Microcenter vs. Newegg

JohnJSal · 03-01-2008, 04:13 PM

Anyone ever use microcenter.com to order their components? I am checking the prices of them compared to newegg.com and they are significantly lower at times. Just curious if there's any reason it might be better to choose newegg over them.

Thanks.

memory · 03-01-2008, 04:18 PM

I have always heard that Newegg has excellent customer service(never had to use it, thank God). Also you usually receive your products within 3 days, usually before. Newegg just has a really good reputation. I don't know about Microcenter. Never bought anything from them.

mep916 · 03-01-2008, 04:22 PM

I'm always willing to purchase outside of newegg if the price is right and if the company selling the product is reputable. Microcenter has been around for awhile, so I'd be comfortable with buying from them. Their return policy appears to be identical to newegg's.

In-store price for the Q6600 is $199.

We don't have a Microcenter in Sacramento, unfortunately.

JohnJSal · 03-01-2008, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by mep916

I'm always willing to purchase outside of newegg if the price is right and if the company selling the product is reputable. Microcenter has been around for awhile, so I'd be comfortable with buying from them. Their return policy appears to be identical to newegg's.

In-store price for the Q6600 is $199.

We don't have a Microcenter in Sacramento, unfortunately.

Yeah, the E8400 is also $199, and they have it in stock!

The P182 and the PSU I want are also much cheaper. Newegg has them beat on the rest, though. In some cases, Microcenter doesn't have the products at all, so Newegg seems to be the best in selection, if not always price.

memory · 03-01-2008, 04:34 PM

Is that online on just in the store?

JohnJSal · 03-01-2008, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by memory

Is that online on just in the store?

Seems like it's online: http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0281097

memory · 03-01-2008, 04:40 PM

I seen that too but when you click the add to bag button, it says this product is no longer available. I guess that means they are out of stock.

JohnJSal · 03-01-2008, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by memory

I seen that too but when you click the add to bag button, it says this product is no longer available. I guess that means they are out of stock.

LOL. Microcenter sucks!

At least TigerDirect has it (seemingly!). What is it with this chip!?

memory · 03-01-2008, 04:44 PM

The only one Tigerdirect has is the oem version which has no fan with it. I am thinking about buying that and buying a seperate fan.

JohnJSal · 03-01-2008, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by memory

The only one Tigerdirect has is the oem version which has no fan with it. I am thinking about buying that and buying a seperate fan.

03-01-2008, 04:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
JohnJSal Platinum Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hoboken, NJ Age: 28 Posts: 519	Microcenter vs. Newegg Anyone ever use microcenter.com to order their components? I am checking the prices of them compared to newegg.com and they are significantly lower at times. Just curious if there's any reason it might be better to choose newegg over them. Thanks.

03-01-2008, 04:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
memory Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 399	I have always heard that Newegg has excellent customer service(never had to use it, thank God). Also you usually receive your products within 3 days, usually before. Newegg just has a really good reputation. I don't know about Microcenter. Never bought anything from them. __________________ New rig soon to be built: Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS\|Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L \| EVGA 8800GTS(G92) 512mb \| OCZ Gold 4gb DDR2 800 \| OCZ GameXStream 700 watt \| WD 250gb SATA 3.0 \| Samsung 20x dvd burner with lightscribe \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit \| 19 inch widescreen Hanns G monitor Old rig for sell: Dell Dimension 9100 Pentium D 820/ Corsair 2gb of ram/Pny Geforce 6800GS OC/2 dvd burners/Maxtor 250gb HDD/WD 120gb HDD/Soundblaster Audigy 4

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mep916 VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento Age: 28 Posts: 2,943	I'm always willing to purchase outside of newegg if the price is right and if the company selling the product is reputable. Microcenter has been around for awhile, so I'd be comfortable with buying from them. Their return policy appears to be identical to newegg's. In-store price for the Q6600 is $199. We don't have a Microcenter in Sacramento, unfortunately. __________________ Q6600 (B3) @ 2.4 GHz Zalman CNPS9700 Gigabyte EX38 DS4 ASUS Radeon 3870 X2 4GB Ballistix Tracer @ 1068 MHz 2X 150GB WD Raptors (RAID 0) 1TB Hitachi Deskstar Antec Nine Hundred Case 750W Quad Silencer FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND:F@H Team 44358 \|\| Team Stats \|\| My Stats \|\| Hardware Contributions: Q6600/PS3/P4

03-01-2008, 04:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
memory Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 399	Is that online on just in the store? __________________ New rig soon to be built: Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS\|Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L \| EVGA 8800GTS(G92) 512mb \| OCZ Gold 4gb DDR2 800 \| OCZ GameXStream 700 watt \| WD 250gb SATA 3.0 \| Samsung 20x dvd burner with lightscribe \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit \| 19 inch widescreen Hanns G monitor Old rig for sell: Dell Dimension 9100 Pentium D 820/ Corsair 2gb of ram/Pny Geforce 6800GS OC/2 dvd burners/Maxtor 250gb HDD/WD 120gb HDD/Soundblaster Audigy 4

03-01-2008, 04:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
memory Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 399	I seen that too but when you click the add to bag button, it says this product is no longer available. I guess that means they are out of stock. __________________ New rig soon to be built: Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS\|Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L \| EVGA 8800GTS(G92) 512mb \| OCZ Gold 4gb DDR2 800 \| OCZ GameXStream 700 watt \| WD 250gb SATA 3.0 \| Samsung 20x dvd burner with lightscribe \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit \| 19 inch widescreen Hanns G monitor Old rig for sell: Dell Dimension 9100 Pentium D 820/ Corsair 2gb of ram/Pny Geforce 6800GS OC/2 dvd burners/Maxtor 250gb HDD/WD 120gb HDD/Soundblaster Audigy 4

03-01-2008, 04:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
memory Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 399	The only one Tigerdirect has is the oem version which has no fan with it. I am thinking about buying that and buying a seperate fan. __________________ New rig soon to be built: Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS\|Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L \| EVGA 8800GTS(G92) 512mb \| OCZ Gold 4gb DDR2 800 \| OCZ GameXStream 700 watt \| WD 250gb SATA 3.0 \| Samsung 20x dvd burner with lightscribe \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit \| 19 inch widescreen Hanns G monitor Old rig for sell: Dell Dimension 9100 Pentium D 820/ Corsair 2gb of ram/Pny Geforce 6800GS OC/2 dvd burners/Maxtor 250gb HDD/WD 120gb HDD/Soundblaster Audigy 4

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