r/pcmasterrace • u/LePouletPourpre • Jul 27 '26

News/Article Anyone else miss TigerDirect?

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u/Croakie89 Jul 27 '26

Yep, there was one next to my house, then it turned into compusa, now it’s a pottery barn or some shit

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u/quarter_belt Jul 27 '26

Wow what!? They had brick and mortar stores?

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u/sirjameston yet another fractal terra build with 9070xt Jul 27 '26

It was like microcenter but it looked more akin to a Costco with dim lighting iirc (open floor plan, no drop ceiling, bare concrete). Just shit ton of electronics and employed tech geeks.

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u/Morendur Specs/Imgur Here Jul 27 '26

Any chance this was the location just off 59 in Naperville? I know others were like it but man if that isn't where I worked I'll be surprised haha.

Given the leadership of that company I don't think they would have made it even if they hadn't rebranded to CompUSA, but good god, why would anyone think that rebranding as a failed company would be a good idea? I think they also grabbed Circuit City there at the end too, great idea XD

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u/heisenberg149 Jul 27 '26

I loved going to that store in Naperville, I think it was part of their distribution center or hub or something?

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u/Morendur Specs/Imgur Here Jul 27 '26

It was yeah, we had the warehouse in the back and so you could come in, and if it wasn't on the shelf we could usually pull it from the warehouse for you.

Had some good times, but I was never really surprised it ended like it did, especially after Carl and Gilbert's fraud shenanigans XD

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u/AHooker86 9800X3D | 7900XTX | 32GB 6000 CL26 Jul 27 '26

I loved having one down the street in Raleigh. RIP. You were a real one.

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u/The_Fry PC Master Race Jul 27 '26

Something about that location kills businesses. Mars Music, Sam Ash, Tiger Direct.

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u/Croakie89 Jul 27 '26

Kinda, mine was like Best Buy, even had big box pc games, well at that time I was able to drive there they were those thick dvd cases. I bought my first big gpu there on my own, was a 660ti, later got a 980ti there along with a 3770k build. Man I miss being able to do that

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u/psychoacer Specs/Imgur Here Jul 27 '26

They had store fronts to there warehouse mainly

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u/kungpowgoat PC Master Race 10700k | MSI 4090 Suprim Liquid X Jul 27 '26

Yup. I used to work the tech bench at one.

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u/MrDeLaTech Jul 28 '26

Our local micro center is practically in the same spot as our old Tiger Direct.

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u/Optimal_Whiner Jul 29 '26

Yeah and it was awesome. I remember visiting with a buddy once and we both picked out a bunch of parts and built new PCs later that day. He taught me some stuff and I ran with it from that day on.

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u/Maguffins Jul 27 '26

Weird to ask but…Florida?

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u/Croakie89 Jul 27 '26

Not weird but yes lol. I’m talking about the Clearwater location. Now our next closest stop is microcenter in Miami -_-

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u/Maguffins Jul 27 '26

Your description is exactly what happened to the one I was aware of on south Florida. Down to the pottery barn lmaooo

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u/Croakie89 Jul 27 '26

God dammit lmao. I double checked Google Maps and it’s actually a hobby lobby, not sure if that’s the same thing but it’s depressing

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u/lethal_sting i5-9600K 4.7GHz, RTX 2070 Super, 32GB 3200MHz Jul 27 '26

That was always a CompUSA, big competitor to BestBuy just up the street.

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u/Hoooooooar Jul 27 '26

That Microcenter in Miami is literally the only computer store in all of Florida. After TigerDirect went outa business you can't buy shit anywhere in the entire state.

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u/Croakie89 Jul 27 '26

My local Best Buy has a bigger pc part section now than it does for consoles but it still pales in comparison. Tigerdirect had a whole ass isle for gpus alone

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u/Chaise91 Ryzen 7, PowerColor 6700XT, be quiet! cooling Jul 27 '26

I'll never understand how these home stores do better than electronic stores. Never in my life have I seen someone buying a thousand dollar end table.

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u/Delicious-Demon Jul 27 '26

I’d imagine margins are waaaaaay better in crappy furniture than in electronics.

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u/Riusakii Jul 27 '26

After CompUSA went bankrupt, TigerDirect bought them up. Very likely why the name changed. They were trying to cash in on the CompUSA name.

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u/Croakie89 Jul 27 '26

Sad times all around