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It's been awhile since I looked into building a PC, so I'm not sure what some of the better stores may be, or which may have swapped hands/changed approaches and aren't as reliable as they once were.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions/advice!

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Watching this thread. I've been LOST ever since Fry's fell apart. :(

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Microcenter is great, especially for nerds. Sucks if one isn't close, but they ship.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They don't ship anything that matters. Key parts like CPU's, GPU's, mobos, hard nope.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Yup. 30 something processors in the website, 3 available in store. I love that microcenter has replaced Fry's (smaller stores that i don't get an anxiety attack going to) but the shipping is crap and you have to wait for parts to come back in stock.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

In their defense, I believe a lot of their shipping rules changed during the crypto/covid/AI shortages of the past few years to prevent scalpers from vacuuming up their supply. They limited a lot of the big ticket items to in-store only specifically so you couldn't order them from Timbuktu and resell them.

Which, props to them, respect. But holy crap does it make them useless as a retailer unless you're one of the lucky fucks who lives within a 2 hour drive of one.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I really wish that there wasn't just the one in Tustin for the entire state of California. The Bay Area would seem like a no-brainer for a Micro Center but no such luck.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

that sucks. there is one 20 min from me, the the second is roughly 45 min. east coast baby!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I don't think there's one in my entire state

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My best buys were always at fry’s.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

And if you wanted delicious fries, your best buy was not at Best Buy but rather Five Guys Burgers and Fries.