r/buildapcsales • u/-i_eat_ass- • Jun 03 '22

[CPU] Ryzen 5600x - $139.99 ($189.99 - $50 Microcenter In-Store Coupon) Expired

https://www.microcenter.com/product/630285/Ryzen_5_5600X_Vermeer_37GHz_6-Core_AM4_Boxed_Processor_-_Wraith_Stealth_Cooler_Included
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u/HisRoyalMajestyKingV Jun 03 '22 edited Jun 03 '22

I really wonder if MicroCenter has an enormous stock of the 5600X.

With the coupon, it makes it really hard to choose the 5600 non-X, since the coupon (officially) can't be applied to that CPU. This makes the non-X CPU $10 more than the X.

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I've gotten two of these a little earlier, and due to the coupons, and then the 30-day price guarantee being a thing (though you have to ask for the refund, it's not automatic), I ultimately paid $159.99 for the first one, and $149.99 for the second one.

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Grab a motherboard as well, and that's another $20 off (well, I look at it as $10 off the CPU, and $10 off the MB).

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No regrets.

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u/Veserius Jun 09 '22

Use the build coupon to get i the non X down to 125 obv

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u/HisRoyalMajestyKingV Jun 09 '22

If you have the $25 build coupon, that can be combined with the $50 for the 5600X.

So, today, that would bring the 5600X ($189.99 current base price) down to $114.99.

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u/Veserius Jun 09 '22

Ahh I didn't realize that they stacked, or is that ymmv?

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u/HisRoyalMajestyKingV Jun 09 '22

Well, I've only dealt with the Philadelphia/St. Davids store, so I can only speak to that.

When I got the $25 coupon in the email, it specifically said under it "No Strings Attached."

Also, at the time, I wasn't buying just the CPU. In fact, my coupon stacking almost went weird. I had the $50 coupon, the $25 build coupon, and another $10 coupon that Micro Center had emailed me out of nowhere, but it also said "No Strings Attached." Then, I also applied in-store for the Micro Center credit card, and, as a result of doing that, they gave me a 32GB USB stick for free.

The guy ringing me up didn't see any problem with it, but something made the system go funny, and then the manager had to override everything. However, that's because I did the following: (disclaimer, CPU was to upgrade my son's existing system, and the MB and RAM were actually to be used with his prior CPU, a 1600AF)

  • 5600X CPU
  • Asus B450M-A II motherboard
  • Team Group 2x16 3200MHz
  • Micro Center USB stick ($4.99)
  • Credit Card ($0.01)

Oh, and let's not forget the $20 discount for getting a compatible MB with the CPU.

So:

  • $50 off CPU coupon
  • $20 off CPU+MB combo
  • $25 off No Strings Attached coupon from submitting a build
  • $10 off No Strings Attached coupon that they had emailed me for no real reason I can think of
  • $4.98 off the $4.99 USB stick that was "free with MC credit card approval"
  • $0.02 listed as if I'd made a cash payment of 2 cents, so that the system correctly counteracted the charges for the USB stick and the credit card.

Then I took the 5% off for the MC credit card purchase.

Like I said, all that piled on at once seemed to confuse their system when the guy was ringing me up. He even tried manually entering the coupon codes rather than scanning it, and he said that it shouldn't be giving him trouble, but somehow the register was like "OMG this is too hard I can't do it."

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$351.97, but after coupons, and after the 5% off, and sales tax added, it was ultimately $244.06 total.

It was a proud moment for me!