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Chicago locations?
I know this might be a tad short notice to be asking, but which location would have the better odds at nabbing a GPU today? This is the only weekday I can make the six hour round trip, plus I'm a dummy and didn't even realize there are two locations until now lol. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Audio Popping from speakers. Often when gaming
So I have noticed that I am getting audio static and popping when using chrome to play audio from videos while playings games. I am using a TV with an HDMI cord for my monitor. I noticed that when I am alt-tabbed to the browser window while the game is in the background is when it happens most often. It sometimes happens…
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Tell us how long you've been a Micro Center customer......
Without telling us how long you've been a Micro Center customer. For example, I've been a Micro Center customer long enough to remember when the free flash drive coupons were for 256MB flash drives, and that was a big deal!
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Unable to redeem geforce now promo code
Hello, I had purchased a msi ge76 that came with the geforce now 6 month promo code on the receipt. However when I try to redeem it in geforce experience I get a "redemption incomplete please try again" in the lower left hand corner of the app. Had already tried troubleshooting w/nvidia to reinstall geforce exp and clear…
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Looking to move my pc into a new case
I bought a prebuilt PC from microcenter a few months ago. It is working well except the AIO cooling is incredibly loud. I want to install a nice new CPU heatsink, but the case isn't big enough to comfortably fit anything I want. Would Microcenter be able to move everything into a new case for me + install the cpu fan? I…
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15.6" laptop with touchpad mouse buttons recommendation
Hello, I am looking for a 15.6" laptop for my daughter who is starting college so I would like for it to be able to meet her needs for the next 4 years. I would like an Intel i7 processor with built-in webcam, 16GB memory and a total of at least 1TB with at least 512 of it SSD, preferably 1TB SSD. The problem is she wants…
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Recommendation on gaming PC that can be upgraded over time
I am looking at gaming desktops for my son and want to ensure that if he wants to upgrade components in a couple years that we do not purchase something now that prevents it, e.g. no room for that cool new graphics card, not enough power or cooling for the desired upgrade, etc. I am not experienced in building PCs or…
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Availability of Ryzen 5900x?
Hello. I was a little confused by the listings on the website. Is the Ryzen 9 5900x something microcenter (Duluth location) stocks? It's a big drive for me, so I did not want to visit the store and realize this CPU is not in stock. I assume, based on reading the forum, that this item is in high demand / scalpers are…
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1000+ Watt Platinum Power Supply Inventory.
I am in the DC area for the next week. How often does the Corsair Platinum 1000+ watt PSU show up in stock? I am also okay with Seasonic Primes 1000+. I only need one for my new CPU build. Thanks
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PowerSpec G405 Desktop Computer SKU: 242016
Upgrade PowerSpec G405 Desktop Computer w/ Seagate BarraCuda 2TB Internal Hard Drive I am trying to upgrade my computer with an internal hard drive. When I look at the inside of the computer it doesn't appear to have the correct brackets or cables to connect to an internal hard drive. The computer is a G405 PowerSpec…
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Installing Linux
Hello, I just wanted to ask if Micro Center installs OS's like Linux?
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How to get a 3080 at the Madison Heights store?
So I can only really go stand in line one day a week early in the morning, being on a Saturday. I work 5/7 days of the week at 8am so Mon-Fri is a no-go. I've been trying to get a 3080 for 3 months now and going to Microcenter weekly, earlier every time with still no luck. Is there any chance the store will go back to…
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Which day and time should I go to my Microcenter in Dallas for the highest chance of a 3080?
What day has the highest chance of 3080s arriving? Is it just random or will tuesdays and thursdays have a higher chance? Or is it like every other week?
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Powerspec G436 Crashing
Bought on 2/20, so not even a month ago. A couple days ago it started to freeze up in mid game, with the noise slowly becoming more and more static filled as the freezing got more intense. I was able to close the game, but shortly after everything froze. So far I have reinstalled GPU drivers, uninstalled some recent…
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Ender 3 New SD card formatting Macbook
Does anyone know how to format a new sd card so the Ender 3 can acknowledge it? I can plug in the sd card that came with it and my Mac acknowledges it but I tried downloading the formatter from Sd association and it's not working.
