Haswell-processors Pricing Available

sykozis

2013-03-26 00:17

Microcenter has always been the exception than the rule for processor products, for some reason they're always extremely cheaper than any retailer in Canada, US or UK. I can't use Microcenter as a meter of how much processors cost because they're cheaper than everyone else by a wide margin. With the perception of no serious competition in the CPU market, Intel's been quietly and slowly jacking up the prices of their CPUs. Sandy Bridge CPUs were introduced slightly cheaper than the Ivy Bridge CPUs, and Haswell just continues the trend. Here's hoping AMD's next revision of their architecture is enough to slow down this price increase. deltatux

Most of us can't get processors as cheap as MicroCenter sells them for. My local reseller is usually $50-$100 above retail on processors and graphics cards...and my nearest MicroCenter is around 3hrs away.

#4562183

---TK---

2013-03-26 00:35

I got one near me too

#4562195

Chillin

2013-03-26 00:55

Where the **** is AMD!!? Do they ****ing have CPU engineers anymore?

They've given up for the most part fighting over a dying market. It's the first smart thing in many years that they have done. Their only hope is to get into the mobile arena with the HSA/Fusion architecture soon, if they don't then they will just be bought out for patents (or for other purposes) by someone else. I still can't get over how they dropped the ball on CUDA. AMD should have been the one to launch such an enterprise, instead they lacked vision and now Nvidia is reaping the benefits.

#4562200

rocca

2013-03-26 01:05

So yeah i was waiting for price releases. It seems i can upgrade to the Core i5-3570K $234.18 Core i5-4670K BX80646I54670K $256.65 and then get a mobo, memory (which i might pick up soon since its quite cheap) and a new graphics card for which i am not sure if i should wait for the Titan series to drop in price or just buy the current gen.

i'm sure that the gtx700 series will make the titan look like a joke

#4562211

Chillin

2013-03-26 01:21

i'm sure that the gtx700 series will make the titan look like a joke

I'm sure that the GTX-700 series will use the sun as a power source with a cable connected directly to it. Source: None

#4562242

deltatux

2013-03-26 02:10

Most of us can't get processors as cheap as MicroCenter sells them for. My local reseller is usually $50-$100 above retail on processors and graphics cards...and my nearest MicroCenter is around 3hrs away.

That's because like I said above, Microcenter doesn't sell it anywhere near "retail", they undercut the prices. Regular MSRP for the 3770K is about $329, not $229. deltatux

#4562297

scoter man1

2013-03-26 03:56

I'm sure that the GTX-700 series will use the sun as a power source with a cable connected directly to it. Source: None

It will use a new technology that actually makes the chip endothermic.

#4562308

Neo Cyrus

2013-03-26 04:22

I don't look forward to paying for a cable long enough that it reaches the sun, then again it'll probably be cheaper than a Monster brand cable.

#4562322

tsunami231

2013-03-26 05:00

I don't look forward to paying for a cable long enough that it reaches the sun, then again it'll probably be cheaper than a Monster brand cable.

Monster brand Sun power cable??? there wouldnt be enough money in the world to buy one seeing they would charge more money then there is in the world. Probably not enough cable in the world make it long enough to make it to the sun anyway or survive the heat :infinity: I would love to see them try though

#4562340

dk_lightning

2013-03-26 05:47

The problem wasn't the paste, it was the gunk that keeps the IHS on.

Yes.. and that "Gunk" was TIM.. aka thermal paste

#4562352

chanw4

2013-03-26 06:25

Yes.. and that "Gunk" was TIM.. aka thermal paste

erm no, its not the TIM, it was the gap between the IHS and the CPU. The gap is the main reason why the IHS is ineffective.

#4562393

Taint3dBulge

2013-03-26 08:21

Where the **** is AMD!!? Do they ****ing have CPU engineers anymore?

The Bulldozers where quite a flop, but the Piledrivers aint to bad.. Not for 180 bucks anyways. 🙂 at 5ghz it is the same if not better in almost every test compaired to the I5 and even I7 (at same rated speeds if they can get there) in many aspecs. Sure its not the fastest CPU but then again I have ALOT more money to play around with by buying a cheaper CPU..

#4562512

trentbg

2013-03-26 12:24

That's because like I said above, Microcenter doesn't sell it anywhere near "retail", they undercut the prices. Regular MSRP for the 3770K is about $329, not $229.
Undercut or not, its very hard to forget their prices once you have seen them, my last 4 processors I purchased at MicroCenter and is my number one place to do a price check, when I am going for a new one, so...sorry for the rest of the re/e-tailers, but greed is my least favorite sin.

#4562655

isidore

2013-03-26 15:11

The Bulldozers where quite a flop, but the Piledrivers aint to bad.. Not for 180 bucks anyways. 🙂 at 5ghz it is the same if not better in almost every test compaired to the I5 and even I7 (at same rated speeds if they can get there) in many aspecs. Sure its not the fastest CPU but then again I have ALOT more money to play around with by buying a cheaper CPU..

Yes but at 5ghz it's a power hog. Also in the past years AMD has really kicked the bucket with cpu's. I miss the days when i had a AMD cpu that i was proud of.

#4562671

cowie

2013-03-26 15:27

Am i the only one thinking intel messed up the paste on ivy to make these look better?...nah i'm just thinking crasy they would never do that.

#4562734

Taint3dBulge

2013-03-26 16:58

Yes but at 5ghz it's a power hog. Also in the past years AMD has really kicked the bucket with cpu's. I miss the days when i had a AMD cpu that i was proud of.

Everyone says its a power hog. If u leave your comp on 247 it will cost you 20 more dollars a year. Since I only have my PC on when I'm using it, that thought doesn't even matter anymore.

Am i the only one thinking intel messed up the paste on ivy to make these look better?...nah i'm just thinking crasy they would never do that.

I thought the same exact thing when I saw the eng samples.

#4562895

-Tj-

2013-03-26 19:36

Am i the only one thinking intel messed up the paste on ivy to make these look better?...nah i'm just thinking crasy they would never do that.

I think you're right, Imagine if they did proper soldering by IB everyone would run at 5ghz+, but since AMD has nothing strong to offer they go cripple it where it could shine the most. Now with Haswell 1 year later things start to shift by AMD side, Steamroller is not far away and they decided to remove this limit again.. Haswell will be able to OC like SB, I bet 5ghz+ with ease, not to mention unlinked pcie?/qpi bus.