میں REG-U-larly تعمیر پی سی لوگوں کے لئے, اور حال ہی میں کسی کے لئے ایک اعلی آخر رپورٹ کو دیکھ کر کیا گیا ہے. میں نے شروع, میں نے اکثر کے طور پر, میں نے ایک سال پہلے کے بارے میں ایک اعلی آخر نظام کے لئے ملا تھا کیا میں دیکھ کر, اس کے قابل نئی نسل کو منتقل کیا گیا تھا کو دیکھنے کے لئے, یا اس سے زیادہ کی رپورٹ میں کافی قطرہ بنا دیا تو یہ کشش دوبارہ. ماضی میں سال پرانے نظام ہمیشہ کافی سستا کر دیا گیا ہے, so I was quite surprised to find that this time it wasn’t. پہلا, 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 |
گیگا بائٹ Z77-DS3H | £ 70،91 | £ 68،96 | £87.64 | MSI Z87 |
OCZ Vertex 4 120Gb | £ 89.99 | £ 84.99 | £ 84.99 | کوئی تبدیلی نہیں |
کور 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 | کوئی تبدیلی نہیں |
£ 490،12 | £ 516،57 | £543.20 |
Ouch! So the new generation system is £53.10 more expensive (کے بارے میں 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 رام یا کوائف نامہ), because whilst the رام has increased by £30 (over 40%), none of the other components has dropped by an appreciable amount. It looks like Intel’s dominance of the سی پی یو 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 رام 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 |
گیگا بائٹ Z77-DS3H | £ 70،91 | £ 68،96 | £87.64 | MSI Z87 |
OCZ Vertex 4 120Gb | £ 89.99 | £ 84.99 | £ 84.99 | کوئی تبدیلی نہیں |
کور 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 | کوئی تبدیلی نہیں |
Seagate 2Tb 7200 64Mb | £79.98 | £69.99 | £69.99 | کوئی تبدیلی نہیں |
CM Élite 334U case | £32.20 | £34.46 | £34.46 | کوئی تبدیلی نہیں |
Corsair CX 500W PSU | £46.66 | £44.61 | £44.61 | کوئی تبدیلی نہیں |
LiteOn 22x ڈی وی ڈی#RW | £13.13 | £12.29 | £12.29 | LiteOn 24x ڈی وی ڈی#RW |
ایچ ڈی 7770 1Gb DDR5 | £98.00 | £75.51 | £75.51 | کوئی تبدیلی نہیں |
£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 (یعنی. لیپ ٹاپ, 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.
Very interesting read, it’s not like the old days at all!