Ryzen 5 3600 price going up?

matt_griff · 7 Aug 2020 at 17:41

Hi All,

I'm in the market for a new cpu and I'm waiting for the right price of a 3600.
Prices seem to be going up not down though, any reason for this?

Currently £200 on overclockers.

Ree · 7 Aug 2020 at 17:44

wow think i paid £190 for mine from here when it was released.

Vince · 7 Aug 2020 at 17:45

I snapped one up for £136 last week. 3600 non X. That seems expensive to me at £200.

matt_griff · 7 Aug 2020 at 17:50

Vince said:
I snapped one up for £136 last week. 3600 non X. That seems expensive to me at £200.

£136 from overclockers?
Only after the standard 3600 non x as I have a cooler to go on there all ready.

d_brennen · 7 Aug 2020 at 17:50

matt_griff said:
any reason for this?

Currently £200 on overclockers.

Take your pick of reasons! Economies are in the toilet, slow down in production/shipping, high demand... New super car on order

All I'll say is shop around, from a glance it can be had for less elsewhere in stock

ljt · 7 Aug 2020 at 17:51

Probably because they are going to do a "deal" soon. So to make it look better they've temporarily increased the price.

It'll appear better if they say "Was £200 - Now Only £150 - 25% off!!!"

matt_griff · 7 Aug 2020 at 17:58

ljt said:
Probably because they are going to do a "deal" soon. So to make it look better they've temporarily increased the price.

It'll appear better if they say "Was £200 - Now Only £150 - 25% off!!!"

To be honest I would probably pay £150 but don't want to pay much more, these should be down a lot more by now surely with the new cpu releases just over the horizon.

ljt · 7 Aug 2020 at 18:01

matt_griff said:
To be honest I would probably pay £150 but don't want to pay much more, these should be down a lot more by now surely with the new cpu releases just over the horizon.

It might well be less than that. I was just giving an example, its a sleazy sales technique to make deals appear better than they actually are. I think they have to have the higher price for a certain period (something like a month) before they can advertise it lower in a "deal"

I'd just shop around and get it from whoever has it cheapest.

andy_mk3 · 7 Aug 2020 at 18:02

Jesus that's a discusting price, pretty much the most expensive compared to any main competitor by a long shot.

I paid £150 for my 3600 when overclockers were wanting the same price for a few 3300x!

The_Arbiter · 7 Aug 2020 at 18:12

XT same price as the X right now, at £225

Vince · 7 Aug 2020 at 18:36

matt_griff said:
£136 from overclockers?
Only after the standard 3600 non x as I have a cooler to go on there all ready.

No sadly - ocuk rarely see my money these days. As good as they are they are not very often competitive. I literally googled it saw one at 136 and ordered straight away. I did however pay nearly a tenner for saturday shipping so it ended up being just shy of 150 all in.

jigger · 7 Aug 2020 at 19:26

Seems a massive demand for Ryzen at the moment.

clv101 · 7 Aug 2020 at 20:20

jigger said:
Seems a massive demand for Ryzen at the moment.

Maybe. But thousands of people are losing jobs, loads of companies are struggling etc... Is demand really up? Does anywhere publish weekly or monthly sales data?

andy_mk3 · 7 Aug 2020 at 20:26

Vince said:
No sadly - ocuk rarely see my money these days. As good as they are they are not very often competitive.

Likewise really. The customer service and free delivery benefits still aren't worth the extra cost.

heatonpkmassive · 7 Aug 2020 at 20:55

clv101 said:
Maybe. But thousands of people are losing jobs, loads of companies are struggling etc... Is demand really up? Does anywhere publish weekly or monthly sales data?

But there's more people who were furloughed, couldn't spend any of their 80% wage on anything as it was all shut down, with money burning a hole in their pockets now because they're back at work. I should know, I was one of them. Been back at work for a couple of months now, but I did save a fair chunk of cash during lockdown and as a result, now run a Ryzen system.

Unfortunately that's not everyone's experience

Smiffy-UK · 7 Aug 2020 at 20:57

I paid 177 pounds for mine back in early January, from the forest.

elroberto · 7 Aug 2020 at 21:14

Do you need it right now? Ir'll most likely be in the low hundreds in a couple of months when Zen 3 hits the shelves

Doobedoo · 7 Aug 2020 at 21:26

Never be loyal to one company if they are taking the mick with pricing consult with google and shop with whoever has it the cheapest.

Sorry Overclockers but your business practices beggar belief. No doubt you make money but you lose so many sales with your greedy practices.

NightSt@lk3r · 7 Aug 2020 at 21:36

Picked one up at a competitor about 2 months ago for £155, gotta admit i haven't bought from OCUK in a while due to their prices being way higher than competitors.

dragos1977 · 8 Aug 2020 at 02:16

As i said on facebook...i made a basket ready from overclockers,but then i said i can wait a few more weeks....in 5 weeks basket shoot up 125£.I will definitely shop elsewhere.