SB cpu price rises

Atom · 22 Dec 2011 at 04:27

Been keeping an eye on Sandybridge CPUs the last few weeks as I am considering a upgrade and the prices seem to be climbing slowly especially the 2500k. Is this just down to demand at Christmas or is there something else and I should buy sooner rather than later?

Buchanan0204 · 22 Dec 2011 at 05:10

Atom said:
Been keeping an eye on Sandybridge CPUs the last few weeks as I am considering a upgrade and the prices seem to be climbing slowly especially the 2500k. Is this just down to demand at Christmas or is there something else and I should buy sooner rather than later?

OcUK are the second cheapest reputable seller in the UK right now. Being beaten only by 60 pence.

What did the prices used to be? £155 I sort of recall.

Probably just because it's Xmas. Just a guess however.

GTO656 · 22 Dec 2011 at 09:17

Yeh £155 was the cheapest quite a while ago.

Geeman1979 · 22 Dec 2011 at 09:22

They will come back down, just wait an see what the new year brings.

Witcher1979 · 22 Dec 2011 at 09:32

Yeah mine was about £130 minus VAT about 2 months ago, damn that vat. So that was what roughly £155 I guess

IvanDobskey · 22 Dec 2011 at 09:37

Paid £155 for my OEM 2500K last month. Guess it's just the time of year.

Saundie · 22 Dec 2011 at 09:41

Wait for Ivy Bridge to come out, you're almost certain to get a bargain on an i5-2500k then

ShakeNBake · 23 Dec 2011 at 03:54

It's probably because demand > supply for this CPU at the moment.
It is basically one of the best gaming chips around for price : performance, and you can get a hefty overclock out of it very easily too.

Prices will go down when Ivybridge comes out, but will stay high until then now I believe.

almighty15 · 23 Dec 2011 at 06:22

It's because of it being xmas and bulldozer flopping..

kmetek · 23 Dec 2011 at 08:35

what you complain about?

it's 165+ here.

Atom · 23 Dec 2011 at 12:05

kmetek said:
what you complain about?

it's 165+ here.

Where?

£184.99 at OcUK now..

Hyburnate · 23 Dec 2011 at 12:09

I paid £160 Retail when the i5 was on offer.

bedazzled · 23 Dec 2011 at 12:35

Atom said:
Where?

£184.99 at OcUK now..

bobbyspangles · 23 Dec 2011 at 13:08

Read somewhere yesterday that Intel are planning a 10-15% price drop for current Sandybridge CPUs. Not looking to hopeful though when the price in the OcUK shop is actually going up instead :confused:

IvanDobskey · 23 Dec 2011 at 13:30

Atom said:
Where?

£184.99 at OcUK now..

At this rate Bulldozers are going to start looking reasonable value soon

bedazzled · 23 Dec 2011 at 13:39

Time to keep checking the members market

The Deuce · 23 Dec 2011 at 13:51

no doubt someone from OCUK will come in here and say it's the £ vs $ as the reason, but this has not changed dramaticlly enough for the current price rise. currently £1 $1.56 as it has been for the last 6/7 weeks.

TomRHooper · 23 Dec 2011 at 14:06

Hopefully the price will drop after christmas... Or I'll be taking the AMD route!

nuttyprot · 23 Dec 2011 at 16:17

Bulldozer flopping intel see this and know they have no competition atm so raising the prices slightly i would not be surprised if they increase even more tbh.

TomRHooper · 23 Dec 2011 at 16:32

Yep, it's a shame really given that they'd see more sales if they LOWERED their SB pricing in light of Bulldozer's flop...