Imagine having a Micro Center everywhere in the world.

@TimTams_64

2 жыл бұрын

would never happen in australia

@papajohnsuk5965

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine having money to spend at microcenter

@errendipnarine

2 жыл бұрын

😖

@IREWolfman

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine having a store in Ireland. Yes I mean any tech store. Anything. 🇮🇪😭

@papajohnsuk5965

2 жыл бұрын

@@IREWolfman bruh it would be taxed to fuck, thats why.

Micro Center, please come to Florida. ~Florida-Man

@BigDrewski1000

2 жыл бұрын

For real! Orlando would be a prime spot and would do a TON of business

@Zombiebrains24

2 жыл бұрын

theres a few in Georgia one is 5hrs from me an I live in South Carolina

@ClLouID

2 жыл бұрын

Wish we had some here in the UK, Micro Center's look incredible

@AlexRubio

2 жыл бұрын

Still flat

@gameplayah250

2 жыл бұрын

if a micro center ever comes to florida i will actually rebuild my pc just to experience the store

We have a Micro Center relatively close to my home and I'll never forget when I first walked in there. I'd never even heard of them before but I remember just standing still, frozen, looking at rows and rows of computer stuff and was like "I could live here."

@993mike

2 жыл бұрын

Dear Micro Center - why oh why is there not a store in Silicon Valley (or anywhere in the Bay Area) for god's sake??!!

@opiumized

2 жыл бұрын

@@993mike Probably because they actually sell things at reasonable prices and the rent would be astronomical. Maybe not but just a guess.

@ZhangtheGreat

2 жыл бұрын

And then, two days later, you'd realize how awful it'd be to live in a place where everything attracts dust like moths to a flame and would need to be cleaned every five seconds 😆

I was shopping here for work this day and didn't know what was going on, i've been there for the construction but didn't expect the day it reopened would be that day. It was nice to see it all nice and new with so many products. then i turn over after waiting in line and see you building this. I was shocked lol, watched your videos many times to learn and they worked. Thanks for the stuff you teach.

Jay - "Who did they rob" Well, there was that truck of GPU's that got stolen recently.

@LolSho0orTs

2 жыл бұрын

MAKE SENSE

@kyoko703

2 жыл бұрын

LOL!!!

@SithBerserker1488

2 жыл бұрын

There should be a F&F Meme for this! XDXD

@GerenM63

2 жыл бұрын

They robbed the Parkville, MD store.... Inventory here was horrible the last time I was in there (a week or so ago)! LOL!

@DraaelD

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing

In the age of Amazon delivery, being able to go somewhere to get you hands on something and see if you REALLY like it (ESPECIALLY when youre building a computer that will last 5 years'ish), this is just an indispensable opportunity.

@radarjoy

2 жыл бұрын

If you live near one.

@losttale1

2 жыл бұрын

lol what do you need to touch besides a keyboard or mouse.

@genevievepaxson8265

2 жыл бұрын

@@losttale1 saves time, helps ease with returns, which DOA products are not rare in PC building. "hey my mobo is doa. hey sure let us just replace it no questions asked" or making sure your monitor doesn't have dead pixels? or the ability to return a GPU such as gigabyte which they are known to be horrible with returns. or lets say any case which pictures don't show off the kinks/imperfections. small stuff like 8pin cable clips turning out to be clear and not solid white. it's the small stuff that you can make sure are correct which shopping in person enables you to do. other than that, it's also pretty fun to look around the store and see new things.

@chadbizeau5997

2 жыл бұрын

I drove 2.5 hours to one to build my last PC 2 years ago. Liked it so much I brought a couple of friends a couple of months later to build theirs (just before the pandemic). Definitely worth the drive

@TheWunder

2 жыл бұрын

@@losttale1 I touch my GPU all the time

One of the best things about Micro Center is the guys in the build your own section. They generally know what they're talking about and know what goes with what. A completely different experience than what you used to get with Fry's.

As someone who is new to the pc building world, I had no idea how lucky I was to have this exact location within an hour drive. I assumed a store this popular would be widely available.

@tsdobbi

4 ай бұрын

The fact they didn't have a billion locations is likely why they survived the online shopping purge of brick and mortar stores. CompUsa, Fry's, Circuit City all gone. Microcenter persisted and even with less overall demand for brick and mortar, the demand that was left went to microcenter. Even some of the primarily online shops bit the dust like Tiger Direct. I have two Microcenters within a reasonable distance from me. One 20 mins away and one 45 mins away, lol. At one time I had Microcenter, CompUSA, Fry's and a Tiger Direct Warehouse store all within a 20min drive.

I've only been to Micro Center once when I was in Chicago on holiday, it made me super jealous because there's pretty much nothing like that at all near me in Australia.

@ChrisHarmon1

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing like that near 90% of us in the US either. Lived in South Florida for first 36 years of my life and that was a 12+ hour drive from one. Now I'm in Alabama and it's still a 4 hour drive so I've never been. If they had cards at retail price I'd probably make the trip. For now my i9-10850k is gpu-less and looks like it'll be that way for awhile.

