itsallgoode9 wrote:
as far as i've ever noticed, the prices of the chips never really drop over time. for the most part they seem to keep the same price until intel discontinues them and replaces them with a new form factor.
the i7 970 has got a 30% price cut last year as the production had been stopped...
http://geizhals.de/eu/?phist=524845 (i have bought 2 of them at this time
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But normally you're right... today for most of the intel CPUs the price stays high until they are sold out.
Btw. another option i'm considering is to replace my 3930K with a 10-core Xeon E5-V2 (the P9X79 WS supports them), but only if it is possible to run them with a BCLK of at least 110-112MHz to reach 4GHz+ in single core turbo (No.3 of the benchwell list is allegedly a 12-core running at 112MHz - and here
http://www.gpucomputer.pl/testy/test-b/5/ ) But i'm not sure about that... one other test i have found shows only 107-108MHz.