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[orbitalwalsh]

if current z390 taichi is £230... expect to atleast add 15% mark up to £264. i'm putting it more like £300

@pandem0nium asrock do have a solid BIOS. better then ASUS IMO

 

[Nerusy]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...3600mhz-dual-channel-kit-black-my-08q-tg.html

Increased price from 150 to 170 on Monday.

On Wednesday made a discount of 8% making the price 156.

I know ocuk is doing all of this for a profit as any business should and the ram is good and worth the money but I think there are laws against this type of behaviour, whereby retailers jack up the price just so they can then say that the items is selling with discount.

 

[dogma77]

looks like retailers taking advantage of new release and increasing memory and motherboard prices

 

[beany_bot]

but I think there are laws against this type of behaviour, whereby retailers jack up the price just so they can then say that the items is selling with discount.

There are strict laws against that. https://www.lawdonut.co.uk/business...r-trading-trade-descriptions-and-pricing-faqs

 

[StriderX]

That price list is also a bit out of date. With today's exchange rate it's £476 including VAT. So £479.99 might be the price we get.

They wont do a day by day exchange rate price shift, it will have been agreed weeks ago.

 

[pandem0nium]

if current z390 taichi is £230... expect to atleast add 15% mark up to £264. i'm putting it more like £300

@pandem0nium asrock do have a solid BIOS. better then ASUS IMO

Not in my Experience with the X370, but it's going to be subjective. MSI and ASUS the best. Gigabyte and ASrock the worst in my experience.

 

[Zeed]

Add 20% VAT mate. Jesus Christ, why do we have to go through this every time someone brings up US prices?

cause people cant do math or they do it as good as my grammar is

 

[Zeed]

looks like retailers taking advantage of new release and increasing memory and motherboard prices

 

[SiDeards73]

Seen X570 Taichi listed for £249 elsewhere, been pulled now though, but as for comments its VRM is worse than others, its better than most other mobos VRM's and i think only bettered really by the ultra high end crazy tier stuff.

 

[koeiwong]

looks like retailers taking advantage of new release and increasing memory and motherboard prices

Not sure about motherboard but memory prices have been dropping for months. 8GB x 2 @ 3200 can be find around £70

 

[Potatowithearsontheside]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...3600mhz-dual-channel-kit-black-my-08q-tg.html

Increased price from 150 to 170 on Monday.

On Wednesday made a discount of 8% making the price 156.

I know ocuk is doing all of this for a profit as any business should and the ram is good and worth the money but I think there are laws against this type of behaviour, whereby retailers jack up the price just so they can then say that the items is selling with discount.

There are laws in place. Higher price must have been in place for 28 consecutive days within the last 6 months in order for a merchant to be able to claim it as a genuine sale. Not that the Advertising Standards Agency every does anything in good time about such BS. How many perpetual closing down sales do you see on your local High Street?
Retailers get away with all manner of dubious stuff.

 

[beany_bot]

There are laws in place. Higher price must have been in place for 28 consecutive days within the last 6 months in order for a merchant to be able to claim it as a genuine sale. Not that the Advertising Standards Agency every does anything in good time about such BS. How many perpetual closing down sales do you see on your local High Street?
Retailers get away with all manner of dubious stuff.

OOPS ocuk. lol

 

[8 Pack]

Think you'll find its fine for 2 sticks upto 3600/3733mhz any faster than that and you want a 4 stick setup.

It's fine upto 4800mhz working no problem. 4 sticks it's fine 64gb 3600...

 

[Steveocee]

That Taichi board is really quite nice. Really looking forward to some benchmarks showing 3700X Vs. 8700K
My heart wants AMD to be better but my wallet is screaming my Intel is fine.

 

[Potatowithearsontheside]

OOPS ocuk. lol

Not really.
I've not checked the past prices for that product, but if RAM prices in general are coming down then there is a chance that they met the criteria for including the £170 as a price point. Otherwise it is intentionally false and misleading advertising.

 

[StriderX]

Might be coming down generally, but dies are being EOL'd, yet the demand is the same/greater.

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

It's fine upto 4800mhz working no problem. 4 sticks it's fine 64gb 3600...

Any 2 x 16gb 3600 kits or staying with 2 x 8?

 

[Potatowithearsontheside]

IMO, retailers should be forced to display price history for products. The tree place has price history, which is why it is my first point of call when buying anything. Even if they aren't the cheapest, the price history will let you know how good the value is that you get elsewhere.

 

[bake73]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...3600mhz-dual-channel-kit-black-my-08q-tg.html

Increased price from 150 to 170 on Monday.

On Wednesday made a discount of 8% making the price 156.

I know ocuk is doing all of this for a profit as any business should and the ram is good and worth the money but I think there are laws against this type of behaviour, whereby retailers jack up the price just so they can then say that the items is selling with discount.

I ordered some this morning for £170

 

[beany_bot]

X570 Taichi is T-topology RAM not daisy chain. Which is much better suited to 4 sticks. It's optimised for that. Most "gamers" I assume will be running 2 sticks of RAM. Initially anyway.
Alas, I take cues from @8 Pack . If he says the mem speed on 2 stick Taichi is good then I'll take that.