@somethingneeddoing021

2 жыл бұрын

I know right, us Aussies have it rough.

@mitchnope6676

2 жыл бұрын

@@somethingneeddoing021 only major US cities get these. most of us are in your boat.

@dougharper7785

2 жыл бұрын

Just as bad in New Zealand! May have to plan a trip to the US! Post COVID! Just to smell the store 👍

@jordanwardle11

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, its all just pick up counters here

It’s so refreshing to see a tech store use their tech to make an unmatched shopping experience, everything I imagined when I was little that we could do with tech in stores is just…a reality here. I wish I wasn’t so far from a MicroCenter

@pupsaderpupin5627

2 жыл бұрын

It can help that you aren't close. I have one close to me and I'm there more than I care to admit.

@ragingfirefrog

2 жыл бұрын

I know. The nearest one being twelve hours away makes it kind of hard to go there. Oh well.

@raygt2790

2 жыл бұрын

Atleast you have a micro centre in your country

@VaderTater

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah same

@calapout

2 жыл бұрын

@@raygt2790 BRUH I feel that. There's none in canada. I've went to the Boston one when I went to see my girlfriend and it was so nice.

I live in Hemet, CA. I drove to this store and roamed the isles, awesome place! Can't wait to see how it looks since the remodel. Nice Jay!

I was there for the Tustin re-opening and fortunately got my hands on a 3080ti video card. It really took what was so great about Fry’s Electronics and made it even better. I’m local so I’ve been there 4 times in the last 2 weeks!

This is the most beautiful sight I have ever seen. Just wish there could be even more of their stores.

@Casmige

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, you mean in line with that fatal mistake Fry’s Electronic’s made?....

@JohnDoe-jr4pt

2 жыл бұрын

Most of their stores aren't stocked like that. The MN store has a turd selection of AMD cards priced well above MSRP and the craptacular 1050ti. It's a really cool store, don't get me wrong, but this video does not accurately represent the experience you'll have in all all their locations.

@geezusotl4021

2 жыл бұрын

@@Casmige what happened with Fry’s? Never been to one

@ThomasShelby6213

2 жыл бұрын

Huge fan Heir! Love your Rome 2 and Attila playthroughs!

@mmoVSmmo

2 жыл бұрын

​@@Casmige Fry's fatal mistakes were a couple of fold. For starters, one of the founding Fry brothers had a gambling addiction. Not only that, but they were in debt with just about every vendor they were buying from. So, they desperately switched to a consignment model before they shut down. They were getting zero products in for a full year before they went out of business. They sold one store (Duluth) to make up the cost and stopped renting another store (Palo Alto) because the rent was too high. They couldn't hide what was clearly there, the store needed to pay back their vendors before they could get any product in. Without their vendors, Fry's was just selling expired gummy worms, water and flash lights. It was pitiful. Source: Was a former Fry's employee from 2018 to late 2019.

Jay: "I didn't Linus that" Me: "It's ok Linus, I know how it feels"

@zackspicer3481

2 жыл бұрын

The razer laptop scene right? 😆

@brianvandy4002

2 жыл бұрын

That cracked me right up.

Tustin is an AMAZING store. Well worth the hour and 20 or so minute drive from me to go there (damn So Cal traffic...)! You are SPOT on with how HUGE the store has gotten! It reminded me ALOT of what Frys was at their peak! I hope MicroCenter continues to evolve with the ever changing times! And I didn't know you are in Southern California! Also you wont be disappointed with the T-Force RAM!

I honestly needed this video. It helped me out a lot because I’m driving 6 hours to the micro center in Dallas, Texas next weekend. This video gives me so much more excitement for my build.

Jay managed to make me watch a 17 mins add for a store that it isn't even in my country

@craigrobbins2463

2 жыл бұрын

I am fortunate to have a MC in my area but it's still a bit of a trek. When he mentioned 3d printing my ears perked up a bit though.

@Heinz76Harald

2 жыл бұрын

there isnt even a store on my continent QQ

@FromHJH

2 жыл бұрын

We have no micro center here in singapore but we have the entire building full of pc stores

@3rdworldcountrydumbass273

2 жыл бұрын

@@Heinz76Harald I also live outside of North America so same

@AegonTheUnlikely

2 жыл бұрын

I have one about 1 hour drive away and I feel so lucky. Normally I would consider that kind of far to drive to a store but not in this case!

Bruh, seeing Jay have a 3080 in his cart instead of having an associate bring it to the front for him was the most unbelievable thing about this video.

@mhymullaney

2 жыл бұрын

I wish soooooo badly that we had a micro center within a reasonable distance of southern oregon! This store looks like a nerds wet dream! Lol

@FunKaYxxD1sCO

2 жыл бұрын

@@mhymullaney they have been putting their gpus at scalper prices.

@VtAneila

2 жыл бұрын

@@FunKaYxxD1sCOYep. The one a few hours from me is putting them about 250% over MSRP. Even checking online micro centers everywhere are scalping. This video seems like an advertisement

@lyianx

2 жыл бұрын

@@VtAneila thats because it is. He states that in print at the start of the video, and vocally at the end.

