chuckula wrote:So, taking into account launch-day inflated prices for the supposedly overpriced Intel parts your relative percentage savings are about 10% of the overall system cost. Can the performance advantages of the 4670K and lower power requirements justify a 10% markup? I would say yes.
I might spend about $400 on my next system build, since I already have SSDs to throw in and it'll be an mATX box. The most I'd spend a new proc is likely 150. Intel chipsets (except with the EXTREMEly expensive motherboards with more crap you'll never use than you can shake a stick at) are crap on SATA6 ports too. I'll have to piecemeal it at first so the vidcard will come later, but the Intel GPU is completely useless to me once I have the new vidcard.
So yeah, it might be worth it to people who already like Intel and are invested in the high end market, but to me? Not even a little bit, so far. We'll see if things change down the road.
Ok, probably not camped out, but I do wish there was a Microcenter in my current neck of the woods. I remember going to one in Northern Virginia when I lived in that area and it was pretty awesome.
They also had a deal with the memory I picked up. 16GB of crucial PC-1866, normally $150, on sale for $129, and got $20 off for buying it with the processor. With tax I was out the door for less than it cost to get the proc from newegg without shipping. Absolutely worth going to a microcenter if you have one in your area.