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55% off MSI P55 boards tomorrow at 2pm!
Author: Richard SwinburnePublished: 7th September 2009
The MSI P55-GD80: A sexy looking bit of kit, and now one batch is available for 55 per cent off on Tuesday! GOGOGO!
Get your fingers on F5 from 2pm (14:00 BST) and is limited to one board per customer from Ebuyer, Scan, CCL Computers and Overclockers.
Boards on offer include:
- MSI P55-GD80
MSRP: £189 inc vat
Promotional Price: £85.50 inc vat
MSI P55-GD65
MSRP: £139 inc vat
Promotional Price: £63.00 inc vat
Yikes!
We'd highly suggest logging in, getting the credit card out and stopping those torrents beforehand to maximise your chances, because there's already a few of us here in the office planning on some home upgrades! The prices will be uniform across the retailers listed so you don't have to shop around - just go to the place you prefer to buy from.
We've not yet spent much time with the GD80, however we've fully tested the GD65 and with the latest BIOS, for £140 it's a very tempting board, however for £63 it's an offer you really shouldn't pass up!
Let us know if you're planning on going for Core i5 tomorrow or if even this offer isn't enough to tempt you into opening your wallet.
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that's very, very low price, won't be surprised if a few end up on the bay the day after.
However since I've a Core i7 in my system at the moment, I'm happy enough.
I shall be getting one, if I can get my hands on it that is.
Maybe intel should do the same offer with the CPUs!
Makes sense doesn't it guys? sell it for a 20 or 30 pound profit
My bank account hates you bindi!
But I suspect my inner geek will love you
not sure if i should purchase considering i prob will not be buying i7 until the end of November
£63 is very good tho
I'd imagine they will all be gone by 2:10pm
Any word on who has most?
I want to build a new comp and this is a good opportunity to get a cheap board.
Does that mean I can't get one of each?
If not, will any of the UK sites ship to the US?
that's why i cannot overclock my 750 until i've bought a good cooler.
btw i just read on a PC mag that msi board is not doing so good as the gigabyte or asus p55 boards :/
it was good at overclocking :|
Don't suppose there's anyone that doesn't mind breaking their NDA a few hours early (assuming it does end tomorrow), is there?
I assume you'll have some P55/i5 reviews up tomorrow or very soon, as well?
Which PC mag?
I'd love to know who makes such a useless generalised statement.
Next question? Where to buy it? I am thinking that scan is everyones fave, so waste of time trying them, they will be hammered.
Ebuyer? Maybe
Overclockers? Never used them but seemed to get rough reviews from many on the old CPC forums
CCL? No experience at all, but seem like the boys at CPC and bit-tech recommend them on the "what to buy this month" articles
i was i WHSmiths and reading on the headlines..cant remember the name of the mag but its was the one with i5 logo on the cover!
That would be PC format.
Ah well, just more people to be disappointed after I grab hold of my one :D
4GHz+ on air >_<
I got that on a £110 Gigabyte Microatx UD4 :P
I'll go get some screenshots later.
WHY would you pay £150 for a CPU, then £170 for a motherboard?! and NOT buy a 920. It's an illogical combination :P
Worry that Intel will stop making 1366 chips and focus on 1156? Maybe.
Just ordered the GD80 for £90 inc P&P from them...
They won't, they will continue to make 6 Core chips. Plus, forget the notion that you'll ever upgrade a CPU without a new motherboard again to be honest. Platforms are the new norm :(
CCL has this deal already live! GOGOGOGO!
EDIT: Dan beat me to it! ^^ (Welcome btw!)
http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?id=36189
edit: Beaten twice. Late 'cos of greed.
editv2: Now I wonder, will CCL let me buy a GD80? Or are Scan/Ebuyer my only hopes for them now?
i read on Anandtech, LGA1156's dual channel memory will be saturated by 3 cores wanting to access memory at the same time (not 3 cores 100%, 3 cores happen to be in thrashed cache stage at the same time). so unless with better inter-core scheduling, it's very unlikely we'll see beyond 4 cores on LGA1156, for a while.
in UK, it's either i5 + cheap mobo for mid-range single GPU gamer machine or i7 920 for high end at the moment.