@MrRobert264

2 жыл бұрын

In Austin Evans is the same, but they are sponsored by the store as well, were everything looks neat and easy. As it seeks the employees open those windows before shooting (speculation)

Micro Center was one of the first things I became aware of when I moved to Kansas City back in 2000. It already had legendary status, but I had never heard of it. Twenty years later, it's my favorite store to visit, and only fifteen minutes away. :D

This place is truly a dream. I was there two weeks ago after a 3 hour drive. They were the closest place I could find that had 120mm x 15mm fans for my radiator. Ended up walking out with two Noctua 15mm fans, an argb controller, and my new fave keyboard ASUS ROG Strix Flare (Cherry MX Red) and it was actually on sale! The customer service is top notch too.

As someone who has one MicroCenter within 20 minutes of where I live and another about 45 minutes in another direction, I can confirm that having all those GPUs in stock, and ESPECIALLY at or near MSRP is a huge fluke that Jay got ridiculously lucky with. These things just aren't there for most stores. I don't know if MC held stock specifically for the GRO of this location or put them in there since they knew Jay would be filming this or what, but this is not representative of most stores. By a huge longshot.

@SyntheticSpy

2 жыл бұрын

As someone who frequents the Tustin store, those shelves are literally always empty

@ichp00ndu

2 жыл бұрын

He was in the store before the re-opening according to one of his tweets. Doesn't seem like he had filmed yet, but given nobody else was visible in this video that's entirely possible. My guess is they held stock for the reopening and he filmed before any was able to be purchased.

@shashankmuralidharan8710

2 жыл бұрын

usually it is double where I live. But the price is still better than online

@TheReaper9500

2 жыл бұрын

You’re from the Chicago suburbs aren’t you

@Drax514

2 жыл бұрын

100000% agreed. I had been to my local Microcenter here in Denver 5 times looking for a GPU. Every single time all they had were server GPU's, or $1600 6900 XT's or 3080ti's

Brings back memories of the Sears tools section back in the late '60's - early -'70's. I remember going there as a teenager and drooling at any and every tool a kid could ever want or need to work on their muscle car.

Wow, This is the most detailed video on PC build, Love it and would love to have a Microcenter in Nairobi.Cheers.

I was so surprised at what they did with the store man it was insane it felt like it went from a giant closet hub to tech warehouse heaven. i was almost trying to figure out if they defied physics because even if you were at the old store and you just imagined the walls being torn down you still wouldn't imagine it to be this big or anything like what we see now lol.

Jay: "I see every GPU SKU in stock!" Jay, five minutes before: "The store hasn't actually opened yet." Hmmm... There's just something here... I can't quite put my finger on it...

@TheLegendaryBM

2 жыл бұрын

What's wrong? People now know that if they really want one, they have a good shot at getting one if they come early in the morning.

@TheRealHusk

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheLegendaryBM maybe this store is why I can’t guy a gpu anywhere? 😒

@ricardogaona2146

2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to this store on Wednesday and will check for myself because I find it hard to believe too 😅

@Treddian

2 жыл бұрын

It can't be. I suspect some empty boxes in those display cases. That's why the security is so tight.

@shadowreign6174

2 жыл бұрын

@@ricardogaona2146 come back and let us know what is real. Also I agree it is suspect because the whole video was nothing but a long ad in which I still love this kind of content as long as it's honest.

*Store opens* *heads over to Tustin* *checks for GPUs* "Aaaaand they're gone."

@GMO5

2 жыл бұрын

Yep this!!!

@billfield8284

2 жыл бұрын

Knew that would happen. Was there a couple weeks ago and didn't see half much of what's in this video. They probably air-freighted what they needed for the grand re-opening. But the place is always mobbed, let alone this time I'm of year. I went there in June for one thing and it turned out to be the nvidia release day for the 3000 series. Must have been over 500 people in the parking lot.

@Son37Lumiere

2 жыл бұрын

Including all of the AMD cards?

@widmarkpolynice565

2 жыл бұрын

@@GMO5 I left work at about noon yesterday. They had a shipment of over 40 Asus 3090 white edition come in early Friday morning. I was able to get one. They also had a bunch of GIGABYTE 3080s left over.

@xavierfranco5800

2 жыл бұрын

@@widmarkpolynice565 Congrats man.

I grew up with a Microcenter 15 minutes from me, it wasn't until I got older that I found out just how lucky I was as a kid growing up in STEM classes to have such a store THAT close

This is literally heaven for me, I want to build my own pc so badly after my major fk up on buying an extremely expensive prebuilt, I wish they had these stores where I live :(

@SanfordPereira

2 жыл бұрын

What's the story here man? What exactly happened with the pre-built?

@crimson7151

2 жыл бұрын

What’s wrong with it? Explain

@NeFjuS

2 жыл бұрын

@@SanfordPereira Well from where i am, prebuilds have like 3 things from well knowkn brands, GPU, CPU and drives... stuff like motherboard, ram and PSU are shitty ones...

As a person living outside of the US, I'd love to visit this Micro Center one day.

