1155 EOL Upgrade

[Minjin]

Since 1150 is coming soon, I'd imagine that 1155 cpu prices will probably bottom out soon. I like to upgrade in this order: cpu/mobo (at beginning of run), cpu (at end of run), cpu/mobo, etc. I'm currently running a 2500k and I'm wondering what cpu would be a decent upgrade for it, keeping in mind value. I'm a little out of the loop...

 

[Accord99]

Since 1150 is coming soon, I'd imagine that 1155 cpu prices will probably bottom out soon. I like to upgrade in this order: cpu/mobo (at beginning of run), cpu (at end of run), cpu/mobo, etc. I'm currently running a 2500k and I'm wondering what cpu would be a decent upgrade for it, keeping in mind value. I'm a little out of the loop...

For a 2500K, nothing really. At best all you would get is a minor performance increase, lower power consumption for the same performance level plus better integrated graphics (that you probably can't use anyways given the age of the MB).

 

[Arkaign]

Old socket prices never bottom out when new sockets come out on Intel. They are masters at controlling production and distribution, and see no sense in competing with themselves by discounting old stock.

Trust me, 3770K will still be the same price in a year where available, and used prices of upper-limit 1155 chips will remain high as well. Even your 2500k will retain solid value for people looking to jump out of lower-tier i3s / Pentium Dual / Celeron setups (for which the upgrade is pretty substantial, particularly if they have a board that can run the MP).

Outside of a few things that can take advantage of HT to a decent degree (mostly encoding), an O/C 2500k will game just about as well as a 3570/3770 anyway, sometimes even better if you have a great chip vs. a 3xxx that hits a wall at 4.4-4.5 due to crap TIM. Hell, an O/C 2500k may well game better than a stock Haswell i5/i7 depending on how the final benches work out.

Cliffs : keep your 2500.

 

[Minjin]

Thanks guys. That's pretty much what I was expecting to hear.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Since 1150 is coming soon, I'd imagine that 1155 cpu prices will probably bottom out soon.

Not by retailers but you could probably find cheap deals in the For sale section on this forum or places like *cough* e-Bay, and Craigslist.

 

[smakme7757]

What you have to keep in mind is that they are still selling 1155 processors, so why would prices "bottom out"?

I mean think about carefully. They release a new product socket and CPU line, but there are still millions of people with 1155 boards. Which means the actual consumer base for buying 1155 CPUs is still there.

90% of people on 1155 won't trash their rig and buy the new technology, they will most likely just upgrade within their current socket.

Prices don't bottom out, the products just sell out and disappear over time.

At most you might get $20-$40 discount if a store want to sell exclusively the new technology, but Intel won't be lower their prices.

At least it has never happened before.

 

[Minjin]

What you have to keep in mind is that they are still selling 1155 processors, so why would prices "bottom out"?

I mean think about carefully. They release a new product socket and CPU line, but there are still millions of people with 1155 boards. Which means the actual consumer base for buying 1155 CPUs is still there.

90% of people on 1155 won't trash their rig and buy the new technology, they will most likely just upgrade within their current socket.

Prices don't bottom out, the products just sell out and disappear over time.

At most you might get $20-$40 discount if a store want to sell exclusively the new technology, but Intel won't be lower their prices.

At least it has never happened before.

Bottom out means that the price hits the lowest it will be from a retailer. I fully understand how the pricing of these things work. I never said that the price will be heavily discounted or go to zero. The price started higher for a given item, right? The price is now lower for a given item, right? In the long run, it may go slightly lower for a bit but then it will go back up as the few retailers with stock raise their prices to make more money on desperate legacy purchasers. Hence...the cpus are at or near their bottoming out price.