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I get that they are usually, but i was looking at how my old build would cost to build right now just for fun and the i5 4670k for example was 250 cad when i bought it and now its over 300.

is something going on?

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I get that they are usually, but i was looking at how my old build would cost to build right now just for fun and the i5 4670k for example was 250 cad when i bought it and now its over 300.

is something going on?

Demand goes down, price goes up?

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Well it's not manufactured anymore, so people can pretty much charge whatever.

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In my region (New York) there hasn't been any price change. Maybe the CAD value is just getting worse?

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because barely any competition ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Because the 4670K is no longer in production, the 4690k is 280.

The price increase can be explained by the recent jump in the USD.

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Yes, the i5-4690k was released. The i5-4670k is actually more expensive than the 4690k because people with 80 chipset boards can natively support it without having to do a bios reflash. It's out of production so supplies are limited, and there's a subset of people who need that specific CPU over the 4690k.

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I get that they are usually, but i was looking at how my old build would cost to build right now just for fun and the i5 4670k for example was 250 cad when i bought it and now its over 300.

is something going on?

 

Our dollar is weak.  I got my R9 280 (Windforce) for $200, try finding it at that price now.

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It went down here... are you sure it isn't related to currency?

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I get that they are usually, but i was looking at how my old build would cost to build right now just for fun and the i5 4670k for example was 250 cad when i bought it and now its over 300.

is something going on?

Cos the CAD took a shit vs USD!!

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Because the 4670K is no longer in production, the 4690k is 280.

The price increase can be explained by the recent jump in the USD.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117372&AID=10657534&PID=3938566&SID=&nm_mc=AFC-C8JunctionCA&cm_mmc=AFC-C8JunctionCA-_-na-_-na-_-na&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-%zn

I bet it took all of two seconds on Google to see that too.
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because barely any competition ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Hopefully new AMD cpu will change that. Come on AMD you can do it.

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I bet it took all of two seconds on Google to see that too.

Well I noticed the trend when refreshing the gaming lineup at my work and for a friend's company in Canada as well, it only took the time to find the current price of the 4690k.

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4670k is considered last gen, thats why retailers bump up price, for some dumb reason

4690k should still be like $240-$280 depending on where you live

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because barely any competition ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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exchange rate sucks right now. For every $4 USD, it equals $5 CAD cost for us.  In some cases prices here are better than the exchange rate, like Steam Games for 70 CAD. For Intel, Its hit and miss. I saw 4790k on Newegg last month for 370 CAD on sale, but thats garbage compared to when they used to be 329 bucks regular.

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1- Don't look at the 4670k, 4690K is the current one.

2-Canda dollar is now worth less than then.

3-Not Intel's fault demand is lower and competition is less.

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I get that they are usually, but i was looking at how my old build would cost to build right now just for fun and the i5 4670k for example was 250 cad when i bought it and now its over 300.

is something going on?

 

Exchange rate has gone to shit.

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Demand goes down, price goes up?

First law in Economy! However I don't see too expensive the 4690k at 198$

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In the USA, the cost of Intel and AMD reflect each other's performance. If that makes sense.

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