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Kal-EL
03-23-2010, 02:02 AM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115223&Tpk=Intel%20980x
Today's price $1,139
Witchdoctor
03-23-2010, 02:11 AM
Gone ............ wow that was fast :ohcrap:
Kal-EL
03-23-2010, 02:13 AM
They probably only had 1 in stock.........
Splave
03-23-2010, 03:10 AM
Sold out, oops better make it $1250 now lol. Think mine was like $1125 2 day shipped, but will get $97 back within the next month so $1028 total.
Witchdoctor
03-23-2010, 03:20 AM
That's not a bad buy at all Splig as @ MC $ 999.99 + 6% slaes tax = $ 1059.98 to buy across the counter .... only upside is you can cherry pic at the store
wish I had the cash to join the party ..... guess I am stuck bointin with retro cards for the time being ........ :blush:
Buckeye
03-23-2010, 04:10 AM
HAHA
This item can only be purchased with combo(limit 1 per customer)
Means you have to buy a motherboard with it, it seems ...
Dentlord
03-23-2010, 04:26 AM
Tigerdirect ftw with bing cash back and B batch
My 980x is going on ebay by the end of the week, gonna get on the TD bandwagon :D
DrNip
03-23-2010, 04:37 AM
Yeppers. Saw them there the other day. All I can do is dream...
RomDominance
03-23-2010, 05:20 AM
Me too. Pretty sad when a 46yr old guy has to wack off with a picture of a heat spreader in his other hand heh?
For the record, I hate that the egg is doing this. If folks were not so desperate to make 30 bucks on ebay flipping the 980's, we could get this shit in a couple of days. fargin bastages, cork sucking iceholes
HITandRUN
03-23-2010, 05:49 AM
Me too. Pretty sad when a 46yr old guy has to wack off with a picture of a heat spreader in his other hand heh?
For the record, I hate that the egg is doing this. If folks were not so desperate to make 30 bucks on ebay flipping the 980's, we could get this shit in a couple of days. fargin bastages, cork sucking iceholes
He He! :D Believe me you are not the only one. This time around I'll actually wait and see how this all develops and not jump on this stuff right away. :Hi:
Gutterz
03-23-2010, 07:46 AM
Michigan Microcenter has 3 in stock an their all A957 batch. Looks like microcenter has all the A batchs. Glad I called first.
Chuchnit
03-23-2010, 08:33 AM
What is the best batch so far? B batch?
DrNip
03-23-2010, 09:37 AM
Don't count A batches out. I am sure there are some good batches out there. Then again this might be like another 920 D0 where the 1st few batches sold were B batches and to date still smoke the rest. :D
GFDuke
03-25-2010, 12:57 AM
What is the best batch so far? B batch?
yup. So far the B batch has it.
Dentlord
03-25-2010, 05:02 PM
They were in stock at the egg when I looked just now
Haveto buy a mobo with it to get one though :thumbsdown:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115226&cm_re=980x-_-19-115-226-_-Product
They have oem chips on the egg right now.... no combo needed. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
Assassin48
03-25-2010, 06:57 PM
oem means no warranty tho
Dentlord
03-25-2010, 07:01 PM
:eek: Scary, $1k with no warranty
I wonder if they are the golden B batch ....
I thought it meant you only have no warranty through the egg. Should still fall under intel warranty for 3 yrs.... at the least 1yr.
Assassin48
03-25-2010, 07:27 PM
Doesn't really say
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/cs-020033.htm#1
Newegg has no warranty what so ever for oem from the link they have on there.
ocgmj
03-25-2010, 08:41 PM
No heatsink means no warranty from intel iirc.
HITandRUN
03-26-2010, 02:15 AM
I thought it meant you only have no warranty through the egg. Should still fall under intel warranty for 3 yrs.... at the least 1yr.
Yeah this is what I think. OEMs have 1 year from Intel or at least it used to be that way and the Egg gives you 30 days return policy. Get it, bench it hard and return for a new one. There is no money back though from the Egg.
Gutterz
03-26-2010, 02:30 AM
Any OEM chips I have bought clocked better for me than retail e8400, E8500, e8700, Q6600. With retail Ive had to keep buying chips to get a good one. Just sharing my expierience with them.
Yeah this is what I think. OEMs have 1 year from Intel or at least it used to be that way and the Egg gives you 30 days return policy. Get it, bench it hard and return for a new one. There is no money back though from the Egg.
Yeah, 1 year from intel :) I've killed several OEM chips and never had any hassle getting them replaced :thumbsup:
RomDominance
03-26-2010, 11:05 AM
I called Intel, and they do NOT provide any warranty on oem products. Up to the vendor or builder. I also went on chat with them, and got the same answer.
ReverendMaynard
03-26-2010, 11:17 AM
^ and Rom drops the hammer.
I think we might be referring to different things, I believe that OEM can refer to different things. One would be chips that came out of a dell/hp/etc, I know Intel provides no warranty on those. Also, chips are sold as OEM by Newegg/Frys/etc that don't included heatsinks. All I can say is that I've RMA'd several chips that I bought from fry's without a heatsink without issue. Of course I could be totally wrong :)
RomDominance
03-26-2010, 11:42 AM
Could be Deux. I just didn't want any of our guys to jump on the 980x oem at the egg, then burn one up a couple of months later, only to find that the egg nor intel will warrant it....bad mojo. Perhaps intel is tightening up there policies? I just don't think that its worth the risk, especially at -186 @ 1.9v;)
Could be Deux. I just didn't want any of our guys to jump on the 980x oem at the egg, then burn one up a couple of months later, only to find that the egg nor intel will warrant it....bad mojo. Perhaps intel is tightening up there policies? I just don't think that its worth the risk, especially at -186 @ 1.9v;)
Totally agree, if you're dropping $1000 on a chip may as well pay the few extra for the assurance the warranty brings :thumbsup:
Dentlord
03-29-2010, 02:13 PM
You can now buy the retail cpu @ newegg WITHOUT COMBO
Just noticed they removed the combo restriction ;)
*Digs around in couch*
Shit, I'm a little short..... anyone got $998.35 Laying around? :laughing:
Jor-El
03-30-2010, 05:49 AM
Newegg's price is still too high.
So what was the consensus on the OEM cpu sold by the egg? Is it covered by Intel's 3 year or not?
Dentlord
03-30-2010, 05:51 AM
No warranty on OEM, I didn't realize there was a question about that, always been that way.
The egg is definitely high on these, not sure why. They are back out of stock again now anyway.
RomDominance
03-30-2010, 05:52 AM
No warranty except the 30day replacement by newegg. I wouldn't do it Elano.:thumbdown:
http://overclockaholics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=32896&postcount=25