{"id":358518,"date":"2025-11-05T23:33:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T23:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/358518\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T23:33:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T23:33:27","slug":"new-phoenix-microcenter-is-a-tech-heaven-for-geeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/358518\/","title":{"rendered":"New Phoenix Microcenter is a \u2018tech-heaven\u2019 for geeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe line outside Micro Center in Phoenix during its first VIP day on Wednesday.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Benjamin Leatherman<\/p>\n

People started lining up outside the new Micro Center Phoenix<\/a> store on Tuesday night. And the crowd only grew from there. By Wednesday morning, hundreds of local geeks packed the sidewalk outside the 35,000-square-foot tech store<\/a> for its first VIP access day. Employees were blown away by the turnout, but are expecting even bigger numbers for the Micro Center Phoenix grand opening on Friday, Nov. 7.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I was expecting it to be this big,\u201d says Dan Ackerman, editor-in-chief of Micro Center\u2019s newsletter. \u201cI thought it would be a nice crowd, but I didn\u2019t think we\u2019d go around the corner on the early access day.\u201d<\/p>\n

After waiting for hours, Valley tech heads, PC builders and gadget geeks finally stepped inside Micro Center Phoenix at 4315 E. Thomas Road. The anticipation for the retailer has been building locally for years. And with more than 20,000 items on the shelves, it\u2019s no surprise why.<\/p>\n

\"\"Micro Center Phoenix patrons waiting to speak with the store\u2019s staff at its build-your-own PC area.<\/p>\n

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Once doors opened at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, people began entering Micro Center and moved with a purpose. They weren\u2019t browsing. They were hunting.<\/p>\n

Over in the PC section, graphics cards shone behind glass like museum pieces. Motherboards sat stacked like sci-fi storyboards. CPU boxes lined up in precise little armies. Employees rattled off chipset specs like it was casual conversation. Heads nodded. Wallets began to be emptied.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the gaming area at Micro Center. Consoles, custom rigs, keyboards and other gear fill multiple rows. There are also plenty of controllers. Shelves stacked with 8BitDo pads in soft retro pastels and razor-sharp modern palettes. An entire wall is dedicated to steering wheels for driving simulators. Plus force feedback bases, pedal sets and other gear.<\/p>\n

\"\"A pair of driving simulators inside Micro Center\u2019s new Phoenix store.<\/p>\n

Over in the maker zone, a wall filled with a rainbow selection of filament spools. Neon pink. Cool glacier blue. Matte stone gray. Transparent orange that look like gummies. If you can imagine it, you can print it.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Micro Center\u2019s Phoenix store contains rows of laptops, monitors, routers, cables, batteries, adapters and other components, along with fully built PCs. For local tech heads, Wednesday wasn\u2019t just a preview day. It was a full-on pilgrimage.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look inside the new Micro Center Phoenix store.<\/p>\n

\"\"A row of GeForce RTX and other high-end graphics cards under lock and key at Micro Center in Phoenix.<\/p>\n

\"\"Dan Ackerman, editor-in-chief of Micro Center\u2019s newsletter, holds one of the many custom PC cases the chain\u2019s new Phoenix store carries.<\/p>\n

\"\"Giant-sized mouse pads at Micro Center\u2019s new Phoenix store.<\/p>\n

\"\"Dan Ackerman, editor-in-chief of Micro Center\u2019s newsletter, shows off a massive Bambu Lab 3D printer inside the new Micro Center Phoenix.<\/p>\n

\"\"Samples of multicolored 3D printing filament available at the new Micro Center Phoenix store.<\/p>\n

\"\"A wall of 3-D printing filaments at Micro Center Phoenix. <\/p>\n

\"\"The gaming section at Micro Center Phoenix.<\/p>\n

\"\"8BitDo video game controllers for sale at Micro Center in Phoenix.<\/p>\n

\"\"A wall of steering wheel game controllers at Micro Center Phoenix.<\/p>\n

\"\"Shelves of puzzles and board games inside Micro Center Phoenix, which opens this week.<\/p>\n

\"\"The first patrons of Micro Center\u2019s VIP Days enter the newly opened store in Phoenix.<\/p>\n

\"\"A Micro Center Phoenix employee uses a lift to retrieve a PC component from a high shelf on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\"\"A pair of branded mugs being given away to Micro Center Phoenix patrons during its VIP Days on Nov. 5 and 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The line outside Micro Center in Phoenix during its first VIP day on Wednesday. Benjamin Leatherman People started…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":358519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,1589,2107,158,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-358518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-phoenix","12":"tag-shopping","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115499711419834993","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}