@BalintNemessanyi

2 жыл бұрын

same. especially for those MSRP graphics cards. I wish I could get a 3060 Ti. anywhere under a 1000 euros ffs. it's insane how opportunistic every single store is. it's pretty much a miracle that in MicroCenter they aren't selling them for double the MSRP.

@MitternachtAngel

2 жыл бұрын

Same

Thank you for re inspiring my interest in technology. I was cooking before the pandemic but got layed off and didn't know what to do, I built a new pc and took up freelance work fixing and upgrading friends computers. Just recently I landed a job as an A+ technician at microcenter in denver while studying for my compTIA A+ certification. You and several other youtubers really reignited a passion I had forgotten about since high school. Just wanted to say thanks.

@damonm3

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome story! Have any 3080s or TIs in stock? I might try to make it down tomorrow at some point. Do they sell out every day or what’s the word? Thank you so much!! Might have you build me a PC!🍻🍻

@doubleblack795

2 жыл бұрын

@@damonm3 they had a decent amount of 3080tis and 3070tis on the shelf but i didnt see any 3080s when i looked 2 days ago. plenty of amd though.

@damonm3

2 жыл бұрын

@@doubleblack795 awesome, thanks for letting me know man! I’d do a 3080 TI for retail. Anyway you could hold one for me for tomorrow?

@doubleblack795

2 жыл бұрын

We cant hold gpus right now but ill try to respond to this in a couple hours and let you know if theres still some on the shelf.

I hope we have this kind of store in my country! This is like a better looking grocery store for your PC Components.

I've been wishing I had a Microcenter near me for like 10 years (Google said the closet one is 3.5 hours away in NY). Turns out there is one about 45 minutes away, just went for the first time (twice in 2 days) and so far it's been awesome.

The editing is impressive, all the effort to edit in the GPUs on the empty shelves must have taking a long time. Wait... what do you mean it wasn't edited.

@TNW1337

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah lol I just look at the micro cent by me they are pretty much out of every gpu. They must have set this up just for jays.

@scarletspidernz

2 жыл бұрын

Probably just before opening to the public, or opening day, it'll be all gone soon.

@Tobias94b

2 жыл бұрын

@@scarletspidernz for sure

@thetalesofdaneandco

2 жыл бұрын

The Chicago Micro Center has a bunch of stock too.

I buy everything online but this would bring me back to shopping in a store. Phenomenal. Ive never seen such a nuanced "do it all-"store in germany.

@pavelperina7629

2 жыл бұрын

Problem is that you can't buy everything online according to reviews: headphones? Once I wanted noise cancelling ones decided to buy Bose QC35. Ended with Sennheiser PX550 cause Bose caused weird feeling like pressure on ears and being underwater which was extremelly unfortable. Other time I wanted good enough headphones. Was decided to buy ATH40 something, ended with Grado cause they offered more clear sound. Similar story with keyboards or chair. But today nothing is on the display in PC shops. Well ... except a few phones maybe. And headphone shop did not survive covid.

@user-ke7mx3vk7k

2 жыл бұрын

@@pavelperina7629 F for the headphone shop 😔

@Koichifirst

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah is so sad that Germany doesn't really has such awesome shops about computers. We had a much smaller one called "Zur 48", was my favorite shop of all but sadly got closed many years ago 😭

@Ferodra

2 жыл бұрын

I feel this. Germany literally has none of those, unfortunately

Jay, I absolutely love Microcenter. I'm glad that I subscribed to your channel way back in the days of the Post Malone Build to find out about Microcenter. I'm in Richmond Virginia so I'm fortunate that there is one 2 hours away from me.

coming from the uk, this brings a tear to my eye, i would spend a week in there, like i did with hifi shops, comet, etc back in the 90s day

They should 3D scan the store and make it available to explore in VR.

@overdosedparade523

2 жыл бұрын

introvert pc build speed run

@hayabusalegend5236

2 жыл бұрын

@@overdosedparade523 for People who cant visit the store, like me in Europe or other continents

@jonram7593

2 жыл бұрын

Or just go in person :3

@overdosedparade523

2 жыл бұрын

@@hayabusalegend5236 I am European aswell?

I could only imagine the GPU shelves instantly being raided after an hour of the store opening

@wolfsilver8373

2 жыл бұрын

1 hour? aren't you sure people will not just camp in front of the store before opening and just raid 1 min after opening, leaving everything empty 15 min after opening? xD

@larock0wns

2 жыл бұрын

You'd be surprised, the cards are staying on the shelves for a day or two at MC and they restock multiple times a week.

@cosbronaut4405

2 жыл бұрын

I went there yesterday and there wasn’t anything past 1650 super lol

@tokageebo

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, they even delisted pretty much all the GPU's from their site already so you can't even see if they're out of stock

@larock0wns

2 жыл бұрын

@@cosbronaut4405 Sundays are the worst days. Tues-Thurs are the best. I got a 3080Ti on a Thursday afternoon about 1p

I just went to the Micro Center in Denver for the 1st time yesterday. It was incredible. It is about an hour from me, but they do price matching and I would rather buy local than Amazon. If they have it, I will get it from them. I spent a couple of hours there and I usually hate shopping in stores.

