SB pricing after IVB release (Speculation)

[Rvenger]

Once Ivybridge releases in April I believe the web retailers will drop the 'everyday' retail price.


EXAMPLE
2500k
Newegg now $229
Newegg shortly after 3570k release $199
Microcenter regular price $150


This would make the 2500k still a good bargin gaming CPU. Thats if Intel doesn't plan on discontinuing the SKU shortly after IVB release. This could be a great advantage for Intel as well because the FX8120 is priced at $199 as well. Which may force Bulldozer down to lower prices. I just can't see both Ivybridge and the remains of Sandybridge equivalents staying at the same price.


If the FX8120 is around ~$160, it would be a good buy too.


Any thoughts?

 

[sm625]

2500k will be $229 till the last one is sold. 2 years from now you'll be lucky to get one for $130.

 

[Maximilian]

Yeah sandy bridge will hang around at the same price point until supply dries up, just like nehalem did before it. Intel never seems to drop prices

 

[Chiropteran]

2500k will be $229 till the last one is sold. 2 years from now you'll be lucky to get one for $130.

You can get them for $140 now, if you count the $40 credit towards a motherboard against the price of the CPU.

Microcenter. There is no excuse to ever buy a CPU anywhere else.

 

[Ferzerp]

I would spend more in fuel than I would save.

I am also picky about the motherboard I use.

Generalizations are, as a rule, never correct. (See what I did there?)

 

[Lonyo]

Yeah sandy bridge will hang around at the same price point until supply dries up, just like nehalem did before it. Intel never seems to drop prices

Intel drops prices when they introduce a new processor of the same line.
They have a very specific way of releasing new products.
If it's the same family/product line, they almost always drop everything down a price bin, and have two products at the lowest bin.
When they release a brand new line, they release it at about the same price as the previous line, but with better performance. The old line doesn't really move, they sell off what they have.

It's very predictable within a few dollars.

With their new tick-tock strategy though, they don't seem to be releasing so many new products within a line throughout its life, hence minimal price dropping.

 

[bradley]

Microcenter's 2500k price was $150-160 (currently $180) for a few short days/weeks last year, including Black Friday, a loss-leader tactic to get you in their store with cash-in-hand.

If Intel did dramatically lower their pricing it would be unprecidented, more than just wishful thinking. One good thing about Intel CPU's is that they retain value.

 

[janas19]

Honestly I don't see the release of IB affecting SB pricing much, the only real question in my mind is how will Intel price the IB lineup?

 

[Rvenger]

Well, the reason why I was thinking this was, I thought that Intel would drop the price at least 10% so people would use up the rest of the stock instead of just purchasing all the Ivybridge then having the retailers force to clear them out at cost. I bet they have enough 2550k stock right now to last them 6 months.

 

[GTRagnarok]

Microcenter. There is no excuse to ever buy a CPU anywhere else.

How about living hours away from the nearest one?

 

[exar333]

How about living hours away from the nearest one?

Again, there is no excuse. You should think about moving.

 

[Rvenger]

Again, there is no excuse. You should think about moving.

I am thinking about moving. I just can't tell the future Mrs. that Microcenter is the reason

 

[exar333]

I am thinking about moving. I just can't tell the future Mrs. that Microcenter is the reason

Haha!

Years ago, I stopped by the MC in the twin-cities here and my fiance commented that she liked the apt/condo building just a block or two away. I said a definite 'No' to that one, otherwise I would be terribly poor.

Close but not TOO close is the key!

 

[exar333]

2500k will be $229 till the last one is sold. 2 years from now you'll be lucky to get one for $130.

This.

Look at the prices today for E8400/E8500 and Q660 CPUs. The 2500k will take a long time to be cheap.

Intel will release a CPU at the same price-point with a bump in clock-speed and a little better IPC and better effeciency. if you want cheaper, you either go used (if your lucky) or get a lower SKU that offers similar performance as the previous 2500k, on IB.

The only CPUs that usually get real price cuts are the sub $120 CPUs (usually less than $75 is more common) because those SKUs are much more 'transient' than the higher and more established ones.

 

[blckgrffn]

Haha!

Years ago, I stopped by the MC in the twin-cities here and my fiance commented that she liked the apt/condo building just a block or two away. I said a definite 'No' to that one, otherwise I would be terribly poor.

Close but not TOO close is the key!

Haha, yes. I have to make a special trip to get there. That is a very good thing indeed.

 

[janas19]

Haha!

Years ago, I stopped by the MC in the twin-cities here and my fiance commented that she liked the apt/condo building just a block or two away. I said a definite 'No' to that one, otherwise I would be terribly poor.

Close but not TOO close is the key!

Lol. It's nice to be close to a MC. It doesn't really matter that much in the long run, but all the deals sure make upgrading a more inviting proposition.

 

[exar333]

Lol. It's nice to be close to a MC. It doesn't really matter that much in the long run, but all the deals sure make upgrading a more inviting proposition.

We really need a 'MC support' sticky here at AT. Members close to a MC could offer to grab and mail CPUs to other members who are not so close. If I had to go there anyway, I surely would be glad to do so from time to time to help a fellow ATer get a deal.

 

[greenhawk]

Once Ivybridge releases in April I believe the web retailers will drop the 'everyday' retail price

....

Any thoughts?

As mentioned, not going to happen. Intel have not reason to do it, and even then, they do not have a habit of price dropping at the wholesale level. Some retailers might do a few dollars, but I do not think there is $30+ profit in it for them to allow it.

It will occur like all other cpu change overs. The new one will come in at a premium, then as stocks of the old run out, the new one will have it's price slowly drop to sit in the same price bracket as the older CPU.

So yes, the SB will be cheaper than IB at release, but not because SB is getting a price cut.

 

[IlllI]

I might not remember accurately, but I seem to recall sometimes intel would price a new model like $10 or so less than an older one. Something along the lines of giving people more incentive to pick the newer models over the older ones.

 

[gevorg]

looks like some folks here have been spoiled by SB quite fast :whiste:

 

[Phynaz]

I miss the days when Intel did quarterly price cuts.

 

[ArchAngel777]

This.

Look at the prices today for E8400/E8500 and Q660 CPUs. The 2500k will take a long time to be cheap.

Intel will release a CPU at the same price-point with a bump in clock-speed and a little better IPC and better effeciency. if you want cheaper, you either go used (if your lucky) or get a lower SKU that offers similar performance as the previous 2500k, on IB.

The only CPUs that usually get real price cuts are the sub $120 CPUs (usually less than $75 is more common) because those SKUs are much more 'transient' than the higher and more established ones.

My main complaint with that specific microcenter is how it is in a slummish area. I hate driving in Minneapolis. Saint Paul is much, much better.

 

[BD231]

Intel CPU's do not go down after being replaced, they go up. Buying when they're most popular is best.

 

[lamedude]

Newegg has P4s on sale every now and then so they go down eventually.

 

[Borealis7]

just buy a used 2500k for half price in April-May. that's the only place you'll get a nice price.