Really surprised when looking at current Newegg offering of:
Top Components at Bottomed-out Priceshttp://promotions.newegg.com/nepro/14-2724/index.html?icid=256575They have the CPU that I have been waiting on buying for a year now and it has only gone down by $10 from the $199.99 to $189.99 and that is claimed to be a bottomed-out price? Since May 2013 I have seen this same CPU offered on a sale as cheap as $159.99 in which I almost jumped on buying it and multiple times it had a instant $30 off sale for $179.99.
I just can't believe I saw this CPU in the Bottomed-out offerings when its far from bottomed out in price!
If it were $149.99 maybe you can say its bottomed out based on price/performance, but not $189.99 which is more expensive than all other prior sale offerings and rebates.
I know that the price tags float on supply/demand ( and what people are willing to pay ) but I think the price tag is starting to become inflated against what an aged CPU should really be priced at. I am willing to pay $150 possibly, but not a penny more.
I suppose if I had an extreme need to have this CPU and couldnt get by with less, I'd just pay the price tag, but for the fact that I am able to get by with drastically lesser processing power, I can hold out for the price to come down and buy upgrades as they are placed on clearance when being phased out etc, however at this pace, it makes me wonder if it will be another year or two before this CPU drops to a price tag I am willing to pay for this CPU, and if the price will never really bottom out, but eventually the supply will dry up in which it becomes out-of-stock permanently. With all other CPU's followed and purchased they generally drop by at least 25% from the original price tag before phasing out. But this one may be one that doesnt.
