"Yousuf Khan" wrote in message
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Well, I was looking at a couple of upgrades for a friend's computer. I
built the computer for them several years ago, so it's now time for a few
performance upgrades. The system currently consists of a
Haswell-generation Celeron, and using just Intel graphics. So the idea is
to upgrade that processor to higher end 4th or 5th gen (Haswell or
Broadwell) Core i5 or higher, preferably i7. And also to upgrade that
graphics to a lowest-end graphics card, because they got themselves an
ultrawide monitor.
So I looked at the prices of some of these parts and my eyes popped out of
their sockets! Have they gone crazy? WTF?
CPU's, the prices of the CPU's range from C$89 to C$3316! The cheapest $89
one was the price of the same Celeron G1840 that they currently have right
now, and it's more expensive than when they first bought it! I'm going to
ignore any of the ones that cost over $1000 (actually some of the $1000
ones are Core i3's)!!! The cheapest Core i3's range from $281 to $607. The
Core i5's range from $400 to $953. The Core i7's range from $631 to $817,
and in some cases the lower end ones cost more than the higher end ones.
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/products...ice&X=0,100000
Then I looked at the low-end GPU's, eg. RX 550, something that should be
easily under $75 these days. They're going from between $85 and $252!
https://pcpartpicker.com/products/vi...ort=price&qq=1
I mean, I guess I can go towards used parts, but after seeing these prices
for new parts, I wonder how low used parts would be by comparison?
Yousuf Khan
Core i3 - $26 to $563
https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100007...&orde r=PRICE
Core i5 - $50 to $429
https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100007...=3&order=PRICE
Core i7 - $34 to $773
https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100007...96&order=PRICE
These are refurb, used, and new CPU's, and I have no idea what shipping
would be to your neck of the woods, but they seem pretty reasonable here
(although for the high-end ones, not a lot cheaper than what you're seeing).
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SC Tom