*** Intel Kaby Lake is HERE! ***

I was going to upgrade my system and this is very tempting, however currently BF1 is running sweet as a nut, I am a big AMD fan but come end of the year will be interesting to see how prices go.

The £/$/€ although does affect the prices is still a bit of an excuse really, suppliers & manufacturers can cut some margins to cancel out the increases however currently as there is no competition and with products being so new why do they need to?
 
I see the argument for these sky high motherboard prices is because they feature new technology and more features than ever, but surely in years gone by, motherboards then also contained at the time new technology and more features than before yet they were a third of the price.

I remember buying an ASUS mobo with the superb nforce 2 chipset and more features than you could shake a stick at years ago for around £100 (if memory serves)

Perhaps I fail to see something.

I still want one though :p
 
Jamesyboyjim said:
I see the argument for these sky high motherboard prices is because they feature new technology and more features than ever, but surely in years gone by, motherboards then also contained at the time new technology and more features than before yet they were a third of the price.

I remember buying an ASUS mobo with the superb nforce 2 chipset and more features than you could shake a stick at years ago for around £100 (if memory serves)

Perhaps I fail to see something.

I still want one though :p
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But I wont be paying for one, it's all very well being given stuff and making builds that cost way over the top...but when you have to pay for it ..it's a whole new operation
 
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Jamesyboyjim said:
I see the argument for these sky high motherboard prices is because they feature new technology and more features than ever, but surely in years gone by, motherboards then also contained at the time new technology and more features than before yet they were a third of the price.

I remember buying an ASUS mobo with the superb nforce 2 chipset and more features than you could shake a stick at years ago for around £100 (if memory serves)

Perhaps I fail to see something.

I still want one though :p
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No RGB :D
 
Aa83 said:
There are a few really nice motherboards, with IO shrouds, for less than £150. I guess you'd be paying £700 if you put an i7 and a load of RAM in there, but there are cheaper options.
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This GA-Z270XP-SLI is pretty nice cheap(ish) and cheerful mobo, with i7 and some 16gb memory its £3 shy of £600
 
Jamesyboyjim said:
I see the argument for these sky high motherboard prices is because they feature new technology and more features than ever, but surely in years gone by, motherboards then also contained at the time new technology and more features than before yet they were a third of the price.
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Yes, they had new technology, but so little of it. The technology in question was SATA, PCIE, USB2.0 all the stuff that we expect as standard now. These were the headline features for boards back then.

Not only that, we have so much more of it now. There are half a dozen different ways to connect your HDD/SSD and people expect the top of the range boards to have all of them... The audio is no longer a single chip with software codec, they have entire, isolated circuits with HIFI quality hardware and dedicated amplification. Then there is Multi/UEFI BIOS, Thunderbolt, Displayport etc etc etc...You don't think that Intel added all of this extra stuff to the chipset without increasing the price do you?

Finally, as I've said before, due to changes in dollar rate alone, the £120 Abit IP35 Pro (the legendary, top selling board from 2007/2008) would be circa £200 today.
 
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WingZero30 said:
i3 is the new i5 pricewise

i5 is the new i7 pricewise
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6700K was £320 when launched (based on the $ rate at the time = $500)

7700K is £350 (based on current $ rate = $430)

That, to me, doesn't support your statement one bit.

I just don't understand all of this negativity about pricing...
 
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ScottiB said:
6700K was £320 when launched (based on the $ rate at the time = $500)

7700K is £350 (based on current $ rate = $430)

I just don't get all of this negativity about pricing...
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Normally new gen chips are better at a similar price point.

Kabylake is a minor rehash of Skylake for more money. Yes the exchange rate is a big player in the rise but it's a thoroughly meh product.
 
Last year's Skylake was for £320 only due to short supply and shops were charging extra. It had nothing to do with rrp. Normal price was around £270-280, many people bought for this price from competitors before they figured out to charge more.
 
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