Alright, I looked up some specs for my own edification. E4500 has 2MB cache vs. 1MB on E2180. It's 10% faster at 2.2GHz vs. 2.0GHz stock. Both have the same 65W TDP. The E4500 looks like a capable part under and overclocked. It's going to be hard to resist this one...
Just about ordered one of these from Newegg last night! Thanks OP!
DAC21
Senior Member
posted: Nov. 2, 2007 @ 10:01p
rich123 said: I have one overclocked to 2.66Ghz with stock cooling in my Compaq SR5010NX using the latest ECS BIOS.
HAHAHAHHAHAH, OK no disrespect.....but HAHAHAHHA. Get the $75 Abit IP35-E along with this E4500 and say hello to an every day 3.2 ghz cool running rig. Mine benches to 3.5 orthos stable with a $20 AC 7 Pro cooler
Shadolar
Member
posted: Nov. 2, 2007 @ 10:06p
I am SOOOO tempted to jump on this. I am just wondering if there may not be some other amazing deals in the next 3 weeks due to the little known Black Friday.
AcuraTLFan
Senior Member
posted: Nov. 2, 2007 @ 10:16p
Great Deal!
The 2100 and the 4500 can both be overclocked to ~3.0-3.2 Ghz with stock cooler and increase voltage. There difference in cache will affect gaming performance.
I have the 2160 OC'ed to 3.0 stable on my Shuttle XPC sg33g5, increased core volatage to 1.440
This is an excellent deal and I would buy one before they run out of stock. That's below Intel list price even with the recent price drops. If you're one of the 2% of the population that lives near a Fry's B&M, then you might find a better deal in the next couple months. If you're in the market for a cheap C2D, then buy it now.
BigJules27
Happy Member
posted: Nov. 3, 2007 @ 12:02a
The lowest price on Pricewatch is $129.99 at Newegg. Great deal.
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Damn! Anyone know how Microcenter is with Backorders?
KaioShin
Member
posted: Nov. 3, 2007 @ 9:33p
Quite awhile back I had ordered a eVGA 6600GT for some crazy cheap (at the time) price. Went OOS fast. Took quite awhile (almost a month if i recall correctly) but they still got the card to me. I did receive that reminder email with an ETA that they mention. Hope that helps you.
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Damn! Anyone know how Microcenter is with Backorders?
danielfeng
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posted: Nov. 3, 2007 @ 10:13p
HPFanatic said: We're sorry, .
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Damn! Anyone know how Microcenter is with Backorders?
Easy dude, Micro Center is good, last time I got a Canon 30D kit at a wrong price (about $250 or $300 less than what it should be), and they knew the price was wrong when I called to check the backorder status, but they said they would honor that price, and still shipped it to me. Even better, they also offered me 3 free gifts. What can I say? I just love Micro Center.
Just want to take one minute of time to ask you if you work for MicroCenter? What you are saying is horseshit. They are the worse retailer when it's down to honor they low ball price offers.
Just to proof you wrong, let's count how many score this deal. Do you want to bet it's will be close to none? Please post if anyone can get it. And no "new members" post please!
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Damn! Anyone know how Microcenter is with Backorders?
Easy dude, Micro Center is good, last time I got a Canon 30D kit at a wrong price (about $250 or $300 less than what it should be), and they knew the price was wrong when I called to check the backorder status, but they said they would honored that price, and still shipped it to me. Even better, they also offered me 3 free gifts. What can I say? I just love Micro Center.
There have been a couple times when Microcenter made a price mistake on an item that I purchased. The last time was over a year ago. In each instance, they made good on the transaction.
Oh, I don't work for them, in case you are interested.
I wonder if they still make you spell out street addresses if the street is a number. That used to bug me no end until I guessed at the solution.
danielfeng
Member
posted: Nov. 4, 2007 @ 7:51a
nicolaisnicer said: Just want to take one minute of time to ask you if you work for MicroCenter? What you are saying is horseshit. They are the worse retailer when it's down to honor they low ball price offers.
Just to proof you wrong, let's count how many score this deal. Do you want to bet it's will be close to none? Please post if anyone can get it. And no "new members" post please!
danielfeng said: HPFanatic said: We're sorry, .
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Thank you for shopping Micro Center Online. We hope you visit again soon.
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Damn! Anyone know how Microcenter is with Backorders?
Easy dude, Micro Center is good, last time I got a Canon 30D kit at a wrong price (about $250 or $300 less than what it should be), and they knew the price was wrong when I called to check the backorder status, but they said they would honored that price, and still shipped it to me. Even better, they also offered me 3 free gifts. What can I say? I just love Micro Center.
Micro Center works for us if you were lucky as most of us. The only thing you can argue is that Micro Center will charge shipping fee, but it won't kill a big deal, especially a price mistake.
