i7 BUNDLE Price Rises - AGGHH TOO LATE :(

Max007

Max007

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Hi,
For the last year I was hoping to order the i7 920 Overclocked Bundle - finally reaching my savings goal using the Christmas Money kindly given to me by my very patient wife - when AGGGHHH: the price seems to have risen again :(

I noticed in November it was priced at £549, which Santa then increased to £599 and then £629. Next comes the VAT rise to add to my sadness. I was disappointed to see it rise again this week to £699! The result? Again I haven't got enough to order it (especially as I was hoping to upgrade to Corsair Dominator Memory).

I always use OC as they are really helpful - but the Overclocked Option is slipping further and further away. Can I check - is the price linked to shortages in supply please? Is there any hope for a reduced price in the future or will I have to settle for non-OC'd versions?

Go on Overclockers - make my New Year Start with a smile please!!!

A Loyal Customer,
Max
;)
 
Prices always rise over christmas time as they know people want new stuff and admit it christmas time does make you feel like paying that bit more. Best to shop around one guy did and found it £70 cheaper.
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £204.98
(£178.24) £204.98
(£178.24)
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM £203.99
(£177.38) £203.99
(£177.38)
OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (OCZ3G1600LV6GK) OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (OCZ3G1600LV6GK) £119.98
(£104.33) £119.98
(£104.33)
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 Dual Fan Quiet CPU Cooler (LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM2+/AM3) Noctua NH-U12P SE2 Dual Fan Quiet CPU Cooler (LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £61.99
(£53.90) £61.99
(£53.90)
Sub Total : £513.85
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 15.00% VAT : £78.50
Total : £601.85
 
Thanks Guys :)

I was hoping to have the Overclocking done for me - I had a polite reply in The Customer Service section (OC staff must work late as I hadn't expected to hear anything until after the Hols). They said that the main problem was a poor exchange rate with USA/Dollar. So that explains it too. I guess I can only keep my fingers crossed. A real shame as I was ready to order - thanks for taking the time to offer any advice here.
Max
 
I have a couple of suggestions. Firstly, I know that you said you wanted the overclocking done for you, but it does add £50 to the price. Overclocking the i7 is generally quite easy and I'm sure you could do it with the advice you'd get from this forum, if you fancied learning. The bonus is that if the overclock ever went wrong, you'd have developed the skills to play with the settings yourself. And you'd never have to buy an overclocked bundle again ;)

Secondly, as Happy suggested - if you definitely didn't want to OC yourself, you could still go for a slightly cheaper bundle. You probably won't suffer with the UD3 motherboard compared to the UD5, unless you want to install 6 sticks of RAM or use two networking ports. The cheaper bundle has slightly slower RAM too, in terms of timings, but it's unlikely to be a difference you'd ever notice. I reckon the typical user would be just as happy with the £649 bundle.

Of course, you could combine the above tips to save twice as much :)
 
Max - I have no idea what £/$ conversion rate those folks are looking at, but the £/$ conversion rate has very little to do with such gigantic price-hikes. A good 20% of the cost of that bundle is the overclock, and that is a fixed cost to the retailer as they pay the staff what they pay the staff and the staff get paid in sterling.

I rather suspect it's all to do with demand.

In the run-up to Christmas, people WANT to buy stuff, so they hike the prices a bit and people get ripped off a fraction.

In January, they don't want to buy stuff so much, so they hike the prices so that stuff that does sell maximises profit and what doesn't sell...

Can go on sale in February at a massive discount. Keep your money in your pocket for another 4-6 weeks and it'll be back under £600 again.
 
Overclocking these i7/X58 systems isn't hard at all, even for those new to o/cing.

I had never owned an Intel system until I built my current one, and it didn't take me very long at all to get a stable 4GHz o/c..

It will save you some money, and you'll learn something in the process, so it's a win win situation!! :)
 
WJA96 said:
Max - I have no idea what £/$ conversion rate those folks are looking at, but the £/$ conversion rate has very little to do with such gigantic price-hikes. A good 20% of the cost of that bundle is the overclock, and that is a fixed cost to the retailer as they pay the staff what they pay the staff and the staff get paid in sterling.

I rather suspect it's all to do with demand.

In the run-up to Christmas, people WANT to buy stuff, so they hike the prices a bit and people get ripped off a fraction.

In January, they don't want to buy stuff so much, so they hike the prices so that stuff that does sell maximises profit and what doesn't sell...

Can go on sale in February at a massive discount. Keep your money in your pocket for another 4-6 weeks and it'll be back under £600 again.
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Just to add it is due to a steady rise in DRAM pricing more than anything, has added over £100 onto the cost of the bundle since it was originally conceived way back when.

Exchange rate, poor DRAM pricing and then combine the two in a lovely importing operation and you get the majority of the price increase you see.

Does anyone remmember when we had DDR2 8500C5 4GB for £31.99 inc VAT on the site from Kingston? Take a look now.
 
Yewen said:
Just to add it is due to a steady rise in DRAM pricing more than anything, has added over £100 onto the cost of the bundle since it was originally conceived way back when.

Exchange rate, poor DRAM pricing and then combine the two in a lovely importing operation and you get the majority of the price increase you see.

Does anyone remmember when we had DDR2 8500C5 4GB for £31.99 inc VAT on the site from Kingston? Take a look now.
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Happy days, or tri-channel 6GB kits for about £80 :(
 
Yep - I remember getting my Dom XMS2 for like £60 or there abouts. Prices have almost doubled since then! To the OP, i would buy the parts and do the overclocking yourself!
 
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