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You see the deal. You see the salvation. You see the Ryzen 7 9800X combo with 32GB DDR5 for $679.99, saving you $259.98. Your heart races. Your fingers twitch. Your wallet trembles with anticipation.

Then you remember: Microcenter exists in exactly 25 locations across the United States, none of which are within a reasonable distance from your current coordinates. The dream dies faster than your last production deployment.

So you sit there, refreshing Amazon, knowing you'll pay $200 more for the same components. The skeleton face says it all—dead inside, contemplating whether a 2000-mile road trip for RAM is fiscally responsible. Spoiler: it's not, but you'll still calculate the gas mileage.

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