News - MSI to offer a 55% launch-day discount on P55 motherboards

[gaz256]

Yeah, I'm sorry Gaz but I'm not sure really understand...

I can assure you I have no intention of selling the board - I will be using it in my next build, which was always going to be built around a P55 board - all this offer has done is make my decision for me as to which specific board I went for.

On the other hand, it is just a motherboard to me - and I like to think I'm a reasonable guy - so if it really genuinely would make that much of a difference to you (and provided you can't get one from Novatech/Scan tomorrow) then feel free to P.M. me, explain the situation and I'd happily give up my board for what it cost me.

I had no intention of p***ing anyone off Gaz, we should all be friends at Hexus

you sir are indeed a gentleman. just ignore my posts really they were nonsense. its just frustrating to plan a build meticulously and then suddenly a website cant stick to its timings. im just a little frustrated at the sites that said they would be live at 2pm and then went ahead at selling them at 10-11am. ive just been desperate for a decent machine for a while and ofcourse i could of got one at any time but i thought it would be best to wait and see. my posts were a bit silly really and over the top. i appologise, they were just written out of frustration more than anything

[Arthran]

Gaz i think we can all in some way empathise with you, these things are sent to try us.

[Dreaming]

follow my example and don't buy MSI because they make us fight like dogs lol.

Gigabyte is generally better for overclocking anyway!

[Roobubba]

I like the way there's an advert on this forum for the MSI promo offer. Any more salt for your wounds, Roobaby? :/

Roo

[nwmark]

I ordered a GD65 from OcUk this morning with extortionate postage, so i managed to get one from scan too with free delivery.

Ive rang OcUk and cancelled my order so that free's up one more that can be allocated to one of the people they have no stock for

[Infinite]

For anyone who is properly gone to upgrade using this board soon:

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...12800/1600MHz/

Best memory deals I can find.

Alot better and cheaper than the corsair stuff on scan.

[CK_1985]

you sir are indeed a gentleman. just ignore my posts really they were nonsense. its just frustrating to plan a build meticulously and then suddenly a website cant stick to its timings. im just a little frustrated at the sites that said they would be live at 2pm and then went ahead at selling them at 10-11am. ive just been desperate for a decent machine for a while and ofcourse i could of got one at any time but i thought it would be best to wait and see. my posts were a bit silly really and over the top. i appologise, they were just written out of frustration more than anything

No worries Gaz, all is forgiven!

The apology is appreciated but uneccesary - we've all had our ranty moments. It is such a shame though when these things are essentially reduced to a lottery because, as we all know, lotteries are never fair... Maybe tomorrow you'll get lucky though.

And seriously, I hope things look up for you soon

[peterb]

<----snip

On the other hand, it is just a motherboard to me - and I like to think I'm a reasonable guy - so if it really genuinely would make that much of a difference to you (and provided you can't get one from Novatech/Scan tomorrow) then feel free to P.M. me, explain the situation and I'd happily give up my board for what it cost me.

I had no intention of p***ing anyone off Gaz, we should all be friends at Hexus

you sir are indeed a gentleman. just ignore my posts really they were nonsense. its just frustrating to plan a build meticulously and then suddenly a website cant stick to its timings. im just a little frustrated at the sites that said they would be live at 2pm and then went ahead at selling them at 10-11am. ive just been desperate for a decent machine for a while and ofcourse i could of got one at any time but i thought it would be best to wait and see. my posts were a bit silly really and over the top. i appologise, they were just written out of frustration more than anything

Hey guys - terrific and the true spirit of Hexus. We're proud of you!

[djfluff]

For anyone who is properly gone to upgrade using this board soon:

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...12800/1600MHz/

Best memory deals I can find.

Alot better and cheaper than the corsair stuff on scan.

Cheers for that!

Have you seen you get a "free" hoddie if you order an i5 at scan today?

[danroyle]

Personally I've been eyeing up the EVGA boards and I'm definately waiting a little while to see what happens to the cpu price.
I'm expecting it to come down in a month, I can wait that long, probably longer.

the evga p55 standard was on scan at 9am for £104 but went back about ten to get it and had gone to £148 was gutted.

i kinda had to jump in the end i lined up a buyer for my q9550 and board and as was offered £140 for it which was £10 less than the i5 750 had to go for it.

those evga boards do look sweet for sure

[Pob255]

the evga p55 standard was on scan at 9am for £104 but went back about ten to get it and had gone to £148 was gutted.

i kinda had to jump in the end i lined up a buyer for my q9550 and board and as was offered £140 for it which was £10 less than the i5 750 had to go for it.

those evga boards do look sweet for sure

I was looking at them when they where £104 as well, but £148 is too much even if it's all black and sexy looking.

I would of loved to get one of the high end boards like the Asus Maximus III Formula but there's no way I could afford it.
It's going to be hard enough scrapeing together enough for the cpu as I have no high end components to sell off as I'm still on a e6600 and MSI p35

[snoxy]

Hmm, don't thionk SCAN is having a very good day, I spotted the EVGA P55 FTW at a silly low price and jumped on it, got my confirmations including this;

**********************************************************************
Payment has now been authorised and we accept that the contract
between us is now unconditional (save as may appear in our Terms and
Conditions.) Your order is now being assembled and will be dispatched
to you as soon as possible.
**********************************************************************

The real time status of your invoice is: Stage 2 of 4

1. Invoice printed / Awaiting authorisation - 08 Sep 2009 16:34:00
2. Payment authorised - 08 Sep 2009 16:34:00
3. Order picked / Awaiting despatch
4. Order despatched


Then this!!!

RE: Your cancelled order with us.


Hi there,

We understand your recent order with us was cancelled. It's a shame we could not process your order and we hope we did everything we could to keep your custom. Our growth and development over the last 20 years has been largely due to loyal and long standing customers. We just wanted to make contact with you to assure you that your custom is very valued and we do hope you can come back to us again in the future.

Thank you for your time in reading this and we hope to welcome you back again soon!

Kind regards,



So much for an unconditional contract

[djfluff]

For anyone who is properly gone to upgrade using this board soon:

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...12800/1600MHz/

Best memory deals I can find.

Alot better and cheaper than the corsair stuff on scan.

Had a look at the memory..
Any reccomendations ? Is the slightly lower CAS worth the cash ??

Is it worth the extra to get

G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit
2000MHz RAM Speed, CAS 9-9-9-24 Timings, 1.6-1.65v VDIMM, ??

Would it make it easier to overclock the i5, or is the FSB unlinked from the memory on the new MSI boards ?

[danroyle]

I was looking at them when they where £104 as well, but £148 is too much even if it's all black and sexy looking.

I would of loved to get one of the high end boards like the Asus Maximus III Formula but there's no way I could afford it.
It's going to be hard enough scrapeing together enough for the cpu as I have no high end components to sell off as I'm still on a e6600 and MSI p35

i am lucky i have a q9550 and 3 p35 diamonds to sell on and already have some cas 6 ddr3 so was less harsh on my wallet. the evga is sexy and does seem to keep going between 101 and 148 but definitely not worth the 148 cost.

I kinda like the asus anyway as its black and blue and will look good with my black case and blue watercooling setup.

[aileen]

good for those who want to upgrade to i5...

im glad i didnt push the buy button when the GD80 was in the basket...save me some money...

personlly i prefer i7 920 for similar price...also dont like MSI that much, from what i read their bios has too many problems...

[PeterStoba]

Unfortunately we've been informed of a further delay which means we're not able to fulfil your order as soon as we'd hoped. Please be assured we're doing everything we can and stock should be with us soon if you're able to wait with us

Will the price be the same, Scan?