Hardware prices are higher in europe, but euro prices are often not higher than the msrp in dollars. Msrp dollar amount in euros often ends up being the final price in good european stores, unless there are huge shortages.
| System Name | 1.21 gigawatts! |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core i7 6700K |
| Motherboard | MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3X |
| Cooling | Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Slim with Arctic MX-4 |
| Memory | 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 MHz |
| Video Card(s) | Palit GTX 1080 Game Rock |
| Storage | Mushkin Triactor 240GB + Toshiba X300 4TB + Team L3 EVO 480GB |
| Display(s) | Philips 237E7QDSB/00 23" FHD AH-IPS |
| Case | Aerocool Aero-1000 white + 4 Arctic F12 PWM Rev.2 fans |
| Audio Device(s) | Onboard Audio Boost 3 with Nahimic Audio Enhancer |
| Power Supply | FSP Hydro G 650W |
| Mouse | Cougar 700M eSports white |
| Keyboard | E-Blue Cobra II |
| Software | Windows 8.1 Pro x64 |
| Benchmark Scores | Cinebench R15: 948 (stock) / 1044 (4,7 GHz) FarCry 5 1080p Ultra: min 100, avg 116, max 133 FPS |
Final price (the one that consumers will have to pay) also depends on USD-to-Euro ratio, but still you cannot rely on "swapping" currencies while maintaining the base numeric value to assume final hardware prices in Europe.
Guess we both have our sources, but when prices are reasonable my method of basically swapping msrp dollars and retail euros gets pretty close nowadays. In fact, some products like the 7900x are and were actually a bit LESS. My method becomes less accurate the smaller and further away the company is though, so the lucidsound ls30 costs MORE than a ls40 in Holland, but actual desktop hardware is fairly predictable because companies are big to massive, even coolers seem to follow my "rule".