@catbertz

2 жыл бұрын

A really great point on supporting local tech over Amazon, when a local option exists. I'm close to the Tustin store and love going there to browse, though I haven't seen the remodel yet. Sooon! 🍺😁

I hope that Microcenter sooner than later spreads out to have a store somewhere central in the Netherlands. Even if it's only one I would go there 100% of the time I wanted something tech.

@spelte3518

2 жыл бұрын

Really don’t think they’ll expand to Europe (or even outside of the U.S. - maybe Canada if lucky as it’s a neighboring country). They only have like 20 stores in the U.S., which is not a lot. Like at all. Looks like they aren’t even expanding in the states

I have one just 5 minutes from my house and my dad used to take me there when I was a kid many many times. I'd spend a whole hour as a kid going up and down the game aisle looking at all the covers and reading the backs of the boxes and everything. My dad would do the same thing just all over the rest of the store haha. Good times. It was the best and it's still fun to this day for me LOL

@Haeruna

2 жыл бұрын

When you come like every week and you reread the back of boxes that you've read before and then just holding on to the boxes for no real reason while reading something else that caught your eye.

"I'm so excited for my flight to Orange County" "Oh are you going to Disneyland?" "Even Better. Microcenter"

@Bobis32

2 жыл бұрын

i live an hour from the Cincinnati microcenter bought my 6700xt there

@chazs6854

2 жыл бұрын

They won’t have Gpu’s in stock unless you want a 6900xt

@Wha2les

2 жыл бұрын

Might have to go for the gpu... My local is not anywhere near MSRP.

@OtakuboyT

2 жыл бұрын

Knot's Berry Farm: "Am I a joke to you?

@jart122

2 жыл бұрын

I remember when Microcenter was being neglected on my area. After they close the store and move to a better location the store is always packed.

So jelly!!! I'm in Tampa area and the last place to close was a Circuit City years ago. To be able to walk through such stock and pc glam really is heaven. Edit: It was a Tiger Direct

I wish we had stores like this in Australia!!!

I was in PC Heaven the day JayzTwoCents was there! Shaking Jays hand and meeting the crew was really a dream come true. I want the comment section to know that Micro Center is awesome but Jay, Phil, Nic, AJ, and the PC community are even cooler. Thanks for being so kind and approachable, guys!

@Wadson

2 жыл бұрын

neeeeerrrrrrrrdddddd

@gamingwithblaise3822

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wadson Takes one to know one :D

@m3me5

2 жыл бұрын

@@gamingwithblaise3822 LMAO

@Wadson

2 жыл бұрын

@@gamingwithblaise3822 you right. lol.

@gamingwithblaise3822

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wadson Good, 'cause that makes three of us!

If they could expand into Canada that'd be great!

@crayoneater_1699

2 жыл бұрын

and even more in the US

@dk5993

2 жыл бұрын

Right Canada’s computers sucks

@CannedMarmalade

2 жыл бұрын

Memory Express is probably the closest Canadian equivalent.

@sixthvolcano9883

2 жыл бұрын

They should expand into Europe aswell there is massive demand for computers here

@NexLevelMusic2k

2 жыл бұрын

I feel that UK don myself

I'm so impressed by microcenter. I have had a good experience every time I've been there amd I look forward to the next visit even more now.

Glad to see the stores finally getting updated!

I was there yesterday around 2 p.m. through an insider tip. I was able to pick up a 30 series for my brother. Last year I was lucky enough to pick up a 3090 🦄. I love this store it truly is heaven.

@barnun2525

2 жыл бұрын

So the website must be lying about stock?

@Reformedekko

2 жыл бұрын

All that really matters is price, stock is everywhere now.

@manzanitas23

2 жыл бұрын

The prices are fair and even cheaper compared to most other places at least in my opinion. The website does update however it lags behind keeping up with actual inventory coming in and out because as they put them on the shelves they fly out the shelves. I literally watched inventory disappear in a matter of 10 minutes. For the lower tier cards of course, they still had quite a few 3090s and quite a bit of AMD.

I really wish something like this was available here in the UK. As much as I like being able to order next day i'd love to go into a store that's competitive on prices and actually see the productions in-person.

@Jackas112

2 жыл бұрын

If you're in the North of England, there's Scan in Bolton. Not as comprehensive as this, but it might suffice.

@Skreamies

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jackas112 that's my go to website haha I'm in the lower half of East Anglia so a little bit out of the way

@davetay44

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jackas112 Luckily for me scan is only 40mins away :D

@unclebumble8971

2 жыл бұрын

@@davetay44 15 minutes for me 😁

@Kimmurial333

2 жыл бұрын

Overclockers are ok but their customer service is awful.

Looks amazing and as you have said is being quick, easy and efficient. They have got really nice stuff. Thanks for sharing

I just moved to SoCal and this store is just a short drive from my city. It's a great store on my first visit. It was sad that the only NorCal store in Santa Clara closed a decade ago. Fry's was near my old home and was nice to visit and just browse through the PC components and electronics when I had the time to. Too bad Fry's went through a slow death.

