Quote Originally Posted by mrcape View Post
I think you might have quoted the wrong guy here. I spoke for myself when I said I would pay $400.

I just doubt that most of the people on the enthusiast bandwagon will. I think that the fact that you can get so much for so cheap in the current pricing scheme is a big part of the reason why the enthusiast market has grown so big in the past two years. It also allows unsponsored overclockers a less expensive way to find good batches, take risks and go for high scores.

I am glad that there will still be products geared toward overclockers. Whatever, either way it'll be an exciting time with the new chips.
Quote Originally Posted by mrcape View Post
[B]Originally Posted by mrcape
$400+ CPU prices are going to turn off 99% of enthusiasts who are in this for bang for the buck. There are competitons based on price per benchmark point. Unless they're writing reviews and getting engineering samples, your average enthusiast doesn't want the black box xtreme chips, they want $200 chips that can be chewed up and spit out.
On the other hand I have to admit I'd make the $400 jump. I doubt most will though.[/B]
Shakes head The Enthusiast market grew and gained ground because all computer parts got or became cheaper, not just CPU. The first Pentium 100MHz Processor I but clearance was reduced from it original price of $1,364.36 or something like, I jumped for joy since I only paid $500 $450 for my next AMD processor was steal. The Market crash brought in the largest influx of Newbies.

Folks in it for Bang for the Buck, cheap wise, aren't shopping for Nehalem until late 2009 in the first place. Most news printed so far has made that clear. Folks shopping Bang For The Performance Buck will absolutely look at how much they can get out of Nehalem Overclocked or not. The point is that Bang For the Buck has more than one meaning. Looking at most folks' systems, $200 isn't close to the average Enthusiast's budget!

Your average enthusiast statement is what I took issue with. Look at the Launch price of the X2 as the cheapest X3800 sold for about what Nehalem shipped at. Then also look at the first Intel Quad Core prices? $200 wayy unrealistic for any even mid ranged Quad Core. Again, they're talking Nehalem QUAD CORE, not Dual Core and since YOU SAID $200, that's ridiculous! If most enthusiast saw $200 as being close to average, AMD's X2 wouldn't sold at all=P I wasn't trying to start trash AMD rant!

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