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RYZEN 5000 SERIES NOW ONLINE - 5950X, 5900X, 5800X & 5600X COMING NOV 5TH AT 5PM **NO COMPETITORS**
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Soldato
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I wonder how often more stock is obtained and how much? I was 211th on the 5th for the x5950. I hope OcUK get 6900XTs as that us what I want to pair it with.
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I ordered a 5800x from a competitor earlier today, there was 8 in stock.
I ordered it for £512, thought I was picking up a bargain, after I made the order I quickly realised I had made a big mistake and was paying nearly £100 more than my OCUK pre-order.
Luckily I was able to cancel and have now been refunded.
Silly mistake.
There are now 0 in stock on the competitor's website, so people are desperate for these.
I ordered it for £512, thought I was picking up a bargain, after I made the order I quickly realised I had made a big mistake and was paying nearly £100 more than my OCUK pre-order.
Luckily I was able to cancel and have now been refunded.
Silly mistake.
There are now 0 in stock on the competitor's website, so people are desperate for these.
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It's quite simple - Apple has Tim CookWhen Steve Jobs was still around, Tim was COO - he was responsible for fixing and running Apple supply chain - and he was crazy good at that. He transformed the company and much of the Apple success belongs to him - that's why he was chosen as CEO when Steve passed away.
Apple has the best supply chain in the world, it's not even comparable to any other company including AMD or NVIDIA. Imagine how many people want new iPhone in comparison to Ryzen3 or RTX3080 - and Apple can still handle it reasonably.
Those excuses you hear "Oh, we didn't know so many people will want to buy our product", "It's a demand issue - not supply", etc etc... those are just lies to naive people to cover up their lack of ability to supply product. Don't you think that NVIDIA and AMD would love to have the stock to fill the demand ASAP and get those billions of dollars that people still have in their pockets and want to give them?
It isn't just that.
Apple expect to sell product.
They expect to sell x amount at launch and then trickle in over the course of the year.
Every year.
Its a 12 months cycle, which can be planned for.
With computer components, they might have an idea when the next batch launch is, but we don't, frankly Intel probably don't even know when their next launch is.
Apple stuff is usually a six month product lead, whereas most CPU GPU are much shorter in buildup time, thus it takes longer to fulfil expectations.
4-6 weeks if you ordered launch day, so probably 2021 as a guess
I had just about bought the 10700k/msi tomahawk for £480 after cashback as I felt it was good value . I then cancelled and waited for the ryzen line-up, I thought if I could get one at rrp on the 5th then great, but it wasn't to be , so I have reverted to my original plan although this time I get assasins creed game chucked in too.
I collect it tomorrow from their shop, whilst taking back the x570tomahawk I had bought in anticipation.
It's quite simple - Apple has Tim Cook
Apple has the best supply chain in the world, it's not even comparable to any other company including AMD or NVIDIA. Imagine how many people want new iPhone in comparison to Ryzen3 or RTX3080 - and Apple can still handle it reasonably.
Those excuses you hear "Oh, we didn't know so many people will want to buy our product", "It's a demand issue - not supply", etc etc... those are just lies to naive people to cover up their lack of ability to supply product. Don't you think that NVIDIA and AMD would love to have the stock to fill the demand ASAP and get those billions of dollars that people still have in their pockets and want to give them?
Its the price hiking also that gets me, With Apple they set the price and thats it, no "ohh the £ is doing bad so we have to pay more" Price is set and it stays that way
Not sure why people are scrambling to pay over the odds for a chip that has the same performance as Intel had 6 months ago.
Hype-train and fomo. People seem to be very desperate for new, happy things this year - understandably. Instead, the 2020 just slaps them/us right in the face, yet again. 2021 can't come fast enough!
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That'd be because Apple has already baked in their price hikes so they don't need to make small adjustments later on, you're already paying as much as they think they can get away with.
If more companies were to copy this aspect of Apple you'd just be paying more for products all round...
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So why does it say this in the email?
"You are currently in queue position 767. Please keep checking your emails, we will send an update after each shipment with your new position".
Where is the Ryzen 5000 series status FAQ please?
Received an email last night , after I had asked an estimated delivery time . For me it’s going to be 7+ weeks minimum, I have asked for a refund and ended up ordering a bundle product from an other retailer that included a OEM 5900x , no far cry for me ! And I now have a mobo, ram and cooler I need to put on eBay . At least I will have it in the next 10-12 days
when did you order?
the 7th so I was late to the party
I ordered on the 6th, wonder if it’s 2021 for me as well then...
It’s my first ever build and I’m starting to think if i should just get i9 or used 3950x instead...
I would have done the same but I want to use the ryzen 5 series with the new gpu’s . I’m not waiting for 2 months though so I’ll just have to pay more
You queue position will obviously go down as pre orders are fulfilled.
Google search ‘Ryzen 5000 series status FAQ please’
Especially as its all estimates. Unless AMD have promised of course that they can get thousands to OcUK in the next x months. The whole ETA thing is rather annoying.
iPhone pre orders are never ‘ETA’