News $1500 for Core i9: CPU Prices in Russia Soar Amid Sanctions

[Admin]

How about $1,500 for Intel's Core i9-12900K or $8,700 for a MacBook Pro?

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[Sergei Tachenov]

Converting these prices to USD is a bad idea for two reasons.

First, with the exchange rates going haywire, there's no telling what exactly $1500 is any more. In pre-war exchange rate that's 112,500. Now it's closer to 157,500.

Second, it's not like most people get paid in USD. For example, I've just got a 3080 Ti for about 200,000. That's freaking expensive, and in pre-war exchange rate it's about $2667. Today it's more like $1900, though. The cheapest 3080 Ti card in the same store is 235,220 now, which is $2240. Is it cheaper than $2667 I got my card for? No, because my salary isn't getting any higher, and it's still about 35,000 more expensive than the one I got. On the other hand, I wouldn't be surprised if these cards cost about half a million in a month (in fact, some are already over 400,000), and I'll be very happy that I got it this cheap when I could still afford it. Which is exactly why I got it in the first place 'cause I figure out my next upgrade may happen in 10 years.

It's a good thing I upgraded everything else last year. Although I've got this nagging feeling that if things go real bad, having a GPU will be the least of my worries, but that's off topic (and not something I'm legally allowed to talk about anyway).

 

[samopa]

"Early Wednesday, Apple's M1 Pro-based MacBook Pro 14 was available for anywhere from $2687 to $4300 (₽351,000 – ₽561,000), whereas some retailers offered the M1 Max-powered MacBook Pro 16 for as much as $8,720 (₽1,138,070). "

USD 8,700+ for a MacBook Pro ? It's really dire situation out there ...
More importantly, who will buy it, and what task they used this MacBook for, to justified this glorified price ?

 

[Sergei Tachenov]

“Some retailers offered...” doesn't mean someone will actually buy it. I'm looking at 3080 Ti prices in the same store I got it from. The cheapest goes for 240,000 (a Gigabyte one), next is a pretty good Palit one (GameRock) for 288,000 and the most expensive one is the cheaper Palit model (Gaming Pro) for 420,000. Yes, the cheaper model costs about 140,000 more than the best one. Figures. Don't expect any of this to make any sense until it's settled down one way or another.

 

[OriginFree]

Converting these prices to USD is a bad idea for two reasons.

First, with the exchange rates going haywire, there's no telling what exactly $1500 is any more. In pre-war exchange rate that's 112,500. Now it's closer to 157,500.

Second, it's not like most people get paid in USD. For example, I've just got a 3080 Ti for about 200,000. That's freaking expensive, and in pre-war exchange rate it's about $2667. Today it's more like $1900, though. The cheapest 3080 Ti card in the same store is 235,220 now, which is $2240. Is it cheaper than $2667 I got my card for? No, because my salary isn't getting any higher, and it's still about 35,000 more expensive than the one I got. On the other hand, I wouldn't be surprised if these cards cost about half a million in a month (in fact, some are already over 400,000), and I'll be very happy that I got it this cheap when I could still afford it. Which is exactly why I got it in the first place 'cause I figure out my next upgrade may happen in 10 years.

It's a good thing I upgraded everything else last year. Although I've got this nagging feeling that if things go real bad, having a GPU will be the least of my worries, but that's off topic (and not something I'm legally allowed to talk about anyway).

Exactly you would need to skip the monetary conversion and go to a PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) model. Like the Economist's Big Mac Index.