It might be an idea to hold off for a bit.
There are two main companies producing CPU's for most computers. These are Intel and AMD.
AMD was good a long time ago but had problems with performance (bulldozer) and other things. This has meant that Intel really haven't had to try that hard for at least 5 years.
Their pricing has not had any pressure at all.
AMD are about to release their new family of Processors called Ryzen and initial feelings are that it will be something special.
Now AMD can't compete on absolute performance but they may get close. Where they do compete is on price. Intels top consumer CPU comes out at around $1,000 and then reduces in price as you go down the range. You probably won't want to buy one of their top CPU's.
However the Ryzen top level part is supposedly going to come out at the $500 mark... If Ryzen is within 95% of the performance of the i7 then this will put tremendous pressure on Intel to drop their prices. This will have knock on effects down the range.
What this means is a couple of months after Ryzen is released, if it lives up to it's billing we are likely to see Intel rejigging their pricing with some not insubstantial drops.
As the CPU tends to be the most expensive part of a computer this will have knock on effects on the price of computers. So my advice is, if you are looking to buy, hold off a little longer.
There are two main companies producing CPU's for most computers. These are Intel and AMD.
AMD was good a long time ago but had problems with performance (bulldozer) and other things. This has meant that Intel really haven't had to try that hard for at least 5 years.
Their pricing has not had any pressure at all.
AMD are about to release their new family of Processors called Ryzen and initial feelings are that it will be something special.
Now AMD can't compete on absolute performance but they may get close. Where they do compete is on price. Intels top consumer CPU comes out at around $1,000 and then reduces in price as you go down the range. You probably won't want to buy one of their top CPU's.
However the Ryzen top level part is supposedly going to come out at the $500 mark... If Ryzen is within 95% of the performance of the i7 then this will put tremendous pressure on Intel to drop their prices. This will have knock on effects down the range.
What this means is a couple of months after Ryzen is released, if it lives up to it's billing we are likely to see Intel rejigging their pricing with some not insubstantial drops.
As the CPU tends to be the most expensive part of a computer this will have knock on effects on the price of computers. So my advice is, if you are looking to buy, hold off a little longer.