8700K OcUK Stock and Binned Processors

southernorth · 17 Oct 2017 at 16:43

orbitalwalsh said:
^^^ had a look at same, damn!
although i5 8400 looks to be all over the place =/

I wonder if the high 8400 price is purely due to stock shortages, or due to it being shown as such a great gaming CPU. Would certainly increase interest in it, much more so than locked i5's of the past.

Aretak · 17 Oct 2017 at 17:06

southernorth said:
I wonder if the high 8400 price is purely due to stock shortages, or due to it being shown as such a great gaming CPU. Would certainly increase interest in it, much more so than locked i5's of the past.

The 8400 was freely available for the first couple of days, before people noticed how good it is. I purchased mine in the afternoon the day after launch and paid just over £170 for it. By the same time the next day it was out of stock everywhere and prices went up.

orbitalwalsh · 17 Oct 2017 at 17:36

southernorth said:
I wonder if the high 8400 price is purely due to stock shortages, or due to it being shown as such a great gaming CPU. Would certainly increase interest in it, much more so than locked i5's of the past.

Aretak said:
The 8400 was freely available for the first couple of days, before people noticed how good it is. I purchased mine in the afternoon the day after launch and paid just over £170 for it. By the same time the next day it was out of stock everywhere and prices went up.

Why I got mine along with 8600k on launch with Gigabyte board, as that shot up in price .

The creeping prices. If AMD was smart, or if resellers wanted to take advantage , they would raise Ryzen prices ... 1600 from £188 to £198
Margins are slim on CPU so any increase is a gain ... Bad for us though lol

Doobedoo · 17 Oct 2017 at 17:47

Look it's very simple it's supply and demand, demand is high and supply is low. If you can't wait a month or 2 for stocks to reach normal levels , then bend over apply ample lubrication and take it like a man. Quietly is preferable.

BriT · 17 Oct 2017 at 17:47

Ordered the i5 8600k, one came in stock and being shipped today

Price has gone to £300 now.

P4Clock · 17 Oct 2017 at 17:48

BTVA said:
other places have increased their prices as well not just OCUK. Some places have them £390 pre-order, other has 15 pieces in stock at £465. As much as I don't like the whole price gouging thing, I also think it is not very fair to blame on OCUK alone.

I am no going on about price. I am saying all cpu's should go to pre orders sales before they opened box's and starts binning.

southernorth · 17 Oct 2017 at 17:48

BriT said:
Ordered the i5 8600k, one came in stock and being shipped today Price has gone to £300 now.

What price did you pay?

BriT · 17 Oct 2017 at 17:49

£290.

Doobedoo · 17 Oct 2017 at 17:52

P4Clock said:
I am no going on about price. I am saying all cpu's should go to pre orders sales before they opened box's and starts binning.

They ain't interested mate it's their stock and it's up to them how they use it.
They have bills to pay and Gibbo has a mustang to run

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southernorth · 17 Oct 2017 at 17:53

Doobedoo said:
They ain't interested mate it's their stock and it's up to them how they use it.
They have bills to pay and Gibbo has a mustang to run .

Well not anymore, he just sold his Mustang.

He has a new one on order though haha

Doobedoo · 17 Oct 2017 at 17:55

southernorth said:
Well not anymore, he just sold his Mustang.

He has a new one on order though haha

So as we speak he is stockpiling fuel so that he can take his misses to the shops

8 Pack · 17 Oct 2017 at 18:06

P4Clock said:
I am no going on about price. I am saying all cpu's should go to pre orders sales before they opened box's and starts binning.

We pay for the CPUs we do what we want with them Gibbo has already said this.

I am only binning OEM's now on my own special code.

P4Clock · 17 Oct 2017 at 18:16

8 Pack said:
We pay for the CPUs we do what we want with them Gibbo has already said this.

I am only binning OEM's now on my own special code.

I though OcUK said they don't bin oem?

Doobedoo · 17 Oct 2017 at 18:17

P4Clock said:
I though OcUK said they don't bin oem?

They've always binned oem's it's just this time due to shortages they binned retail as well.

P4Clock · 17 Oct 2017 at 18:18

_HeliX · 17 Oct 2017 at 18:29

Complaining about how OcUK are handling their own stock is a bit much innit?

They're by far the most open and communicative supplier, how about being thankful for that instead!!

WgizmO · 17 Oct 2017 at 18:41

Doobedoo said:
Look it's very simple it's supply and demand, demand is high and supply is low. If you can't wait a month or 2 for stocks to reach normal levels , then bend over apply ample lubrication and take it like a man. Quietly is preferable.

Idd!

WgizmO · 17 Oct 2017 at 18:52

All that whine about stock and pre-order make me smile. All of you who complain or are stupid or pretend to gain something what dosnt exist. OCUK can do what they want with stock they have. You buy or you go ealse whare simple is that. Or you ready to pay extra and get it or you "Keep Calm And Wait". All smart know issue with price is as stock levels sucks. Its only Intel no one else! I could order on day one as pre order but I'm not sure how case with my mobo finish but if I will need to wait month+ for this cpu to be in price I would like to be its my choice and can even never be at this as as demand and stock rise price rise as everyone want to make money. Most of people didnt even know till 04.10.17 how good this cpu will be after disappointing 7700k. Even intel made mistake putting on market now gen 8 when they never did anything like that before. You guys should get this cpu in 2018 anyway hahah you have early one and still complain

. OCUK keep yours excellent job!

8 Pack · 17 Oct 2017 at 19:06

Doobedoo said:
They've always binned oem's it's just this time due to shortages they binned retail as well.

We bin only system stock codes oem under normal circumstances. These are system stocks OEM's.

Doobedoo · 17 Oct 2017 at 20:47

8 Pack said:
We bin only system stock codes oem under normal circumstances. These are system stocks OEM's.

Yeah sorry I wasn't very clear.