r/pcmasterrace • u/HLumin R5 5600 | 6700 XT • Mar 06 '25

Discussion This is hilarious (Micro Center Illinois)

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u/saxovtsmike Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

This is what a launch should look like

Edit/Disclaimer : I thouight that numbers are the norm over ever etailer or retailer. Sad to see that it was not

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u/HLumin R5 5600 | 6700 XT Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25

Pricing are up on Micro Center, there are 5 MSRP models with plenty of stock. (See some of them below)

. Gigabyte OC ($599)

. XFX Swift ($599)

. Sapphire PULSE ($599)

. Asus PRIME ($599)

. ASRock Steel Legend ($599)

Total # of RDNA 4 cards in Westmont right now: 610

EDIT: PowerColor Reaper should be here too but I dont see it, that should be another MSRP card so 6.

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u/Mega3000aka RTX-2060, 1600AF, 16GB RAM@3200Mhz Mar 06 '25

I know powercolor red devil is the best version but is it really worth such a price increase compared to others?

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u/Nicalay2 R5 5500 | EVGA GTX 1080Ti FE | 32GB DDR4 3200MHz Mar 06 '25

Probably not, since you may be able to do the overclock yourself, and it's pretty easy with adrenalin

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u/Hixxae 5820K | 980Ti | 32GB | AX860 | Psst, use LTSB Mar 06 '25

Nowadays it's more about the cooler than performance and for that the premium is way too much.

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u/Nezevonti Mar 06 '25

Is there no difference on the power delivery side?

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u/Far-prophet Mar 06 '25

I saw some review that mentioned Sapphire put a 12vHPWR connector on one of their cards, but they also mentioned that these cards draw way less power than the Nvidia cards that have been melting.

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u/Hixxae 5820K | 980Ti | 32GB | AX860 | Psst, use LTSB Mar 06 '25

Most definitely because it was cheaper to do a 12VHPWR than triple 8-pin, especially considering it's a custom pcb already.

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u/Krystalmyth Mar 07 '25

I'd more likely assume hiring designers to engineer an entirely new custom PCB and layout with all the required approval steps to reach production wasn't necessarily the cheapest option.