Is this a retail CPU (boxed, with heatsink), or OEM (tray, no heatsink, no factory warranty)?
The reason that I ask, is that all of the other Intel Core2 CPUs listed, specifically say "Boxed" in the title, and this one doesn't.
Btw, has anyone at all been actually able to get this deal, either in B&M or online?
altoz
Member
posted: Nov. 5, 2007 @ 7:26a
I scored on this deal at the Cambridge, MA store. However, it was quite difficult. For some reason, the SKU on the ad is different than the one in stock. They checked things for about 30 minutes before giving me the CPU for that price. Of course, it turns out that I don't need it, so I'll be returning it.
It looks like we have not received a shipment from Intel and it looks also that they informed to us they will not be sending another shipment due to the product is discontinued. We are currently trying to source this product elsewhere for you.
I see the product has been pulled from their website as well.
It looks like we have not received a shipment from Intel and it looks also that they informed to us they will not be sending another shipment due to the product is discontinued. We are currently trying to source this product elsewhere for you.
I see the product has been pulled from their website as well.bummer!
SliverOfFear said: dric said: FYI, update from Microcenter csr chat:
It looks like we have not received a shipment from Intel and it looks also that they informed to us they will not be sending another shipment due to the product is discontinued. We are currently trying to source this product elsewhere for you.
I was going to order five Intel E4500s for $99 but Microcenter pulled the item from the site. What do I do now? Are there any other good replacement CPUs or other deals? I'd like each CPU to cost no more than $130.
It looks like we have not received a shipment from Intel and it looks also that they informed to us they will not be sending another shipment due to the product is discontinued. We are currently trying to source this product elsewhere for you.
I was going to order five Intel E4500s for $99 but Microcenter pulled the item from the site. What do I do now? Are there any other good replacement CPUs or other deals? I'd like each CPU to cost no more than $130.
New Egg, Zip Zoom Fly, and ClubIT all have the 4500 for right around 127 shipped. Might not be 99 bucks but it is under 130
It looks like we have not received a shipment from Intel and it looks also that they informed to us they will not be sending another shipment due to the product is discontinued. We are currently trying to source this product elsewhere for you.
I was going to order five Intel E4500s for $99 but Microcenter pulled the item from the site. What do I do now? Are there any other good replacement CPUs or other deals? I'd like each CPU to cost no more than $130.
E4600 replaces the E4500. It's running about $20 more than the E4500 but should come down in price to $130+/- soon. The only difference from a quick look at the specs is that E4600 packs 64KB for L1 cache and E4500 (and most of the E6xxx series) have 32KB L1 cache on the chip. I don't know if that is going to make a difference in performance.
NKSK said: E4600 replaces the E4500. It's running about $20 more than the E4500 but should come down in price to $130+/- soon. The only difference from a quick look at the specs is that E4600 packs 64MB for L1 cache and E4500 (and most of the E6xxx series) have 32MB L1 cache on the chip. I don't know if that is going to make a difference in performance.
You mean 32KB to 64KB. Not MB. I dont know of any chips with that L1 cache that would be that large.
An update for those still waiting on these since they have been on backorder.
A CSR I just spoke with said I am in the last 5 out of 40 people in the cue for these. Most orders are for 1 each, but there is one person who ordered 40 and one who ordered 20. They are still trying to get some, but have been buying them 1 at a time to fill orders. After 30 days, all unfilled orders will be cancelled automatically.
I received the shipping notice at 12:41pm CST, just 10 minutes after I got an E2180 cpu from Newegg. I bought the E2180 two days ago because I thought microcenter would eventually cancel my order. I called microcenter before I made my purchase of E2180. They told me they had no idea when or whether my order would be fulfilled.
Now here is a dilemma: If I return the E2180 to Newegg, I have to paid 15% (~ $13.5) restocking fee + return shipping. Or I can cancel/refuse the delivery of the E4500 from microcenter. What should I do? Which one is more overclockable?
I was going to order five Intel E4500s for $99 but Microcenter pulled the item from the site. What do I do now? Are there any other good replacement CPUs or other deals? I'd like each CPU to cost no more than $130.My ZipZoomFly order was canceled because of some address problem a while ago. I ordered the five motherboards from Newegg instead and they came this week.
I called 1/3 of all the Micro Centers in the country to find stock for the E4500. Out of 1/3, the Micro Center in St. Davids, Pennsylvania had the most, which is also the closest. St. Davids had 11 in stock at the time I called. I reserved 5 and drove over 60 miles immediately to pick them up.
I'm lucky I was patient and waited for more inventory to come in for instore, so I ended up paying $100 per CPU instead of $30 more elsewhere for the E4500.
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