Jay: "Everything is here" Me: "Shit he's right, they got umbrellas too!"

@VinoDeRio

2 жыл бұрын

ok I'm glad someone else noticed the umbrellas too xD

@nothingtodo58

2 жыл бұрын

Well, you wouldn't want the rain to get your new motherboard wet as you walk to your car in the parking lot. Micro Center seems to have thought of everything.

@FrietjeOorlog

2 жыл бұрын

@@nothingtodo58 You know they sell 'em in a box, right?

@shiftyjedi3417

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve bought the Umbrella from Micro Center, it worked great until it got windy.

@nothingtodo58

2 жыл бұрын

@@FrietjeOorlog Time to work on that sense of humor there, Oorlog. ;-)

Store hasn't opened yet. Jay: They have everything in stock! 🤣

@wabbasMEpern

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah none of those graphics cards will be there when it opens lmao. This video is just an ad. duh

@godlikemachine645

2 жыл бұрын

@@wabbasMEpern those cards will be there for a solid 3 minutes. Then everything will be back out of stock lmao

@OfficialUknow

2 жыл бұрын

Fr grand openings always have a lot of stock

@bigcmlg

2 жыл бұрын

And like 400 people outside lined up lol

I love Microcenter didn't know about it until 2019. I wanted to build my first pc and then I've seen a video about it and seen I had one in NJ. I've always bought everything I needed for my pc there.

I keep hearing about Micro Center, but never been to one. I looked at their locations, and they have one in Cincinnati, about two hours away from me. I have an old pre-built with a nice case I want to rebuild,so I think I will be making a trip up there soon.

I grew up 5 minutes from this microcenter so I thought it was no big deal that we had them - but apparently it's the only one in SoCal! Super excited to go in and see the new layout this weekend!

@timpatrick564

2 жыл бұрын

Not all microcenter's are created equal. The one about 45 minutes from me is the only one within a hundred miles and the best nvidia GPU it had a 1660 Super for just under $500

@destronger5313

2 жыл бұрын

we used to have a micro center here in santa clara iirc. it's like a PC store desert here now.

@sneedsneed460

2 жыл бұрын

I lived near this one for 5 years and it's the reason I got into PCs. I would have never gotten into it if I never went there and looked around and what you can do with a custom PC

@Dezaxis

2 жыл бұрын

Invite me 😩

Love how they overstocked this store knowing this video was being made. I can tell you NEITHER micro center in my area has nearly as much gpu stock. Not even before the shortages.

@level19barb16

2 жыл бұрын

indeed, this video made me doublecheck my local (st davids) store. They still have next to nothing at least as far as gpu's, and what they have is massively overpriced (and i do mean massively-how is that even legal btw?).

@BCT2K

2 жыл бұрын

@@level19barb16 gotta go in person the have 3060ti 3070 3070tis 3090 just not listed I went Tuesday and bought a 3060ti for someone.

@nomadic1816

2 жыл бұрын

@@level19barb16 It's a shortage so the prices have increased drastically

@Iamzee1_

2 жыл бұрын

The microcenter near me has some 1050ti's and 1030's but on the AMD side the have tons of 6700xt and 6900xt's

@level19barb16

2 жыл бұрын

@@Iamzee1_ @Sniper Tank alright, I'll head up there this weekend and see in person. But I've been there a couple times in the last few months and all they had were very low end (730s, 1030s) or amd cards for two or three times MSRP (which again, I don't get how that's legal. Isn't it illegal for a store to basically scalp products? I have a friend who's into sneakers and there are stores that got in big trouble for doing that with sneaks)

Being in Kansas I'm so glad we have a Microcenter here! It definitely needs a redo but I'll take it still

Tustin is the closest store to me(live in Santa Barbara) but worth to drive now that I know that they have gpus for sale at MSRP! Thank you for being awesome microcenter!!!

I could only dream for a store like this around the Netherlands! Mind blowing!

@atBattle

2 жыл бұрын

Pff, was thinking the same thing

@CurseOfDeath

2 жыл бұрын

@@atBattle We need stores like microcenters in Eastern Europe as well.

@appore

2 жыл бұрын

We had alternate but then they went online only :(

@koen2062

2 жыл бұрын

@@appore now they only have adjust their GPU prices down to reasonable levels.

@GodmanchesterGoblin

2 жыл бұрын

Or in the UK...

I love how they opened up the area and made the whole shopping experience an actual experience. The build your own section use to be so cramped.

I actually live around 30 minutes away from the Tustin Microcenter. They had cards all week last week it was crazy. Everyday they would raffle out cards from 9am-12pm. I missed out on monday-wednesday but managed to nab a 3070 on Thursday! Feelsgoodman

The closest Micro Center to me is in Tustin, CA. And since I live on San Jose, that would be an overnight trip for me. At least, it WAS. I just learned that the old Bed Bath & Beyond in Santa Clara is becoming a Micro Center later this year. This will most certainly fill the void left by the death of Fry's Electronics, and probably also kill regional chain Central Computers, which has a location literally a mile from the planned Micro Center.

