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

[Deluxe1]

At a few outlets with Overlockers being mentioned as one.

Come launch day, MSI will be knocking a massive 55 per cent off the asking price of its two range-topping boards. Consequently, the P55-GD65, with a suggested retail price of £169, will be made available for as little as £63! The top-end P55-GD80, meanwhile, would normally fetch £189 and could be yours during the promotion for just £85.50.

Sounds like a cracking deal, and MSI tells us it will offer the promotional prices on a limited quantity of stock - meaning the offer could last only hours.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Source?

Surely OcUK will have a say wether they give a 55% discount or not lol.

 

[Deluxe1]

The source is banned on OcUK so couldnt list it.

 

[Tejstar]

Wowsers - great discount. Just tell me when & where!

 

[marley82]

Thats a shocking deal, looking forward to it.

 

[nightmare99]

Surely OcUK will have a say wether they give a 55% discount or not lol.

Of course, it will have been pre agreed with MSI. I'm sure they will announce it soon.

 

[londonbairn]

when are these out?

 

[Tejstar]

Should be next Tuesday (September 8th)

 

[SfnX]

63 quid for a brand new state of the art motherboard....that realllly doesnt sound right tbh. profit wise anyway

 

[manic111]

If that's true then winner

 

[londonbairn]

Likely a marketing excercise? Like those sites that do those 1 day only offers on say a LCD at 80% off but only have 2 in stock and 200,000 trying to buy!

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Just seems strange a 3rd party source announcing OcUK discounts before they have themselves is all lol.

 

[Azza]

Just seems strange a 3rd party source announcing OcUK discounts before they have themselves is all lol.

3 other compeitors have got the deal with MSI aswell. Not that strange really.


As said its on limited stock - might buy two and flog one when the price goes back up

 

[MikeHunt79]

is p55 that much better than p45?

 

[Pikey]

I think i will have to buy one then sell it off and make a few quid.

 

[londonbairn]

is p55 that much better than p45?

AFAIK it's i5's platform, not C2D etc.

 

[DavyBoy]

is p55 that much better than p45?

I would imagine they should be quite a bit better.

Like rafster said, they are for i5 CPU's not C2D/Q processors..

 

[PermaBanned]

If this is true then i'm scrapping the stick with 775 plan... what is the release date on i5s anyway?

And what's the difference between the two boards.

 

[.:MBK:.]

either severely limited offer stock, or MSI feel i5 needs all the marketing tricks they can throw at it to get it to budge...

 

[JonJ678]

MSI feel i5 needs all the marketing tricks they can throw at it to get it to budge...

^gets my vote