Hardware

[Malgavito]

Quick Harware question bros....
This may be opinion or fact... But which computer part depreciates faster
memory, chips, mobo..
and which basically does not change in price.....

thanks

 

[hjo3]

Huh. Difficult question; depends what you're using for reference. I would have to say motherboards get outdated (and so, depreciate) faster than memory or chips. Of the three, processors will probably depreciate the slowest (e.g. the 1.4 GHz Athlon is still going for $80 on PriceWatch even though it's pretty old... I bought one in July 2001 for $160, so it took 2 years to drop 50%).

Of course, that's all IMHO. Markets can change, certain technologies can surge ahead of others, etc., so no one can really predict very well.

 

[Sabbathian]

Things that keep their price for some time are : Monitors, SCSI devices, Professional Graphic cards, ...... Thats all that I can remember at this time.

 

[Cerb]

Fastest: CPU.
1.4GHz Athlons for $80?!
You can get a 2200+ (1.8 or so) for that right now.
Next: Mobo.
Next: RAM.
Only cases and high-end parts don't change.

 

[FlippyBoy]

i think cpu's are definitely the fastest to depreciate. every year, you can get a cpu that is much faster for the same price as the slower one was last year. then vid cards. they depreciate fast. most other parts depreciate around the same, i think (motherboards, harddrives, etc). ram is kinda funny when it comes to prices, and cases and powersupplies never change.

 

[Malgavito]

thanks

I was just wondering in case in slowly build a system as i get money

which parts to get last since they will drop
and which first since they are steady