Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
I knew this lot were not the best before. But this just takes the biscuit!
Supply and demand does determine price more often than not but over £200 for a £110-£120 CPU..........thats why no one else has any...they have snapped them all up.
I was talking to Biscuit today about this on X-Fire, I plan on that CPU for my next build in the upcoming month. Should I have issues or they want that kind of money where-ever I go then I shall head down a Q6600 route and wait the extra time.
Im not too suprised seeing it shooting this high considering OCUK's past reputation..
But yes, supply and demand is the sandwich on the menu...
Me want Ultrabook
Can I ask what past rep, I've been blinkered a bit and only used OCUK for most of my tech needs over past years.
Well, its purely subjective.. as I did not have too nice of an experience with OCUK both on their retail or aftersales side of things..Originally Posted by AndrewJ
OCUK only brings back these memories..
Tatty boxes, faulty components, month's long RMA and dishonest forums..
I'm going to stop flaming OCUK now as there are some honestly good sales.. but it was honestly not mine..
Me want Ultrabook
Oh I know of their forums, where talk about OCUK is not permitted.. on OCUK's forums... yeah.. hmmm...Reminds me of that tv show on BBC2 with the "local store"
Never any trouble with their services, but that cpu price is a joke, they know most retailers are out of stock and are milking it.
Anyone one that pays £200+ for that core needs medication i think.
The Quad cores are £50 less and better. OK, so they dont clock as high but the life of a quad will be alot longer than a wolfdale.
For real??? I plan on keeping my 8400 stock, with an aftermarket cooler to try to get more life out of it.
I assume your comment on lifespan is related to how hard it's clocked?
Not at all.
Quads will be utilised more and more so the Quads, i would say, have a better longevity than any dual core.
Thats only my opinion though.
Because adding the Q6600 to my build is affordable but is the top end of my budget for my next gaming rig, where the E8400 sits in the nicer end.
How long of a life should I expect, my X2 AMD 4600 is about 1.5years old now and runs fine.
Intel, AMD need to ship product to make money, they wont sell to us at stupid prices so its only a matter of time till supply gets going and prices come back to normal.
Some people will exploit the shortage, more fool who pays it, unless they have no chioce. Lets pray AMD stays in the game with some new CPUs to give a bit of competition.
Well i have just given up on the Wolfdales and bought a Q6600.
Dodgy temp sensors and ridiculous price points (most companies are now £135+ which is still too high for that), has put me off them.
Given my lady friend has told me that I shall have £500 beginning of March to play with a Q6600 is going in my next bad boy.
wow thats ridiculous and the stupid ones will buy that, if only AMD had much better competition then intel would be sellings these dirt cheap and not holding out on stock.
Glad I got mine from Scan for £130 inc VAT ... Silly prices, although I don't go near OcUK anymore since I experienced their RMA services. Although, that was over 3 years ago...
Wow, these prices are a joke :/ Taking the pee for sure. Prices everywhere are climbing up so quick they're no longer on my radar, as the quads are far better for the price relatively now.
I don't touch OCUK either as they're nothing but liars who took over a month to get my speakers to me (even though they still showed up as in stock on the site all the way through that month long wait).
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