Many types of computer components suddenly dropped prices

Intel processors, hard drives, RAM . all have been priced down from 10 to 20%. The PC market is still selling as well as in February, but at this time many project contracts are implemented. Expected, strong buying and selling ability will last a few weeks and then slow down in April.

Strong competition has affected the prices of many types of computer components.Photo: Anh Tuan

Intel has been a big surprise with the sharp and sudden drop in its CPU products. Within 10 days, the price of Pentium chips dropped by 10%, while the Celeron line dropped to 20%. Intel did not declare the reason for its product price, but AMD's market share increased relatively fast in the world in the past, making it impossible to think of the world's leading chip maker. Head a competitive strategy with your No. 1 opponent.

Currently, the Intel Celeron 2.13 GHz costs $ 42, the 2.4 GHz Celeron costs $ 50, the 2.4 GHz Pentium IV is $ 105, the Pentium IV 2.8 GHz is about $ 134.

In Vietnam, at the end of last year, AMD's market share also reached 3%. So far, this number is 8-9%. Information from computer companies said that in June this year, the company will officially launch in Vietnam with the opening of a representative office, the situation of the microprocessor market is also unpredictable.

The price of some AMD chips is Sempron 2600+ 128 K priced at 74 USD, the Athlon 64 3000+ 512 K costs 130 USD.

The fierce competition between hard drive products and product categories (genuine and external products) makes the price of HDD components also fluctuate strongly. In particular, 80 GB hard drive, product line tends to replace 40 GB capacity drive, down to 15% price. And 40 GB drives decreased by about 5%. During the 7-day period (from March 5 to 12), the price of Samsung HDD 40 GB ATA 2 MB cache, provided by FPT distributor, fell from 48.5 USD to 40 USD, then the price increased to 43 USD .

The price of the current AT AT Maxtor 40 GB drive is $ 47, Segate Barracuda 40 BG serial ATA II costs $ 54.

Cheap RAMs such as AM1, VDATA, Elixir are discounted by 10%, an average of 2 USD off a 256 MB bar.

After a long period of time keeping prices stable, this period also dropped from 15% to 20% USB, the reason is that the built-in flash unit on this device decreased. USB MP3 players also dropped in price but at a slower rate, only about 10%. Computer company Tran Anh predicts that this item will be further reduced when businesses import new goods because on the world market, USB MP3 devices are very strong and domestic goods are not sold out.

Although some important devices have strong fluctuations, the price of machine sets is still relatively stable. Some product suppliers also launched promotions, minimalist service, lowering costs to attract more customers. For example, a number of Green Tek lines reduce to $ 25 per set. Currently, the machine accounts for about 1-2% of the market share, mainly consumed under the project contracts.

"The price fluctuations of components that are considered 'hot' have had certain negative impacts on the market and purchasing power and give rise to the psychology of delaying purchases in order to wait for the prices of components. Further reduction, "said Nguyen Manh Lan, STC Computer Company. " However, this week there will be big fluctuations in prices that lead to higher purchasing power because of real capital demand and Intel's PCU price has tended to rise again ."

In Ho Chi Minh City, Intel microprocessors are inching up from 1-2 dollars per product. According to business representatives of some major computer stores, expected, the Celeron line 310 - 2.13 GHz; 320 - 2.4 GHz, Intel Pen IV 506 CPU - 2.66 GHz can increase 4-5 USD per unit.

The online game market is very active, especially when game publishers announce their new game release schedule. This entails the need to upgrade VGA in a variety of game and Internet agents. With higher requirements for graphics features of new games, NVIDIA VGA series FX products and ATI 9250 series chipsets gradually replace the MX and 9200 series products.

The purchasing power of laptops is currently very strong, up 30% from the same time last year. In the past, the market focused heavily on high-end models, with the presence of some low-cost computers from Acer brand, NEC . consumers have more opportunities to own laptops. Currently Acer holds the No. 1 position in market share, the number of retail customers of this brand also accounts for 30% of the market.

The market of old computers fluctuated insignificantly. According to representatives of some shops at Ton That Tung Street, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai (HCMC), this product still attracts a large number of foreign customers, students and students, with the price of about USD 100 to USD 200 each. . It is expected that the "selling season" of the old machine will last longer than the previous year.

Business representative of Hoan Long Informatics Trading Co., Ltd expressed: " From the beginning of the year, computers and digital entertainment devices consume quite well. We are hoping for" selling season ". This lasted a month longer than the same period last year . "

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