أنا REG-U-larly بناء أجهزة الكمبيوتر للناس, ولقد تم مؤخرا النظر في المواصفات الراقية لشخص ما. بدأت, وأنا غالبا ما يفعلون, من خلال النظر في ما كنت قد حصلت على نظام الراقية قبل سنة تقريبا, لمعرفة ما اذا كان يستحق الارتقاء في الجيل الجديد, أو إذا جعلت انخفاض كبير في المواصفات القديمة من المغري لتكرار. في الماضي كان النظام القديم السنة دائما أرخص بكثير, so I was quite surprised to find that this time it wasn’t. الأول, let’s look at the core parts of the system — then, and now. I’ll also compare this to a new generation equivalent to see what that looks like.
Year old spec | old spec price Sept-2012 | old spec price Sept-2013 | New spec price | New generation spec |
جيجابايت Z77-DS3H | £ 70،91 | £ 68،96 | £87.64 | MSI Z87 |
OCZ Vertex 4 120Gb | £ 89،99 | £ 84،99 | £ 84،99 | أي تغيير |
الأساسية i7 3770K 3.5GHz | £ 259،45 | £ 260،93 | £268.88 | Core i7 4770K 3.5GHz |
2x8Gb corsair 1600 CL10 | £ 69،77 | £ 101،69 | £ 101،69 | أي تغيير |
£ 490،12 | £ 516،57 | £543.20 |
Ouch! So the new generation system is £53.10 more expensive (حول 10%) but the old spec, bought today, would be more expensive than it was a year ago! This can’t be accounted for by 1 volatile item (like ذاكرة الوصول العشوائي أو HDD), because whilst the ذاكرة الوصول العشوائي has increased by £30 (على 40%), none of the other components has dropped by an appreciable amount. It looks like Intel’s dominance of the وحدة المعالجة المركزية world is meaning speed improvements are much slower to arrive, and their older CPUs aren’t falling in price. This in turn means motherboards and ذاكرة الوصول العشوائي also aren’t devaluing either.
The full spec
Lets look and see if prices for other parts of the system have dropped, for those looking to build an entire system
Year old spec | old spec price Sept-2012 | old spec price Sept-2013 | New spec price | New generation spec |
جيجابايت Z77-DS3H | £ 70،91 | £ 68،96 | £87.64 | MSI Z87 |
OCZ Vertex 4 120Gb | £ 89،99 | £ 84،99 | £ 84،99 | أي تغيير |
الأساسية i7 3770K 3.5GHz | £ 259،45 | £ 260،93 | £268.88 | Core i7 4770K 3.5GHz |
2x8Gb corsair 1600 CL10 | £ 69،77 | £ 101،69 | £ 101،69 | أي تغيير |
Seagate 2Tb 7200 64Mb | £79.98 | £69.99 | £69.99 | أي تغيير |
CM Élite 334U case | £32.20 | £34.46 | £34.46 | أي تغيير |
Corsair CX 500W PSU | £46.66 | £44.61 | £44.61 | أي تغيير |
LiteOn 22x دي في دي#RW | £13.13 | £12.29 | £12.29 | LiteOn 24x دي في دي#RW |
HD 7770 1Gb DDR5 | £98.00 | £75.51 | £75.51 | أي تغيير |
£760.08 | £753.43 | £780.06 |
So the old spec has dropped by £7 overall. A new generation machine, which is largely the same spec, is £20 more. So really, things haven’t changed at all. In a year!
Two lessons learned
1. Given that there is no obvious reason for the current trend to change, now is not a good time to “wait for prices to fall” If you’re looking for new kit then now really is as good a time as any to invest.
2. Desktop PC innovation looks to have collapsed as the market has moved to mobile (أي. حاسوب محمول, tablet and phone). Expect future generations to offer the same (or very similar) performance with lower power consumption. This means older high performance desktop CPUs will continue to hold their value, as the desktop upgrade market hasn’t ever been driven by a need to reduce power use.
مثيرة جدا للاهتمام قراءة, it’s not like the old days at all!