PC Component Historical Prices

[dv8silencer]

I was wondering if there is a site that shows historical prices (ex. 5 year charts. or something like that..something like stock prices over time) of common pc components like memory, etc. ?

 

[bigsnyder]

The realtime pricing guides on the main anandtech page has some historical data, but not as far back as you want.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: dv8silencer
I was wondering if there is a site that shows historical prices (ex. 5 year charts. or something like that..something like stock prices over time) of common pc components like memory, etc. ?

Think about what you're asking... Just think a minute...
5 year history on parts that weren't around 5 years ago?

 

[Shortass]

Originally posted by: Blain

Originally posted by: dv8silencer
I was wondering if there is a site that shows historical prices (ex. 5 year charts. or something like that..something like stock prices over time) of common pc components like memory, etc. ?

Think about what you're asking... Just think a minute...
5 year history on parts that weren't around 5 years ago?

Um, I can guarantee that memory and storage space were around 5 years ago. Price per gigabyte over 5 years in both areas would be interesting to look at, and I'm sure other comparisons could be found.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: Shortass

Originally posted by: Blain

Originally posted by: dv8silencer
I was wondering if there is a site that shows historical prices (ex. 5 year charts. or something like that..something like stock prices over time) of common pc components like memory, etc. ?

Think about what you're asking... Just think a minute...
5 year history on parts that weren't around 5 years ago?

Um, I can guarantee that memory and storage space were around 5 years ago. Price per gigabyte over 5 years in both areas would be interesting to look at, and I'm sure other comparisons could be found.

Maybe he is looking for memory prices of EDO or RDRAM... Maybe... :roll:

 

[corkyg]

You can start here.

Price History

 

[Blain]

How in the world would you do an accurate currency conversion on prices from 2002?
BTW, Those prices also exclude the VAT & Sales taxes. Is anything sold in the UK that doesn't include the VAT?

Apples to Oranges comparison. 😉

 

[corkyg]

Blain, . . . those things can be researched.
Exchange rates on specific dates are a matter of record. But, if you weant to adjust them fior inflation to show constant dollars, that requires a little more work. In a way, I see this sort of like a dog chasing a car. What happens if it catches the car? 🙂

 

[nerp]

Go to a library and use magazines.

 

[bigsnyder]

Back issues of "Computer Shopper" should help.

 

[dv8silencer]

Originally posted by: corkyg
You can start here.

Price History

Thanks for the link!
Oh yeah thanks for the tips, everybody else.

I also found the following
http://www.jcmit.com/memoryprice.htm
and
http://geizhals.at/deutschland/

the second one.. you just go to a product and then click on "Preisentwicklung" (underneath title of product - second from leftmost)
it's good for more recent price changes I guess...