First, expensive is not a problem, the problem is out of stock.
Intel cpu rose 30% in a month, this is really exaggerated, just i7-8700 has increased by 3,000 yuan, this is not tight, the focus is: out of stock!
But said that the goods are not really out of stock, but a small amount of arrival, supply is in short supply, the goods store is "the whole group of flights" before they are willing to sell cpu.
Second, should we switch to AMD?
Compared with the intel's big rise and out of stock, AMD's CPU is relatively cheaper, then it is necessary to modify AMD?
My current assembly situation is still dominated by Intel unless there are two conditions:
01) No Intel at all
02) Customer specified AMD
Intel is currently expensive. It will not cut prices in the short term, but I must say that AMD's CPU is cheaper than Intel. Intel has risen a lot. AMD has risen slightly. It is certainly good to change AMD, but it is actually more expensive than before.
My customers will ask for five years, to be stable and durable, then change AMD?
Seriously, I haven't set up AMD for a long time. Whether the new Ryzen series is durable, it will take time to prove.
Third, wait for the price to buy?
Cpu is so expensive now, many customers will say: wait for cpu to cut prices and buy again.
According to the report, Intel's out of stock will be missing all the way to the third quarter of 2019, which is equal to the shortage of goods for a whole year. Can you wait for one year?
In fact, since 2017, computer components have been rising in turn, and cpu has risen by 30%. This is not the most exaggerated. The most exaggerated is that memory in 2017 has risen by 10%, that is, it has risen by 100%, and it has risen for a whole year until the price of memory. In fact, it is still twice as expensive as 2016.
Later, there were SSD price increases, and the high-end graphics cards caused by the mining tide in early 2018 all went up and out of stock, and now the CPU is out of stock. Not to mention the next issue of new graphics cards that are definitely not cheap.
Fourth, the graphics card generation alternate transition period
At present, only the top-end RTX2080TI and RTX2080 are available in the 20 series. However, most commonly used cards are still in the middle and high-level categories such as 50, 60, and 70, but this level of cards is not yet available.
Because the new card has not yet come out, the old card 10 series is only a small drop, just back to the normal price.
You will ask: When will the 20 series mid-level graphics cards come out?
A: God knows.
V. Summary
The computer is expensive at present, but as long as it can be bought, it is OK. After all, users can choose not to buy.
I am afraid that I can't buy it with money. For example, I just want to set up Intel's CPU, but I don't really have one. I don't even have a plane. That is the most fearful.
Sixth, the golden sentence:
Previously: Buy early and enjoy early, buy at night.
Now: buy early and enjoy early, buy later is more expensive.
The ideal is beautiful: should the computer be cheaper?
The reality is cruel: how has the computer been rising? What a ghost is going up!
