Best Times of Year For PC Purchase

ginjaninja · 15 Dec 2014 at 17:44

Do PC components prices fluctuate due to demand?
Are they usually cheaper after Christmas?
wondering whether to buy now or after Christmas.

stulid · 15 Dec 2014 at 18:08

You missed black friday/cyber monday.

That would have been the time to buy.

ReCoN1989 · 15 Dec 2014 at 18:08

If you are looking to buy new you can pick up good deals around black Friday and the week following I expect those deals are all gone now. If you are buying second hand now is a pretty good time as a lot of people upgraded their systems at that time.

Spacedeck · 15 Dec 2014 at 18:11

So guys, the price different between Jan and Feb next year will stay around the same price?

I'm contemplating another months pay before buying a PC. That would give me around 2k to play with.

DaleTheWhale · 15 Dec 2014 at 18:13

Having a huge budget is difficult to spend!
Most PC's can have maximum performance @ 1440p for around 1.2k.

The release of 970's and fall of 290/290X's means mega graphics performance is fairly cheap.

Spacedeck · 15 Dec 2014 at 18:15

ThaReaperGuy said:
Having a huge budget is difficult to spend!
Most PC's can have maximum performance @ 1440p for around 1.2k.

The release of 970's and fall of 290/290X's means mega graphics performance is fairly cheap.

Well for me it would probably be about 1.5/1.6 for the actual PC. I would need a monitor to go along with it.

ginjaninja · 15 Dec 2014 at 20:23

stulid said:
You missed black friday/cyber monday.

That would have been the time to buy.

cyber monday saved me a measly £40 on £1500...not much to write home about...

tamzzy · 15 Dec 2014 at 20:32

ginjaninja said:
cyber monday saved me a measly £40 on £1500...not much to write home about...

you weren't doing it right ;p
shoulda got the 4790k/780ti bundle that was £200-250 off RRP

lee32uk · 15 Dec 2014 at 21:32

ThaReaperGuy said:
Having a huge budget is difficult to spend!

Try telling that to Ether