Wtf is up with ebuyers prices ?

[Oreo]

And computer stores in general..Every day prices seem to be rising. I got my E6850 @ £112, it's now £170. The Q6600 was £135, it's now approaching £160. Why ? i know there's a recession and that, but i don't notice this much of a price increase on nearly all other goods available to buy online. Are computer parts made in america or something which makes them particularly expensive to import now ? One things for sure, my Core i7 rig is getting further and further away.. I do hope this doesn't go on for long.

 

[ricanflow]

Q6850 = old.

Q6600 = old.

Newer chips should be cheaper since theyre still produced...i believe those older chips arent made anymore and just extra stock.

 

[saltynay]

Precisely ricans right you should be looking at Q9*** they are fairly stable in price I think or atleast hope I want to get a Q9450 in a couple of months.

 

[Oreo]

Okay, fair enough. But what about graphics cards ? they nearly allways get cheeper. My 4870 was £25 cheeper than it is now. and LOL, ebuyer seem to have priced the Q9650 £200 more than all other websites

ebuyer..Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 Socket 775 3GHz 1333FSB 12MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor - Ebuyer

overclockers..http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-231-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567

I would of said it's a mistake, but it's been like that for weeks.

 

[saltynay]

Stop tempting me lol that Q9550 OEM is looking rather tempting especially being £35 cheaper then the 9450. OCUK have screw ups aswell they had an open box striker 2 formula open box at £999 then lower down said previous retail price £240 I called them up to enquire and they said the price was set and wouldn't be changed. What was it touched by god? ****ed on by the pope?

 

[Oreo]

haha... i'm now seriously considering getting the following:

Core i7 920
Asus P6T Deluxe
3Gb G-Skill Tri Channel DDR3

I dont have £550, but it's £18 per month for 36months.. oh so very tempting i end up paying about £100 more by the look of things. hmm..

 

[ricanflow]

I prefer to buy my stuff cash.

Thats why i still havent applied for newegg credit...knowing myself i would end up with another Phenom II 940/GTX 295 rig just for folding lol.

 

[Oreo]

okay, so this is extortianate. spend £600 on a 9 month plan and u wud repay over £1000.
Spend £600 on a 36month plan and id be repaying £750. Pfff... id go for it now, but how will i feel 2 years down the line, paying £20 per month for a prehistoric slowwww core i7

@Rican

Haha, id be the same.. i can see how people end up in so much debt.. it's just so easy to take out a loan

 

[saltynay]

I would only pay for watercooling on credit as it would be a fairly permanent thing. 3 years down the line I would hope to be using the same loop except with a slight difference in gpu and cpu blocks. Buying in credit is rarely a good thing unless its a last stop alternative you will always be stuck paying interest above the original cost of the item.

 

[Nick]

Club 3D HD 3850 Pro 256 MB GDDR3 Dual DVI HDCP HDTV out PCI-E Graphics Card - Ebuyer

Explain that, £150 for a 3850 256mb.