I just picked my E6600 B2 OEM from MicroCenter on my way home from work. Here's a pic.
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/7...1270lu4.th.jpg
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I just picked my E6600 B2 OEM from MicroCenter on my way home from work. Here's a pic.
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/7...1270lu4.th.jpg
It has those marks on it.. I've seen bunches of brand new Conroes with those marks (The scuffs..)
Anyone know the deal?
Just ordered a E6400 Retail at ewiz for 2 day air. The E6600 Retails are not impressing me, and the E6400 uses much less Vcore to get the same OC. I'm gonna wait until there's a new stepping before I buy anything else.
I like how on Microcenter's webpage it says that the 'Core 2 Duo is 100% available *' then for the * 'While supplies last'
http://www.microcenter.com/
Um, yeah, that just looks like the most moronic advertisement i've seen.
Hey guys they are available while they are available!
I called and the guy said the E6600 is backordered and supposed to be in next week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xefier
http://www.venomousmofo.com/pictures/conroe.jpg
Just a waiting game now guys :(
Well, I guess everyone pretty much has already chimed in about this.
I preordered the retail one instead of an OEM one at Tiger Direct for a little less money. They swore up and down they had em in stock, and were just waiting to release them.
I called several times, and they even said, we've heard other people are shipping, so as soon as we can confirm it, we'll ship too.
I call on Friday, and they said, they might be able to ship Friday, or maybe Saturday, but at the latest, Monday (the 7th) because that was when they were allowed to ship.
I called on MONDAY, and a guy named Fernando said, "It's shipping today for sure. You'll have it tomorrow."
5pm rolls around-- I call to confirm it's shipped.
I get this whole freakin' schpiel about how they don't expect retail E6600's until mid august. I am furious, I ask how they could have claimed to have had them in stock all along. The CSR (Chu) tells me that they just arrived today, and they turned out to be OEM.
Huh? Excuse me? Just arrived today? What about the big message on their site that said they were in stock, and they were ONLY going to sell what they had already in stock, and they were just waiting for the 7th to roll around.
"Oh yeah, sorry about that. We meant that they were allocated for us."
Apparently, based on my tenuous grasp of the English language, I did not realize that "We have them in stock" means "Intel said they'd ship us some, honest!"
So I get the "We'll knock 10 bucks off and send you an OEM version." I told him I'd call him back in the morning. I spent the entire night looking for a better, or even similar deal, or any excuse to cancel the order. Unfortunately, no one can ship me an E6600 version, retail, or OEM for delivery tomorrow for anywhere close to $329.
So I called up this morning and accepted their offer, though it made me sick to do it.
This was my first time doing business with ClubIT. They will never ever get my business again, and I will mention this episode to anyone who asks or mentions buying anything on preorder from ClubIT.
I hope the sale was worth the bad press for them.
I could have had the OEM chip from TigerDirect for more than a week now. That's what's really irritating to me.
Live and learn.
ClubIT :slapass:
what will really suck is if the chip only does 3.2ghz... heh
Now thats hitting below the belt! :slap:Quote:
Originally Posted by ocZZZ
:rotf:
Someone needs to rename this thread... " Conroe's Not In Stock :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: Session! "
These prices are INSANE.
e6300 - $229
e6400 - $299Code:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115005
e6600 - $459 WTF???!?Code:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115004
e6700 - $699 omg?Code:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115003
x6800 - $1159Code:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115002
Amazing prices..... All other sites own these prices EASY.Code:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115001
Thread merged - bachus_anonym
you missed out on the eggbash we had..
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...108693&page=53
Better late than never to the party :toast:
yeah we know.
Welcome to yesterday!
the OEM one from my local micro center may have to do ... 408 out the door... for OEM>.. sheesh...
*Patience is a virtue* *Patience is a virtue* *Patience is a virtue* *Patience is a virtue*
Keep thinking that..... about all i can do
Ingram Micro has an ETA of the 14th just so everyone knows whoever is getting a distribution from there will not have it until atleast that date... they have about 1200 on order.
all ihave to say is im finally feeling like the 805D holdover was a good idea
Well drew, youre lucky you dont have some lame Celeron holding you over. I cant even do decent DC crunching OR video encoding.
I have a :banana::banana::banana::banana:y celeron holdover... I cant take it anymore!!!! amazing just how slow these chips are. I am getting my 6400 tomorrow from tankguys - hopefully it does over 3.2ghz :)
whoa you dont need to give me the lame OC lecture... im down to 3.3ghz now. i swear this stock fan is giving me problems even on stock voltage trying to OC. i was at 3.8 with water on my SECOND BOOT... 1.4v. never went higher, though i know i could have. now im wrestling for 3.5...
actually downs my FPS in CSS when im playing with over 30 people. turning AA and AF off helped, but im still hovering around 40fps at some parts. refuse to turn the resolution down from 1920x1200 though.
lkraven, I ordered an e6600 on the 3oth of July, still dont have one and they expect them in next week....
i too ordere a 6400 from them yesterday, i havent receive any confirmation emails, is this how they operate? nvm it shipped already, i kept the free shipping and wont be here till the 14 :( makes sense CA-FlQuote:
Originally Posted by thunderstruck!
ZZF updated E6600 price to $399.99
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...ductCode=80860
A great price... comparitively... and if they had it in stock, but if they wont have stock for 2 more weeks as i've heard, this will be a really horrible price then :P
Guess I was fortunate. I ordered an E6700 from ClubIT on 8/5/06 after receiving a notice from ShopBLT stating that the ETA on their shipment had changed from 8/7/06 to "throughout August."Quote:
Originally Posted by davefr
I called ClubIT yesterday and got through to their sales dept on the first try. Spoke with a rep named Fernando who was very helpful and advised me that my order had already shipped. Got a FedEx tracking # shortly thereafter and am expecting delivery tomorrow afternoon. So far, so good, but I'm not not going to cancel the ShopBLT order until I have processor in hand.
As for the problem with listing the retail versions as being "in stock;" the explanation given to customers was that ClubIT received their initial Conroe shipment from Intel but never actually opened the shipping box when it first arrived. They assumed that they had received their entire order from Intel (i.e., OEM & Retail) until they opened the shipping box and realized it was OEM only. Supposedly, they updated the website as soon as they discovered the problem. While I'm sure it may appear suspicious, I don't think they were internationally shooting for a "Bait & Switch." As someone else pointed out, they could've easily (and ultimately did) sell out of the OEM version of the E6700. I don't see that they'd have much to gain from pulling a bait and switch; other than creating a bunch of pissed off customers.
Spoke to Fernando at ClubIT a couple hours ago but didn't get a whole lot. I came in from the perspective of "can I still get an oem processor anytime soon or are you really totally sold out?"
He assured me they were sold out and don't expect another shipment of OEM or Retail cpus for a couple weeks but said that the website is close to realtime and checking it would be a very accurate bet.
Screweggg just dropped the price for the 6300
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115005
i want to see 199!!
My E6600 from ClubIT is finally on the truck!!
Yes, I'm annoyed that they screwed up their inventory and didn't have the Retail versions as they indicated.
However I do feel their damage control was appropriate. ($10 off, OEM substitution, and expedited shipping).
They could have delayed all our Retail orders until they had Retail inventory which could have been several more weeks. However they offered us their precious stash of OEM E6600's for $329 which they could have easily sold for around $400+ in the current market. (Screwegg is at $459 and XPCGEAR is at $419 down from $499!!).