whats up with parts prices lately?

locutus12 · 31 May 2006 at 17:41

just a little something im noticing... depreciation... lots of it...

8 weeks ago i was looking at buying the following from MM at the following prices

opty 146 £130
7800GT (not for me) £160
2X 1 gig of corsair XMS £130

in the last fortnight ive picked them up for this...

opty 146 £100
7800GT (not for me) £120
2X 1 gig of corsair XMS £95

im not complaining, in fact im very very happy

but i was just wondering whats causing all these drops in prices? and is it limited to MM, or are prices deflating for similar items from the main store ? :confused:

gr1mey · 31 May 2006 at 17:42

might have something to do with the release of new platforms from both AMD and Intel?

locutus12 · 31 May 2006 at 17:44

gr1mey said:
might have something to do with the release of new platforms from both AMD and Intel?

that may account for some of it, but everything from memory chips to graphics cards ? i saw an X1900XT on sale for £240 ?! 3 weeks ago you couldnt get one for under £290 .... v. odd.

gr1mey · 31 May 2006 at 17:48

well AM2 makes use of DDR2 memory...so that could explain that.

not sure about GFX cards though.

MichaelHo · 31 May 2006 at 17:53

locutus12 said:
just a little something im noticing... depreciation... lots of it...

8 weeks ago i was looking at buying the following from MM at the following prices

opty 146 £130
7800GT (not for me) £160
2X 1 gig of corsair XMS £130

in the last fortnight ive picked them up for this...

opty 146 £100
7800GT (not for me) £120
2X 1 gig of corsair XMS £95

im not complaining, in fact im very very happy but i was just wondering whats causing all these drops in prices? and is it limited to MM, or are prices deflating for similar items from the main store ?

i read MM a lot on this forum, can i ask what retailer is this? if we are allowed to say. if not can someone email me the answer. email [email protected]

thanks.

lee87 · 31 May 2006 at 17:55

MichaelHo said:
i read MM a lot on this forum, can i ask what retailer is this? if we are allowed to say. if not can someone email me the answer. email [email protected]

thanks.

MM is the Members Market, it's where users from this forum sell their old stuff to other users.
You need to have 250 posts to get in though.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/faq.php?faq=vb_user_maintain#faq_vb_use_cookies

MichaelHo · 31 May 2006 at 18:14

thanks! i better start posting!

str · 31 May 2006 at 18:20

It's similar on the bay too where prices have dropped significantly possibly due to lots of those items for sale but not enough buyers to maintain recent prices?

Violent-J · 31 May 2006 at 18:30

Everyones preparing for AM2 and Conroe I spose.

A2Z · 31 May 2006 at 20:03

the opty 144 is £130 new, i highly doubt anyone would buy a 2nd hand 146 for £130, £100 sounds right..

Mr Mister · 31 May 2006 at 20:21

nice deal on the 7800gt!

pinkacidbootson · 31 May 2006 at 20:22

How is the 7800GT going so cheap?? I just sold mine for £180!

locutus12 · 31 May 2006 at 23:56

Mr Mister said:
nice deal on the 7800gt!

it was indeed

i dont even have to wait for it as the guys in my city... :eek:

just lucky on that one i guess :confused:

A2Z said:
the opty 144 is £130 new, i highly doubt anyone would buy a 2nd hand 146 for £130, £100 sounds right..

AMD Opteron UP 146 2.0Ghz Socket 939 64Bit Processor -Retail £162.99 (from a very cheap cpu supplier, even cheaper than OCUK in some places (but with service that comes from the devil himself.)

the one i bought is 2 months old and a full retail pack. even got the opteron sticker for my case :eek:

so i would have presumed the second hand price to be £115 to £125