Should i buy the i5 4690k now or later

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Some places still have it for around 208 or 209. That's around $30-34 less than it usually is, so I doubt it'll go much lower than that. I know broadwell is around the corner, but it's not like it used to be. Used to be you'd wait for the next gen tech to come out and the good current gen to significantly drop in price.

Since the huge gap between intel and amd happened, I've noticed this trend disappear. Reading things like cpu mag that watch the price trends of various chips over the months about the only trend I see are chips actually becoming more expensive than the price they're introduced at.

I do like intel (personal preference) but I'm not a 'fanboi'.. I won't bash amd. The fact is though that intel architecture is way beyond...
Some places still have it for around 208 or 209. That's around $30-34 less than it usually is, so I doubt it'll go much lower than that. I know broadwell is around the corner, but it's not like it used to be. Used to be you'd wait for the next gen tech to come out and the good current gen to significantly drop in price.

Since the huge gap between intel and amd happened, I've noticed this trend disappear. Reading things like cpu mag that watch the price trends of various chips over the months about the only trend I see are chips actually becoming more expensive than the price they're introduced at.

I do like intel (personal preference) but I'm not a 'fanboi'.. I won't bash amd. The fact is though that intel architecture is way beyond amd's in terms of solid power/instructions per clock for desktop cpu's. In that sense, a lot of intel chips in the i5/i7 range are like luxury cars in that they really don't go on 'sale' much. I think this is about as good as we're gonna see especially given the performance. The comparable i7 is basically the same with the exception of a little more cache and hyperthreading for an easy $100 more. Then the i7's just keep going up. So while I won't debate that a top end i7 will outperform an i5 4690k, they also cost literally 3-5x more.
 
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dude tigerdirect had it for an all time low of 189 for black friday, if you didnt get it then, then you missed you chance to get get it for the low however its 214 right now not to shabby