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Discontinued products have lower supply.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_and_demand

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Just out of curiosity why are Skylake CPUS more expensive than the newer generations that are coming out, like Kaby and Coffee lake? 

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Discontinued products have lower supply.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_and_demand

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1 minute ago, Enderman said:

Discontinued products have lower supply.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_and_demand

Oh that makes sense.

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1 minute ago, Yung Lead said:

Oh that makes sense.

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