Andy
Tempted to join you in giving up now Dreaming. That said, I got a GD65. I was just hoping for a GD80 since they're so comparatively cheap.
Unfair but I'm not surprised seeing as it's Scan..
BUT..... they still have the 65 at £63, so I've ordered one, and I'll take my chances
seems a little odd but nevermind.
Andy
Though they are screwing me a little. Basically they are charging £63.00 + vat for the MSI P55-GD65 rather than £63.00 inc vat
Scan have now said the information regarding the boards being sold out is incorrect and they will provide an update later
Not sure what that means. They are probably still sold out they just don't want people accusing the staff of buying them all!
http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=36189
I wouldn't be too sure of that!
Though to be fair Overclockers are only just listing the GD65 as out of stock so if you bought it in the last hour I recon you will be ok.
Ive been on the phone to scan. They have a reserved amount for the discount price. all boards at the fll price have sold out so watch the space!
Im getting a call at 2pm anyway :D
Andy
A few other users on the OCuk forums had the happen to them. They simply phoned up afterwards and was told their card would be refunded the difference.
I ordered a GD65 from them anyway. I might keep an eye out for a GD80 anyway, but if not, the GD65 still seems like a really good board :)
This is all very confusing, but oh well! ^^;;
Edit: But my delivery date is 11/9/2009 when I ordered with next day delivery?
Cheers mate, I will do that now!
Oh yes, the i9 Guffield.
Scan have now gone live! They have the GD65 in stock at £63.
The GD80 is out of stock but still available to pre-order for £88.
Andy
All I need now is for X25M G2's to come back in stock, ATI to launch their DX11 cards, and my Windows 7 pre-order DVD to arrive.
For once, being an early adopter has worked out cheaper!
Mine did that too. :|
Meh for X25Ms, just buy an Indilinx drive!
GD65's are still in stock though.
Better make sure I'm faster if/when they get re-listed!! Haha :)
Well from what I have seen on "previews" over the net, the gd65 really isnt all too much slower at all than the gd80.
I have an 750 to play with. I will "borrow" 2 sticks of ram out of my 920 rig (as I have 12gb I will go down to 6gb for a while) and then when everything is up and running I shall have me some overclocking fun! This way I can review my gtx285 Matrix that asus gave me without removing my 295s from my system.
And then when I have finished with it Ill put it up in the adds section in here for £60 inc vat and postage and thats a promise so watch this space ;)
Andy
GO!
I think I have one :D Have just had payment confirmation email from scan, @stage 2 of 4
*EDIT
GD65 promo stock also all gone now.
Yup, features mostly.
And that happened with me on the GD80 :( I'd assumed that once I was in the stage of checking out I'd be have a cheap one reserved for me...
Andy
Check the bottom of the page ;)
Andy
? Not disagreeing but just wondering who says?
Im sure it was printed all over the custompc mag.. I could be wrong.. they did win something and I am sort of sure it was that... Scan usually win that particular prize but nova got it instead.
Andy
I havn't a clue. But it does say that those 4 are partners and directs them to site etc. OCUK may be doing their usual, saying they have things in and then keeping your money for weeks before refunding you because actually.. they dont! Brilliant wany to earn off of peoples cash with interest etc, very very bad business plan as it forces people to walk away from their business... Oh well.
Andy
Ah. I don't pay attention to that tbh. I just thought it was cause your mate worked there :P:P :D
Understandable I suppose as your bit-tech staff and judging by your posts have been from the word go... But they are a very good company to buy things from as are scan and a fair few others.. but as always there are companies to avoid.
Nope... No mates work at novatech, the closest one to me is just as far away as the asus even I attended with you a week or so back. Cant wait to get the i5 up and running, I really enjoyed the overclocking etc at the event and the chips (although not as good as my 920) are brilliant value for money! Wanting this as an every day pc to do CAD and video/photo editing etc... Maybe even a bit of music production. There just isnt enough expansion accessable on my 920 rig with its current gpu set up and it uses far too much power to be sat on all day long.
Andy
When I first read about this deal last week (on hexus) the four retailers listed were Scan, CCL, ebuyer and OCuk. I didnt see Novatech as being listed until today.
