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Old 11th May 2008, 03:40 PM   #16 (permalink)
Lenny
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Re: UberPC - An investigation into PC Component Prices

I meant to post the latest prices yesterday, but I forgot. Anyway, here they are.

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UberPC

Original Price - £5,023.82

10/05 - £4,517.28 -£506.54



From last week:

RAM - down £32.88 (2x £16.44)
1TB HDD - down £42.30 (4 x £10.58)
Case - up £17.63

Total for the week = down £57.55

RealisticUberPC

Original Price - £3,602.55
10/05 - £3,384.21 -£218.34



From last week:

RAM - down £32.88 (2x £16.44)
1TB HDD - down £10.58
DVD Drives - down £0.80 (2x £0.40)
Case - up £17.63

Total for the week = down £26.63

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I think the shock this week is that the case has gone up in price by nearly £20.

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I did it with the UberPC last week, and I shall do it with the RealisticUberPC this week, as it's been a month since I worked out the build.

The original price was £3,602.55. Now, seeing as there are some components which aren't new, I'm going to take those out (160gb HDD, DVD Drives), to give me a price of £3,532.44. Over six months, this price should halve (£1,766.22), with a monthly drop of £294.37.

And has it?

Nope.

It's dropped a total of £243.57 (note - this is without the 160gb HDD and the DVD drives) - £50 pounds off the predicted drop. Although close, the Realistic PC is not meeting the hypothesis that the price of new components halves every six months.
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