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What is the best season to buy computer parts

mitsosvazelos84
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Hello guys ,

 

I was thinking about buying a xeon  e3 1231 v3 for my gaming rig because you know , black Friday / cyber Monday . Anyway , what is the best period to buy new hardware ? I am also trying to get an r9 390 for the same rig . 

 

Oh by the way if you have a better cpu for more or less the same price feel free to make a suggestion :)

 

thank you in advance , 

mitsosvazelos84

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Now/Christmas or holiday season which ever you prefer 

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Now/Christmas or holiday season which ever you prefer

Would the price drop even more ?
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Any season!

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The best time is the time you need an upgrade give or take a few weeks.

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Would the price drop even more ?

 

No, prices are likely to increase quite a bit tomorrow. I think it'd be crazy to buy a 1231v3 right now for $250 when you can get a 4790k for $300 today from newegg. I have the 1231v3 myself and it's an awesome cpu, but I bought it for $250 last year when the 4790k was $340. November is the best time to buy. December is perhaps the worst, at least based on pricing last year.

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Personally, I just look for the best prices at any given time. Within reason of course. If you know there's a sale coming up in a few days, obviously wait. ;)

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Personally, I just look for the best prices at any given time. Within reason of course. If you know there's a sale coming up in a few days, obviously wait. ;)

Hey I am not American so I don't know all the sale seasons , could you please lost them for me ? I know I'm being a pain in the @ss [emoji14]
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Hey I am not American so I don't know all the sale seasons , could you please lost them for me ? I know I'm being a pain in the @ss [emoji14]

 

I'm actually in Canada, but we share the same sale seasons as the US (America). Where are you located?

 

There are random sales all the time if you keep checking. But the big sales times is just after the US Thanksgiving (which was this past weekend), called "black Friday" and "Cyber Monday". There are usually sales all week prior. Also usually big sales around Christmas time and the week between Christmas and new years (Dec 26th to Dec 31st). Those are the major ones. :)

My Systems:

Main - Work + Gaming:

Spoiler

Woodland Raven: Ryzen 2700X // AMD Wraith RGB // Asus Prime X570-P // G.Skill 2x 8GB 3600MHz DDR4 // Radeon RX Vega 56 // Crucial P1 NVMe 1TB M.2 SSD // Deepcool DQ650-M // chassis build in progress // Windows 10 // Thrustmaster TMX + G27 pedals & shifter

F@H Rig:

Spoiler

FX-8350 // Deepcool Neptwin // MSI 970 Gaming // AData 2x 4GB 1600 DDR3 // 2x Gigabyte RX-570 4G's // Samsung 840 120GB SSD // Cooler Master V650 // Windows 10

 

HTPC:

Spoiler

SNES PC (HTPC): i3-4150 @3.5 // Gigabyte GA-H87N-Wifi // G.Skill 2x 4GB DDR3 1600 // Asus Dual GTX 1050Ti 4GB OC // AData SP600 128GB SSD // Pico 160XT PSU // Custom SNES Enclosure // 55" LG LED 1080p TV  // Logitech wireless touchpad-keyboard // Windows 10 // Build Log

Laptops:

Spoiler

MY DAILY: Lenovo ThinkPad T410 // 14" 1440x900 // i5-540M 2.5GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD iGPU + Quadro NVS 3100M 512MB dGPU // 2x4GB DDR3L 1066 // Mushkin Triactor 480GB SSD // Windows 10

 

WIFE'S: Dell Latitude E5450 // 14" 1366x768 // i5-5300U 2.3GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD5500 // 2x4GB RAM DDR3L 1600 // 500GB 7200 HDD // Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon

 

EXPERIMENTAL: Pinebook // 11.6" 1080p // Manjaro KDE (ARM)

NAS:

Spoiler

Home NAS: Pentium G4400 @3.3 // Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 // 2x 4GB DDR4 2400 // Intel HD Graphics // Kingston A400 120GB SSD // 3x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200 HDDs in RAID-Z // Cooler Master Silent Pro M 1000w PSU // Antec Performance Plus 1080AMG // FreeNAS OS

 

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