I had to use more volts to keep stable.

Now I understand that 3.5 and 3.8 are different speeds, but the OC percentage is about the same - 20% (650MHz vs 700MHz) - yet I had to rasie both my CPU V-Core and QPI/VTT two clicks up (more) - from the 930 settings.

Also running both processors at the same OC speed - 3.8, it seems that the 930 is the better overclocker (at that speed) than the 950. The 930 certainly use less volts.

Bottom line if you're an overclocker you could wind up with a more powerful chip, but not so great an oveclocker chip.

Anyway to answer the question - If I had a 920 I'd still upgrade it to a 960.

My two cents.

 

[pparks1]

I'm debating whether it would be a noticeable improvement over my 920.

Unless you do lots of things which are predominately CPU intensive, I don't honestly think you would see much difference.

 

[profdlp]

Not much of an overclocker these days, and my gut instinct is to agree with pparks1.

What complicates matters is that my original Gigabyte EX58-UD3R croaked just as I was starting school last summer. I couldn't wait for the RMA so I ran out and bought a new one. The replacement (which finally arrived about a month later...) has been sitting here ever since. With RAM and storage cheap these days and a decent spare video card also on hand, the CPU would be the missing piece in a new secondary rig for myself or a big upgrade for my daughter.

On the other hand, my current rig was built to replace a Socket 939 Athlon 3500+ rig and I regretted not grabbing something a wee bit faster when I could. The fastest Socket 939 CPUs were still pretty high in price on eBay when I built this rig two years ago. (Due to their scarcity, I'd imagine.) Since Socket 1366 appears to be on a similar dead-end track I'm thinking this might be a good chance for what would be the last bump for this rig. I also don't see the 980/990 CPUs being dirt cheap anytime soon, if ever.

Finally, I'm also tempted to just sit tight for now and wait for a good time to jump on the Sandy Bridge bandwagon. One reason I'm hesitant to do that is that I anticipate a nice jump in income once I graduate, and would likely find that a good time to finally build myself that no-compromises rig we all dream of.

 

[sygnus21]

Well for me the 960 is a good deal for a quick cheap upgrade since you have everything else. It is a stronger chip as well.

BTW I could argue that my aging 2007 Core 2 Quard Q6600 is plenty of fast for most tasks but I thought this was an enthusiast board

 

[pparks1]

If I were you, I would wait. I'm on a Q9550 myself, and am actually quite happy with it's performance and plan to skip Sandy Bridge and wait for at least Ivy Bridge before I think it's worth the price of upgrading parts.

The biggest bump in performance is the architecture, I don't think the 600Mhz is really going to make much of a difference. I mean, I overclocked my Q9550 about 600 megahertz and aside from benchmarks, it's almost unnoticeable in 98% of real world scenarios. The only time I notice it is with Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD rendering and even then, it's just a bit faster with the overclock. About 3:20 seconds per 1 minute of video versus 3:30 seconds or so per minute.

 

[Hopalong X]

Today only 10am-1pm PST

Crucial 300 64GB $89.99 Actual price no rebates involved.

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[Win7User512]

Today only 10am-1pm PST

Crucial 300 64GB $89.99 Actual price no rebates involved.

Newegg.com - Shell Shocker Deal. Exclusive Jaw Dropping Savings on PC Components and Electronics.

Wow that must be good, judging by the eggs.