Why is the 990x so expensive




















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Can anyone give a reasonable explanation for why the Core ix is still so highly priced? Especially considering the chipset is dead and the latest gen. Not to mention running more efficiently and cooler too. I'm still running a system and have always thought it would be awesome to upgrade to an out-of-date extreme CPU. Just curious if anyone else has any feedback on this. Feb 18, 3, 4 23, Mar 31, 2, 0 12, Because intel cpu's never drop in price.

May 18, 5, 0 26, But there is minimal supply of them and likely minimal demand but as long as there is more demand than supply thats what people can sell them for. Apr 19, 27, 3 84, 4, While Intel does not officially drop prices of EOL end of life CPUs, that does not prevent retailers from lowering the price to sell off inventory if they decide to do so.

Looking at the CPU front, we are greeted with a wide variety of platforms, chipsets and processors aimed at slightly different markets and price points. The platform was completely new and designed from the ground up to replace all previous processor microarchitectures and chipsets, the biggest change being the replacement of the ageing LGA socket.

Based on the 45nm manufacturing process, Nehalem in the form of Bloomfield and mainstream Lynnfield processors immediately proved to highly successful performance wise, paving the way for the established Core iX series of processors we are familiar with today. In early , Nehalem was succeeded by Westmere, a 32nm die-shrunk of the same architecture. When you click a link to make a purchase, we may earn a commission.

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