"If you don't know what a Micro Center is...", the place where you spend every last cent you have Jay you know that.

@ramsjunior

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure he didn't spend a penny :D

@rl318

2 жыл бұрын

@@ramsjunior Everyone else that walks in there will, unless they are already out of money. I stay away from there unless I specifically need something, and even then I end up getting something else just because

@weskirkland5850

2 жыл бұрын

Now its JayzOneCent.

@hibiki54

2 жыл бұрын

@@ramsjunior Yeah. He spent two, and them some.

@Stardust51

2 жыл бұрын

@@rl318 @R L True, I went to buy some RAM for my old desktop last month. Walked out with the RAM, new motherboard, CPU, and CPU cooler lmao. They got good salesmen

12:10 Remember consumers, this was shot before the store opened up. Of course the salesmen gonna sell you like it is always in stock.

thank you for video, been looking for a a brick and mortar computer store here in the Dallas / Fort Worth area ( a real one not bestbuy or repair shop) and could not find one until your video and looked them up and they are in Dallas 😀

I remember going to Microcenter back in the 80's, and lived just a few miles from the Tustin one.

I love the Chicago store. I waited in line last year on Christmas Eve in -17 degree weather for 5 hours for a 3080. Totally worth it.

@Reformedekko

2 жыл бұрын

At msrp?

@speedwagon5951

2 жыл бұрын

At msrp?

@reddukk2755

2 жыл бұрын

Guys microcenter isn’t a scalping store what do you think

@johnmathewj6186

2 жыл бұрын

"gamers never dies" 👌

@macaroniman8122

2 жыл бұрын

Man, I just went yesterday to get a PSU and case fan. Nice store!

I have fond memories of when MicroCenter and I were first getting into 3D Printing- -Small selection in the back corner by the bathrooms. -More selection taking over the entire back corner. -A little more selection moved up to one section of the printer ink and toner aisle. -More selection and two sections of the ink and toner aisle. -The trip when someone realized it was getting big enough to need organization and... ... walking down the aisle felt like walking down a rainbow. -It was obvious there were a lot of printers running when filament took over a full half of the ink and toner aisle. Then I moved and now MicroCenter is about two hours away instead of just 20 minutes :(

@kevingallineauii9353

2 жыл бұрын

Never was sadder story ever told.

So Jay I gotta say, I went to my very first Micro Center because of this video and it just happens to be the same one in Tustin, unfortunately it wasn't PC Heaven for me because I went on Black Friday. It was hell, but silver lining is I won the raffle to buy a GPU and I got myself a 3060 ti. So thanks for making this video, I wish I got time to enjoy the store more but with the crowds it was impossible lol I've got my PSU and GPU now so I'm well on my way to building my first PC with the parts that I pick myself.

@Jay-wm5cf

2 жыл бұрын

yeah i went to my nearest one in dallas and got a 3070ti on black friday aswell, but i just had to walk up and ask for it.

@KesumaofEO

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jay-wm5cf I was at mine all night from Thursday night until Friday morning, it wasn't until early in the morning that the staff announced that it would be a raffle 300 30 series GPUs. That's why suddenly there were thousands of people once the news spread. I just lucked out.

@Felamine

Жыл бұрын

Best time to go to Microcenter is on a non-holiday weekday morning (preferably Tuesday/Wednesday). Which unfortunately is hard for me because I'd have to take paid time off from my job and leave my house at like 4am to get to the nearest store when it opens. 😄

The closest Mico Center to me is 2 hours away. Anytime I'm close I have to stop in. I can easily spend hours just walking around. It really is an amazing store.

Never had a problem finding an associate at Micro Center, They are literally every where and I have been shopping at MC since they opened their first store in Columbus, OH. years and years ago.

@Scylo

2 жыл бұрын

Same, Cincinnati MC when it’s not a weekend, there’s always like 6-8 just standing around. On weekends it’s insane packed and that’s when it’s hard to get someone cause they’re all busy as hell.

I really enjoy seeing stores like this put an effort into making the experience of shopping fun and intuitive. Hopefully someday I'll have the opportunity to build my first computer.

@tendoguyem145

2 жыл бұрын

Don't reply, that a bot

Congratulations on the new store. Looks fantastic!

I'm so glad I live close to a microcenter! it'll come in handy when I finally buy a house and network out every room

This store is amazing! I wish we had these in Europe.

@winonesoon9771

2 жыл бұрын

i have one 2 hours away from me i have never gone yet. i still think they are a weird but yet amazing store its just sad they are like unicorns haha such a odd place to me in the end

This reminds me of the first time I walked into Fry's. And this just takes that and multiplies it by ten lol

@weskirkland5850

2 жыл бұрын

Fry's had a better "Radio Shack" Section in it though.

@acarrillo8277

2 жыл бұрын

Fry's in it's heyday in the 90's was like this, especially in the Bay Area

@lokteraplays2619

2 жыл бұрын

@@acarrillo8277 my home Fry's in Campbell was amazing as a kid. Especially with the pyramid/egypt motif.

