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As a counter to this, my local Micro Center is absolutely booming. I built a fast gaming machine earlier this year, and found all of my desired components in-st
by thomble 7y ago
As a counter to this, my local Micro Center is absolutely booming. I built a fast gaming machine earlier this year, and found all of my desired components in-stock there, with no compromises. Their prices were identical to the lowest prices online, and they offer price match anyway. All of my Ubiquiti stuff I got there as well. They have an expanding hobbyist electronics section that consumed the old physical software/gaming space. They have other great hobbyist stuff like retro gaming and drones. I've just taken it for granted, not realizing that many people consider Micro Center a PC builder "Mecca".[0]
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- DrScump 7y agoWhere?
- thomble 7y agoFairfax County, VA.
- compuguy 7y agoSpecifically its just outside of Vienna, VA, near the WMATA metro station (Vienna): https://www.microcenter.com/site/stores/fairfax.aspx https://www.microcenter.com/site/stores/fairfax.aspx It's a decent place to shop at if you need something quickly.
- rootbear 7y agoI shop at the other DC area MicroCenter, in Rockville, and have had similar positive experiences. It's the closest thing I know of to the Fry's shopping experiences I had in the late 90s when I lived in the SF Bay Area. The biggest difference between the Rockville MicroCenter and the Fairfax one is that Rockville has more stuff locked up for theft control.
- mrpippy 7y agoSame, I bought almost all the parts for my Ryzen 3600 upgrade from Micro Center. Prices were great, pick up was easy, and they reflashed the BIOS for free in 30 mins.