Yea Nova has been around for years. I'd certainly always consider buying from them ;)
I'm just always dubious of where "awards" come from ;)
Yea I got OCUK in an email from MSI, not Novatech :(
We shall be doing this promotion but we are waiting for stock to be physically booked onto the system. This means we will most likely do it tomorrow afternoon at 2pm.
We shall be 55% off just like other places and stock is very limited and I shall keep you guys informed so when they go live you can get your orders in quick, but be warned judging by other sites they will sell out quite possibly in sub 1hr time frame, maybe even minutes.
... That's just gone nova forums so keep an eye out!
Andy
GOGOGO
Now I just need to save up for my RAM and CPU...
I forgot to select the super saver option to get free delivery but I opened an eNote on the order so hopefully they'll be able to change it for me.
EDIT:
"Dear Luke Sullivan,
We can now confirm that your order 13240964 has been processed and payment has been successfully taken."
Does that mean i'm in?
Select super saver delivery in the checkout, Its supposed to be up to 5 days for delivery but ive never had it take that long and in some cases its come the next day :D
My order has gone through, I have an email saying I have made the order, but not an email saying payment has been taken - rather than it is out of stock. So perhaps they assigned more than they had stock for. whether they will now cancel my order or honour it I don't know, they don't have any obligation however.
CCL and Scan shot their loads early.
My order is showing as having a "stock warning" so I still don't know if I'll get one, but the order is still there for £63 and hasn't been cancelled yet.
I got a GD80 from scan, i bought it at 12.24. It was pure accident that while browsing products i saw that the GD80 was advertised as pre order at discount price. I had allready logged into my scan account so a couple of clicks and keyboard strokes later it was done. I guess i was one of the luckyy ones. I just hope that all other lucky buyers keep the board and dont attempt to profit from it.
Plenty of time to get ram and a cpu sorted
What time was that?, I placed order at 14:00 on the dot, and it says good allocated now, I was determined to be on the site at 2pm though, I checked again at about 14:12 and they had gone, the board wasn't even listed so I clicked it in my order section and it said sold out/discontinued no longer available (but I did get one), so if you placed order after 14:10 chances are you wouldn't have got one.
Got mine from ebuyer approx 2.01pm, order placed, payment taken. got the GD65 for £63 the GD80 never seemed to appear at all.
Unfortunately for my colleague BarclayCard blocked his payment believing it to be fraud, order canceled , he's not a happy chappie.
We will.
When Im done messing around with it I will either 1 decide to keep it to keep running costs down on every day use or I will decide to sell it. If I do decide to sell it I wouldnt charge any more than I paid for it as thats just not fair... Is that still alright?
Andy
Hmmm, well I'll be keeping an eye on Novatech tomorrow and if I can get a GD80 I'll be selling a GD65 on. Not at a profit though...
Yeah, if I'd missed out on a GD65 then I would've been highly tempted to go for an i920. Boards aren't that much dearer than P55 launch prices and dropping 8Gb in my P55 board is going to cost more than 6Gb on X58 and will fill all of my slots. Only worry would've been that my future upgrade path would be a pro-workstation CPU prices. Then again, I bought my AB9 pro 965 board 3yrs ago intending to upgrade the CPU and never did, and there's always eBay a few years down the line.
Andy
If there is a 55% off promo for some LGA1366 mobos and I get a fair chance to buy one, then I won't despair, but I don't think either of those will materialise.
For me, the key issues was that getting £90 off a GD80 made it justifiable (that is, I could talk in terms that The Wife understands). If you consider the cost of an upgrade to i5/7 from where I am, taking in to consideration the resale value of my current kit, the upgrade would have cost me 33% less (£180 vs £270 approx).
Unless I'm lucky to benefit from another promo (or a lottery win), i think this means my i7 upgrade will go back to the end of next year again... :(
This.
I am quite pissed off at the people who will attempt to profit from this, because it means some people who were originally planning to get the board for a build anyway don't have one.
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE.
with the Low idle power of the 860
i cant wait to throw this into a new Hone server
Sounds like all I'll be getting is a badly worded unfelt apology.
There actually seem to be a few boards by other manufacturers e.g. ASRock (check the Scan Today Only), cropping up around the £80 mark so the savings aren't so big unless you had your heart set on a GD65/GD80. That said I'm very grateful to have picked up a board so cheaply that should last me a good few years.