@KoRnKnoTTeR

2 жыл бұрын

MC is what Fry’s should’ve been.

@destronger5313

2 жыл бұрын

@@lokteraplays2619 it looks sad now that it's a empty store. i see it every time i go to the home depot next door.

WOW that is beautiful. We have a MicroCenter about an hour drive from me. I went there for my last build. It was worth the drive.

There used to be on near me (SF Bay Area). Unfortunately they opened it up when Fry's electronics was a strong chain. Heck, I used to work in that Santa Clara store. I miss it, it was always the best place to buy cables, and any tech really. I have been in the Tustin store like 25 years ago. Next time we are in LA, I'll make sure we visit it.

@JenevieveDeFer

Жыл бұрын

Given that we don't really have many electronics stores here, it would be cool if they would try opening a store here again.

I am absolutely jealous of that Micro Center. I was at my local place the other day and the GPU shelves were basically clear. I'd have had to get a $2000 AMD or a $2000 Nvidia if I was getting a GPU there.

@smugegeez1406

2 жыл бұрын

Same here at Madison heights, they only have 1600 series nvidia gpus or $1000+ AMD gpus. Nothing else.

@monke2361

2 жыл бұрын

@@smugegeez1406 I was there last year, they had 6600 XT's for $400-500, picked one up when I could

@smugegeez1406

2 жыл бұрын

@@monke2361 i went recently and its a lot better right now, any gpu you could want is in stock finally.

The gig is up Jay, we know where the GPUs came from.

@superbt2027

2 жыл бұрын

Pc heaven

@fracturegames3046

2 жыл бұрын

@@superbt2027 thats where they go back to after a few weeks too :')

@Av-vd3wk

2 жыл бұрын

Where’s the power supply?

@niko9942

2 жыл бұрын

Probably empty boxes for the video

@ZhangtheGreat

2 жыл бұрын

@@fracturegames3046 Then where do the "bad" graphics cards go? 😁

We don't have anything even close to this in the UK that i know of. Looks insane. Would love to visit, even just to look around!

God i hope stores like this never disappear for me there's just something about the experience of walking through the isles that just cant be matched 😆

I minutes away from a Micro Center for the first 17 years of my life, and my cousin in a neighboring state also lived near one, so I always thought it was a normal thing to have near you. Didn't realize how lucky we were until people started sharing those memes where it showed the "Build Your Own PC" sign and didn't realize it was a real place.

@stephenconnell1967

2 жыл бұрын

Ppp

@XSDX3R0

2 жыл бұрын

They used to have one in Santa Clara, California....did not now how lucky I was till it was gone.

I wish there was a micro center in Washington. All we had was Fry's and that went bust.

I'm already picturing AR additions to this kind of experience. Imagine entering the store and getting an A.I. assistant that can help you navigate the store, find specific products, lead you to the bathrooms, etc.

circa 1992...went into the Micro Center in Columbus, Ohio. I rode up the escalator and it was like going into heaven as I saw a freshly built gaming rig demoing Rebel Assault! I've loved Micro Center ever since! Loved the mom and pop shops too, but they have all basically dried up.

Jays explaining how big the store is while an employee is running in the background just to get across the massive store in under 5 mins lol

@Drewkungfoo

2 жыл бұрын

time stamp???

Wow! They have GPUs at MSRP? Scalpers: "Time to go shopping boys!"

I actually went to my micro center in my area, Cambridge, MA recently and it was like half empty not like it used to be, looks nice that your location is packed though

They used to have one in my local town like 2 decades ago but it was much smaller then the other ones I've been too. Now I just take a 40 minute ride to the st. David's location

"Get on a plane and fly" its sad when that would be a cheaper option for a GPU than buying it literally anywhere else

@bballbaagaming409

2 жыл бұрын

What about the plain ticket, luggage gas money, car that stuff.

@cristianitsirc6830

2 жыл бұрын

And you get there and no GPU's :|

Retail stores are so important to me and many others! I love going in person and holiday shopping or just going to check out new products. Online has it's perks but will never touch the in person experience of seeing and interacting with all the products

Super satisfying to watch, watching you being inside the PC Heaven feels good....

You seem so happy to be there. I can feel it while watching as well. Feels like home don't it? 🥰

That's awesome, last time I was there they were in the middle of tearing up everything, it was just a couple months ago, I had no idea they were taking the rebuild this far, hopefully their custom water cooling section is bigger, it was very weak before, I could spend all day browsing around that place

Just visited this MicroCenter after seeing your video Jayz. One word. "Wow". As you said, the store was packed with inventory at great prices. My son and I drove a long way to get there, but it was worth it. Thanks for making us aware of PC Heaven. My son loves that PC Build. That will be a PC Heaven for some lucky winner. Keep doing what do.

Question- Why was the exhaust fan installed facing that way? plus why didnt you set the lables upright to match. Love you!

Im so glad to have the PA micro center nearby. Keeps my heart whole I can still buy pc stuff in store. Died at 2:37 when the amazing tv section just hit right.... lol