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    Why is i7 920 so Damn expensive now?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by polish_pat, Dec 31, 2012.

  1. polish_pat

    polish_pat Notebook Consultant

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    I have a G73JH and wanted to upgrade my i7 720 to the 920.the price used to be less than 200$ but now on ebay everything is almost 600$. Anybody knows why or where can I find a 9 series i7 for my g73 at a reasonable price?

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  2. cozmosland

    cozmosland Notebook Geek

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    It may be because it has shown popularity instead of upgrading the entire laptop since its quite a decent chip.
     
    cozmosland, Dec 31, 2012
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  3. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Also they are likely getting older and less available so a case of supply and demand.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 31, 2012
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    Looks like the big resellers have bumped up the price.. hardwaremonkey had them for $300 for QS a few months ago when I got mine of a smaller seller for a bit less. I doubt many people will buy at their new price, it is crazy for a QS one. If you stalk ebay for a week or so a few decently priced ones from smaller sellers should pop up.

    There is a used OEM one on now for only $335, I'd grab that if I were you!

    Intel Core i7 920XM 2 0GHz 3 2GHz Turbo 8MB SLBLW PGA988 Socket G1 CPU 0735858211307 | eBay
     
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    Always worth keeping an eye out on the market here too :)
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 31, 2012
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