When / how much will i7 prices drop?

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M4573R

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My motherboard just exploded and I'm considering jumping to i7 now because It will be insanely hard to wait 4 weeks to get my mobo returned from asus. How much will the i7 prices drop by christmas? I was planning on waiting until then, but this unfortunate timing may cause me to just drop the money now.
 
eh, its sketchy, generally I would guess "yeah christmas would be a good time", but Intel has posted its first actual fiscal losses (at least in >20 years or something like that) this year, so who knows what they're doing with pricing on i7 (which I doubt is making them much money)

this is all speculation, of course, and we could see *some* price drops at christmas, but I doubt we'll see it fall downhill like Core 2 Duo/Core 2 Quad has until spring '10

*shrug* DDR3 prices have come down, X58 boards have come down, and everything else you either already have, or isn't "unique" to i7 (like a PCIe graphics card)

if you've got the cash and whatnot, the 920 wouldn't be a bad call (The performance isn't gonna be worthless by christmas, so thats a plus), but if you can afford to wait, its guranteed to get cheaper, eventually...
 
My issue is that I want to sell my old PC before it gets too outdated. I've got an E6600, 8800GTX, x-fi xtreme gamer, 4gigs crucial. So yes I can certainly wait, but I wouldn't mind selling my current system soon.
 
honestly I'd just keep most of those parts, some of them will have almost no resale value (4GB of DDR2 is pretty cheap, you'd get ~$30-$40 for it, not a huge dent in an i7 + mobo + RAM), and some of them are re-usable (like the 8800GTX, it can still hold its own, unless you're already hitting a "wall" with it (really depends on your monitor + games))

here's the rub:
the cheaper i7 gets, the less valuable your system gets

in other words, your system is guranteed to be worth more today than it will be at christmas
 
Well I'd be selling the box as a whole, so that would include 750 watt PSU, 500 gig seagate, lian li case, dvd burner an dvd reader, giant cpu cooler, and xfi xtreme gamer. I hope to get about 500 for it. Which would just about cover an i7 + mobo combo on newegg. I've already bought an Auzuntech card, gtx 275, and a new case and scythe fans, and cpu cooler, so I'm ready for the switch. Just don't know how much longer I should wait.
 
M4573R said:
Well I'd be selling the box as a whole, so that would include 750 watt PSU, 500 gig seagate, lian li case, dvd burner an dvd reader, giant cpu cooler, and xfi xtreme gamer. I hope to get about 500 for it. Which would just about cover an i7 + mobo combo on newegg. I've already bought an Auzuntech card, gtx 275, and a new case and scythe fans, and cpu cooler, so I'm ready for the switch. Just don't know how much longer I should wait.
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if you're all ready to go, I'd sell the box now, at $500 you should cover your upgrade costs, and all should be well :)
 
If you want more money, part it out onto eBay. Cases/whole systems are easier to sell locally (CL).
 
I might have a friend willing to buy it. I've considered parting it out, but I figure I'll never be able to sell it all that way.
 
I dont think prices will go down, because if they do then i5 and eventually i3(are they still doing that?) will have to priced too low, and they wont be making any money off those other series.
 
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