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Originally Posted by ReverendMaynard
EE sales might help recoup some R&D costs, but profit isn't a motivation. It gives engineering time to refine the mainstream parts for mass production for OEM's. Testing the waters.
Always keep volume in mind as well Chuch. It costs Intel the same $ to ship one boxed cpu as it does 50 OEM cpu's. Size, weight, packaging, heatsinks, manuals...all cost $. The new heatsink and fan for the 980X probably costs 20x's more to produce than the old style, but they are selling the cpu at or close to the same cost as the 965 when it released. Larger box, more space on the skid...more money. Bigger footprint, bigger cost, less profit.
I got into a good one with a mate a while ago about the exuberant cost of SSD's. Why? They are cheaper to assemble, less complicated mechanically, they weigh much less, they make less of a footprint, so why hasn't those cost cuts right from the source made the prices more reasonable?
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Yah I know. Intels volume is probably hard for the mind to take in. I mean they have how much market share? Then multiply that by all the computers in the world
You are probably right about just taking care of R&D, but that is a luxury. I'm gonna go along the lines of I've lost my mind, think DIY market is bigger than it is, and call you right.