Looks like I missed out on a free Coolermaster hoodie by order the CPU from Novatech though. Errr, gutted?
What time did you order?
Overclockers bigwig on the forums had this to say:
I should have bought that GD65 from ebuyer at 2pm - never had any trouble with them and it looks like they actually stuck to the plan.
Oh well - not a great way for OCUK to garner my repeat custom if they fail on this one - if I don't get this board I probably won't start a new build until into the start of next year.
Ahahaha, I've just seen this (here), and I thought I recognised the wording in that description from a certain hardware site I know
12:22 - email from scan saying they have recieved my order, stage 1 of 4
12:24 - email from scan saying they have now charged my card, stage 2 of 4
20:03 - email from scan saying that item is now out of stock and i should expect a delay????
I cant describe how angry I am at this. I had an opportunity to buy a GD80 at both OCuk and ebuyer today yet didnt as scan had allready sent email saying they have charged me and estimated date of arrival was 09/09/09. If I dont get this board I will NEVER use scan again, this is a disgracful way for a company to behave.
*edit* Consumer law dictates that as they have taken the money and accepted my offer to buy the goods they are now bound and have to sell me the board at the agreed price.
Anyways, my GD65 will be here tomorrow:
Now I gotta decided whether I want to plump for cheap yet powerful 750 now or wait a few weeks for the i7's to fall in price and set myself up for a good couple of years (what i'm leaning to tbh).
Scan never said they had it in stock to start with! That's why you should expect a delay!
The GD80 been shown with a stock status of "pre-order" all day. Before the promo pricing, during the promo pricing and after the promo pricing. The GD65 was "in stock".
Here's hoping this post doesn't break any rules.
I got a hold of the gd65 and will be using it in an everyday pc for cad etc however if it doesnt really perform any better than the qx6700 I have kicking about I will be gettin rid of it for the same as I paid if not less... I have an x58 and 920 after all but this as an everyday pc is out of the question with the power it draws.
Andy
No!
On scan forums Paul (sales supervisor) gave the impression that the boards were in stock. I purchased on basis of this. Granted he also said that they wont go on sale until two (this was at 12) then ten minutes later they were on sale :D
Gave the impression... Right, OK. It's an absolute disgrace and you have every right to be angry. ;)
I'm angry that you had the opportunity to buy a GD80 from eBuyer. They obviously gave you preferential treatment. The rest of us were only offered the GD65!
Not very happy at this point as not sure if I can cancel the order for the CPU from another supplier so means I will have to pay full price on a new board.
Considering this was my first purchase from CCL I can safely say I will not be using them again!!!!!
To lighten the mood, it came with a highly amusing booklet for the fast-boot linux feature, called WINKI!
"Explore your world in a blink of an eye". Come on - somebody with a childish sense of humour HAD to know what they were doing there...
You can *always* cancel an order... If you can do it before they despatch, there will be no fees, though don't be surprised if they process the despatch before processing your cencellation request!
If they have already dispatched it, you can still cancel the order within 7 days of receiving the goods, under the Distance Selling Regulations. Check the site T&Cs - if they mention that returns under the DSRs must be paid for by you, then you have to pay return postage. If they don't mention this, then you have to 'Restore' the goods to them - which means that you need to make the goods available to be collected, or they have to compensate you for the return.
In either case, assuming the goods are still 'new', there can be no restocking fees or other charges.
Check novatech, boards will be going live at 2ish... GIBBO who is in charge of this is usually very reliable with things like this so start checking at 1.30 and refresh your browser every 5minutes or so. When they go live make sure you are already signed into your novatech account and just purchased asap
Andy
Personally I'm thinking of just buying the CPU, not overclocking too much, and waiting a month or two for a proper HSF and OC.
Andy
Are you going to re-post this quote on the Nova forums, like you did yesterday? ;)
[Just teasing - I know exactly what you mean]
So did Nova eventually release any?? I was looking from 1.30pm until some time after two and the only change I saw was the addition of some GD53s... Then I was called into a meeting and I've missed everything since.
They were live for all of 15 seconds to which they only had 6 in stock and as such they sold out. 15 seconds!! I had 8 browsers set to refresh every 10 seconds (thats 1 refresh every 1.25 seconds give or take) and not one of the browsers showed up with anything...
Meh..
Andy