CPU Higher prices than expected on Sandy Bridge

I find it odd that people are rushing to buy the K versions, you want to overclock a cpu with a integrated gpu that your unlikely to use?

Ever so bizarre if you ask me.

 

Huh? Who cares if you won't use a crappy integrated GPU?

 

£176 sounds about right though. Bit-tech had the $216 ex-vat pricing last week in their sandy bridge review, I currency-converted that and added 20% of our UK VAT, it came to around £166

 

Asus P8P67 ($150) + i5 2500k ($210) = $360

Asus P6X58 ($200) + i7 950 ($250) = $450

Asus P7P55 ($120) + i5 750 ($180) = $300

Anyone who really is of the oppinion that the SandyBridge-parts are overpriced should visit a psychiatrist.

As you see by a quick look at your preferred eTailer-prices the new parts aren't that much more expensive then it's direct predecessor (P55 + i5) and a good chunk cheaper then the entry-level X58-parts.

If you're looking for a cheaper solution, that still is as powerful as an entry-level X58-system, then you can even go with a i5 2400 ($170) and a cheaper H67-board ($100) and even undercut the price of the high-end P55-systems.

price vs. performance is what matters, and not what a current P55 with same clockspeed is listed for.

 

Yesterday Scan were listing the 2600K cheaper than the non K and it was well over £250 and I think the non K was £260+. They've taken down the prices now, so I guess they mixed them up.

As Intel listed the 2600K at $317 and that equates to about £204, it's at least 25% above the price Intel listed a few weeks back.

 

Heard of VAT?

 

Pricelist by intel from a few weeks back...



As far as I can tell from german and US-shops these prices are exactly what intel announced them to be. UK-prices are allways mismatched due to the currency. All that matters is $US and €.

 

It's not that high.
Did Intel release prices excluding vat?

 

Heres a hint, when the prices are in dollars, they aren't including VAT.

 

I'll buy one when I'm in America this year then.

 

Feel free. Of course you'll be paying VAT when you then bring it into the UK.

 

http://www.alternate.de/html/solrSe...detail&link=solrSearch/listing.productDetails

The biggest german retailer, comparable to scan.co.uk or newegg.com lists the i5-2500k at the price we were told by intel, so VAT isn't the question here actually.

Note: $US and € are allways 1:1 in PC-hardware and do not take exchange-rates into account.

 

I've only spotted them on Aria (with prices) and Scan (without prices).

Bit short on choice with the H67 motherboard choice IMO. Full ATX boards with VGA + 2 PCIe slots?

 

Any idea if intel will be releasing K versions of the core i3 anytime in the future?

 

Can't see that happening TBH. The points of the K versions was to get people to buy the higher end chips.

 

Might have to settle for a Sandy Bridge Core i3 for my budget gaming build.

 

Only if you declare it and most people don't. Take a laptop on holiday stick the chip in the laptop holder you pay no tax

Clothing and trainers works best as you can stack em in suit case, anything that's flat packable

 

Just to clarify, I never said SB was bad value. As stated earlier in the thread, they would be good value at more money.

It's just that they're still A LOT of money for some people. i3-530, that's a bargain. Pentium G6590, bargain. i5-750/60/2500K, outstanding bang for buck, but hardly cheap. That's all I'm saying.

 

Cheap is relative.

 

Back in the early 80's a C64 was sold for $600, my C128 with 1902 monitor and printer cost $1500 in 1985. The first IBM PC-XT 286 were sold for $3000 back then and money was tons more worth in these days. I'd go as far and say that one $1 in the 80's translates to $3 today.
I'd like to see people nowadays, if a basic PC would cost them $2000 instead $500.

Speaking of expensive for a new PC priced around $1000 every two or three years is dirt-cheap tbfh. We're speaking of $15-20 a month ffs.