#thingswentmoreexpensive

[keyser]

April 2012:
£144.99 x 1 - Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail
£69.99 x 1 - Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
£34.99 x 1 - Samsung Green 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3DUS)
£300 inc vat

Hypothetical upgrade; what cpu/mobo/16gb ram could I get for £300 now for a gaming/max fps build?

 

[EsaT]

Indeed not much.
Thanks to DRAM cartel memory prices are still inflated and Intel just has hard on for raping and robbing consumers.
Hopefully Zen2 kicks Intel to nuts really hard.

 

[keyser]

Yeah I was thinking that same thing lol pretty amazing how its gone up but hey ho. My Ivy Bridge is still ok, I'm not gaming as much anyway. Gone through Quake2 5000 hours (estimated), TF2 2000 hours, L4D 2500 hours I've had AMD CPU in the past, I am brand agnostic as long as I get trouble free high refresh in older games.

4K 32" desktop would be amazing and I can gradually build towards making it playable fps

 

[ricid]

Indeed not much.
Thanks to DRAM cartel memory prices are still inflated.

Weren't DRAM prices so far below cost back then that half the manufacturers went under? I'm thinking of getting 32 rather than 16GB for my new build this time as suspect we may be close to another local minima.

 

[EsaT]

Weren't DRAM prices so far below cost back then that half the manufacturers went under? I'm thinking of getting 32 rather than 16GB for my new build this time as suspect we may be close to another local minima.

Lowest spec most competed stuff must have been in red.
But what basically happened was big DRAM makers using their cash reserves to buy smaller ones out and then constrict supply.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/7ajnyi/ugh_ram_prices/
https://www.statista.com/statistics...venues-of-semiconductor-companies-since-2010/

Less surprisingly it was same trio controlling DRAM market 20 years ago...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_price_fixing

Would definitely prefer 32GB for Zen2 upgrade after having used 16GB for soon six years.
But price of high end stuff is still ridiculous.
In 2013 got TeamGroup's 2x8GB 2133MHz high end DDR3 kit for 115€

 

[pastymuncher]

Even Haswell wasn't much more expensive than Ivybridge. I paid £146 for a i5 4670k, £62 for 16Gb Samsung Green when it was on one of Gibbo's better offers, and £140 for a Asus Maximus Hero VI (which was a quality board then, not like the more expensive cut down rubbish the Hero is now). Prices these days are disgraceful!! Here's hoping Ryzen 3000 is as good as the rumours and hype are saying.

 

[keyser]

Yes prices are crazy, as in paying double for not double the performance. I'd be ok with 16GB RAM at the moment and for a while yet, currently only GTAV needed more than 8GB (the reason I got it). I paid over the odds and then some to get the same Samsung Green RAM 8GB kit. If new AMD offering has better temps I would be tempted (hahaha) I want my next system is be pretty quiet. At this rate my next system will last 20 years.

 

[FloppyPoppy]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x ASUS PRIME B450M-K (Socket AM4) DDR4 MATX Motherboard= £69.98
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £74.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £139.99

Total: £295.46 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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I would disagree.