Don't bother going down to Fry's if you are in bay areas. They are all gone. My company just right next to Fry's on Brokaw in SJ. I went down there during lunch time. And a lady was nice enough to check the inventory of all Fry's in bay areas for me. All gone in the morning.
a197
New Member
posted: Oct. 30, 2009 @ 5:05p
The cpu is OEM. Some are engineering samples that even don't have "Q9400" on them.
Praxis
Cranky Member
posted: Oct. 30, 2009 @ 5:17p
Yep, ncyt, Fry's stopped advertising decent combo deals about 6-8 months ago. In the last month they have been ADVERTISING good combos again, it is just that they only have a couple in stock at each store. Excited folks come in and get upsold. Check the stock of these combos, MAYBE they are still available. http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/963448/
I should have called before I posted.
TheOriginalFatSam
New Member
posted: Oct. 30, 2009 @ 6:56p
They did the same with both of their previous CPU/Mobo deals, last week -- 20 copies of the mobo on hand, and when they were gone, no more. Then they didn't restock that mobo anywhere before the deal was up. Dreadfully close to bait and switch, IMO.
For folks with Microcenter near them, Q9550 is available for 169. Then you can buy your own mobo with your favorite features. IMHO that's a better option. However, in any case, building a new desktop with this combo is a little too late when i5/i7 with DDR3 is not that big of a price upgrade. Also, memory manufacturers are price fixing DDR2 prices as people are all excited about upgrading their memory with the release of Windows 7 64bit leading to a higher demand. 8GB of good DDR2 will cost you an arm and a leg.
Yet again, the local Fry's had 5 of these combos in and was sold out immediately after they opened. This is the 3rd time in the past month or so that I know of in which the local Fry's had a total of 5 "on sale" combo's when they opened on Friday, and each time sold out immediately.
I wish I had the conviction to stop shopping there. Maybe I do, and I just don't know it yet...
a197 said: The cpu is OEM. Some are engineering samples that even don't have "Q9400" on them.
I dont think I've come across anything about c2d engineering samples, but in the past, engineering samples didn't have locked multipliers, which is an excellent thing if you plan on overclocking it.
Etch said: a197 said: The cpu is OEM. Some are engineering samples that even don't have "Q9400" on them.
I dont think I've come across anything about c2d engineering samples, but in the past, engineering samples didn't have locked multipliers, which is an excellent thing if you plan on overclocking it.According to this article (thx to douglasfir on SD), C2D engineering samples aren't desireable and shouldn't even be sold at retail, let alone by a large electronics retailer like Fry's.
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