r/Microcenter

I saw this bundle being added last night, but I'm disappointed this morning when they added the discounted price. For $350 I cant think of a reason to get this over the 7500x3d bundle. Who would want 1 dimm of ddr4?It should have been $299.

I'm just curious, if i wanted to build a NAS with similar form factor and disk slots as UGreen 4800 Pro, how much would it actually cost? excluding disks of course, but the 4800 Pro comes with a 8GB DDR-5 memory stick.

Folks,

need your opinion please on bios update. I got g535, MSI mobo, bios is powerspec house version, 1 year old.

all the parts except the case look like market generic, i.e. there no microcenter unique items. is it worth/safe to replace bios with the latest MSI version?

As I get my Powerspec g913 started for the first time, what kinds of things and drivers will need to be updated upon first run? Motherboard (Msi tomahawk 870e), graphics card are all I can think of besides any windows updates. Not sure how to update the mother card though. Any help and tips would be appreciated.

Hey everyone! I recently got a PowerSpec PC from Micro Center and it came with a G.SKILL F5-6000J3848F16G 16GB DDR5-6000 CL38 stick.

I'm looking to add a second matching 16GB stick rather than replace my current RAM. If anyone has one of these that they replaced/upgraded and would be willing to sell or even give it away, please let me know!

Thanks! 🙏

I went to MicroCenter for the first time recently. I'm shopping for a new laptop to replace my old one that has finally pretty much given up. The salesperson who talked to me was very kind and was a huge help in narrowing down the options.

By the time I left I was pretty sure which one I wanted to go with, but I didn't pull the trigger for two reasons: A) I wanted to do some more research before dropping 1,700+ on a new computer, and B) I needed to wait for my credit limit to reset for the month before going through with a big purchase like that.

At the time, I didn't realize that they are paid commissions. I want to go back in soon but I want to make sure it's the same guy that helped me originally who gets the commission. Do I just have to hope that he's working when I go in? Or can I tell the cashier or whoever the name of the salesperson so that he gets the commission even if he's not working when I actually buy the computer?

Hello,

I recently purchased 3-in-1 bundle - 250K Plus, Corsair Vengeance RGB 2x16GB 6000MHz CL36(CMH32GX5M2M6000Z36), ASUS Z890 AYW Gaming Wifi W for my new PC.

Unfortunately, it won't let me enable any XMP profiles at all, I either get BSOD or black screen. Only default JEDEC speeds seem to be stable.

I've tried updating BIOSto the latest version(v3211) as well as trying all 3 XMP profiles(XMP 1, XMP 2, XMP Tweaked) but none of them seem stable to even boot into Windows(I'm running fresh install, only updated drivers so far).

I was wondering if anyone has run into this issue with this bundle and managed to fix it.

Thank you.

So I currently have a Gigabyte Windforce rtx 5080 that I got for $899 open box a few months ago (with 2 year protection add on) and Microcenter currently has a PowerColor Reaper 9070XT for $602 open box. I was wondering if it would be worth to sell the 5080 for $1,000 and buy the 9070XT since I only play at 1440p.

My CPU is Ryzen 7 9800X3D and I’m running 64GB Corsair vengeance rgb 6000 CL 30-36-36-76

I could also trade in my 5080 back to Microcenter which right now will give me $960 back as store credit based on their GPU trade in website value.

A week or so ago, I bought a legion 7 pro (the AMD model with a 5080, 64 gb eam, and a 2 tb ssd - i think its a microcenter in-store exclusive bc its the same price as the 32 gb ram, 1 tb ssd model online). I have now had 3 successive units fail (they all had some combination of BSODs every few hours, failed testmem5, and a flickering screen) and the sales rep I was talking to thinks their whole stock of this unit has manufacturing defects. Unfortunately, when I gave their repair department the last unit, they said it was an issue with the motherboard and would take a month to repair (bc theyd have to send it to lenovo).

This, however, is not feasible for me because my old laptop bricked itself and I go to school in a week in a city with no microcenter.

Has anyone else experienced a similar issue and does anyone have thoughts on what I can do to avoid both the 4 week repair time and ending up with a strictly inferior computer (eg the 32 gb ram model)?

I got caught up in the moment and the guy selling me convinced me on the 535 but after more looking idk if I made the right choice. It’s already hooked up and I live a two hour round trip drive away. Idk if I should go back and swap though. Bleh. Lot of money to make a mistake with.

I'm sure they don't look in here, but in the event that someone does, I would just like to add a note.

Dearest Micro Center,

Making me to use 2FA when accessing my account is ok. I won't complain about reasonable security methods and I am glad you are protecting my account and my data.

HOWEVER

Forcing me to use a txt code, and then immediately spamming that number with 3 promotional txts within an hour of authenticating for 2FA is utter bullshit.

I "stopped" your txt ads forever ago because I don't need daily reminders about sales, and for you to use a 2FA prompt to override my contact preferences is bullshit and it makes me not want to do business with you.

Stop that shit. It makes you look really bad.