Random musings about hardware prices - Page 2

Chai · 2nd Nov 2006, 11:40 PM

Nvidia should be making tons of money with 7900GT

jamotto · 3rd Nov 2006, 08:29 AM

I think more competitors are needed in the respective markets.

empire23 · 3rd Nov 2006, 09:37 AM

I still remember the days when an awesome GC (namely my Geforce PRO DDR) could be bought for 800 ringgit!

And nowadays, it costs me the same to get a decent PCPC Silencer and 2k for 1kw PSU. Ouchies.

Whowalks · 15th Dec 2006, 07:09 AM

The price of high end mother boards has skyrocked too previously the most you would pay for a board was $200-300 au now the newer boards are $400+ au (sorry i can only work in Australian $ which will seem worse for most people here)

compare prices of nforce4 boards and the nforce 590 boards

Chai · 15th Dec 2006, 08:37 AM

Asus Striker Extreme is even more expensive than $400au...

ZuePhok · 15th Dec 2006, 11:11 AM

RM 1.6K. and it's a rubbish

Chai · 15th Dec 2006, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZuePhok

RM 1.6K. and it's a rubbish

And I can't believe some sites are giving "EDITOR'S CHOICE" award.

ZuePhok · 15th Dec 2006, 02:34 PM

haha there is even a sticker on the box, warning the user about instability due to NVIDIA 680i chipset.

this sticker alone is more than enough to disqualify the board from getting any awards. hardocp review is very harsh.

anyway, back to the topic, while things seem expensive for DIY, SI is offering decent PC for a much cheaper price. Dell AMD based machines, and most of the notebook are getting cheaper and cheaper. even Apple blablabook can be bought for <5k.

it's very obvious that component manufacturers purposely jack up the pricing.

Olle P · 15th Dec 2006, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZuePhok

... this sticker alone is more than enough to disqualify the board from getting any awards.

I think that at least the sticker give some merit to Asus.
Not warning potential customers would be a lot worse...

/Olle

Trinity · 15th Dec 2006, 09:58 PM

I wanna buy a new system, Like a e6400, and a p5b,,, but then I get to the 2GB ddr2 ram parts... $300usd more

Then the video card part...

I need 2k bucks.

2nd Nov 2006, 11:40 PM	#11 (permalink)
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ZuePhok Hold me back! I can't stop posting!!! Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Floating Island Of Mandango Posts: 8,810 Reputation: 3294 Rep Power: 48	RM 1.6K. and it's a rubbish __________________ my motto: poison first, think later.

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Trinity Little Kiki Join Date: 5 Jan 2003 Location: Ohio,usa Posts: 7,249 Reputation: 6033 Rep Power: 75	I wanna buy a new system, Like a e6400, and a p5b,,, but then I get to the 2GB ddr2 ram parts... $300usd more Then the video card part... I need 2k bucks. __________________ (\__/) (-. - ) (> < )

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jamotto Active Join Date: 3 Mar 2005 Posts: 523 Reputation: 335 Rep Power: 9	I think more competitors are needed in the respective markets.

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Whowalks Newbie Join Date: 2 Dec 2004 Location: Western Australia perth Posts: 23 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	The price of high end mother boards has skyrocked too previously the most you would pay for a board was $200-300 au now the newer boards are $400+ au (sorry i can only work in Australian $ which will seem worse for most people here) compare prices of nforce4 boards and the nforce 590 boards

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