2500k price increase

Forum CPU & Components : CPUs 2500k price increase

I noticed that the price for the i5-2500k is now $229.99 on Newegg, Tigerdirect, Amazon, etc.. Does anyone know what is the reason for the sudden increase in price? Honestly I was expecting the price to go down a little after they put out new chips, and was a little surprised that the prices stayed the same, and now after two months the prices are going up. Any thoughts?

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Reply to jsanthara

Most likely the demand for them has increased, causing them to raise their prices.

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jsanthara wrote :

It's always been $229.99 since it was released....Occasionally it's on sale.

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I had to look at my old New Egg invoice dated 29-Sep-11
Cost was $219.99 so it did go up $10
Micro Center is showing them at $179.99 now (in store only)

Reply to 1foxracing

Like I said, they are on sale occasionally. It was $209 last week.

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geekapproved wrote :

Like I said, they are on sale occasionally. It was $209 last week.

And you would be wrong. It was not on sale when I purchased it, regular everyday price was $219.99 so it did go up $10.
For you guys looking to purchase them online NCIX has them for $199.99
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=5 [...] omoid=1065

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PreferLinux wrote :

Most likely the demand for them has increased, causing them to raise their prices.

Any more details? It just doesn't make sense to me to raise the price after all this time, but I don't know much about the market.

Will this affect the prices of the new chips coming out in April?

Oh, and the everyday price has been a solid $219.99 on Newegg since I got one last June (besides the occasional promotions of course).

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jsanthara wrote :

I don't really know anything much, nor am I familiar with the US market, but I'm guessing the (guessed) increased demand is from BD etc. being so poor or similar. I'm guessing that it is just a supplier or retailer price raise, rather than an Intel one, so it might affect the new chips. I don't expect Intel to price the new chips any differently to the current ones.