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New Motherboard's got Ram slots with tabs on only one side. Is this the new normal?
Hi, I'm a noob at building but for too long have dealt with ram and their relatively simple installation. Today, I got the MSI B550 Tomahawk. Went insane trying to install my ram on this board. With tabs on only one end of each slot it's very hard getting them darn modules in. so, is this normal? Are other motherboard…
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Intel Core i9-10850K Comet Lake 3.6GHz Ten-Core LGA 1200 Boxed Processor
When will the 330$ off sale end?
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Last fall I bought a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon 7th Gen at Costco.
I've run into a problem with it and Lenovo won't honor the warrenty. MY PROBLEM: After running WINZIP Driver Updater last Nov 27 Windows 10 was unable to reboot successfully. Getting stop code "INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE". None of the Windows 10 auto-repair Advanced Options worked for me. I've watched YouTube videos that…
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Can I get my order Canceled
Hello, I am trying to find out how to cancel my order it has been delayed to long by FedEx .
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SF750 PSU stock?
I noticed last week that almost every location was out of stock of the Corsair SF750 psu, but today almost all the stores have it in stock except for the two in TX. Any idea if/when the Houston or Dallas locations will be joing the stock party?
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Gone (Drone) Flyin?
Saturday is the first day of spring and it is time to dust off those drones from their long winter's nap and get out flying! What and where are you flying this weekend?
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Artifacts ingame,
but only visible in windowed and alt tabbing, but it also restrics what res i can play on, is this my gpu dying after 4 years or somthing else?
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Motherboard + CPU $20 Dollars Off - Online Only or In Store?
Does the motherboard + CPU 20 dollars off deal work in store as well or does it only work when reserving items online?
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What motherboard does this PC have?
I am curious what motherboard this PC has: The reason I need to know is because of this gem: https://gyazo.com/b88e05e63500ff17b9660dd8d7f7932f I currently have a 1tb SSD thats an m.2 and I need to know if I can use it WITH the 512 that comes with this or if I would have to replace it. I wish that information like what the…
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Will Microcenter stock i3-10105T or i5-11400T?
I see that the new i7 and new i5 are available for pre-order, but I was wondering if these CPUs will be stocked but not available for pre-roder.
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Keyboard or pc problem
Im having this issue where when I play gta fivem and I press the windows key but the task bar doesn’t come up but instead when I press the escape key the taskbar pops up and it’s really annoying cause it doesn’t let me type at all so I have to restart my pc 5 times so I can type and I haven’t found a solution so if anyone…
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Sony PS4 HDD used as a boot drive?
The PS4 comes with a 500gb drive and I know that you need to format it to use with your PC, and I was wondering if I could use it as a boot drive, to at least power my pc up. I have never used a pc without an OS, so what I'm asking is can I use this drive and delete everything off of it while it is in my pc, then load…
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what does this mean?
a few days ago i got a windows notification telling me to restart, so i clicked on it and it took me to control panel in the security and maintenance section, i clicked on one of the drop down bars and it had an option to view reliability report and i clicked on it, and it showed the times my games have been crashing (that…
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Dell XPS 8940 Power supply issues
Hi it appears micro center has updated this system with an Nvidia RTX3060 12GB PCle Graphics card and an extra 8GB of ram, my only concern is that the power supply is only 500W. The recommended for this system would be 700W which is fine but there are no 700W or more PSUs that would fit inside this unit. This seems like a…
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3060 TI / 3070 Weekend Odds
I’m thinking of spending a weekend at home and camping out Saturday, Sunday, and Monday morning at the MN Microcenter to try and snag one of those GPUs. Assuming I arrive early enough, what are the odds there will be a re-stocking sometime during those days? I’m willing to arrive very early if needed
