Intel coffee lake prices

RavenXXX2 · 18 Jan 2018 at 14:54

Pound is up stock too, why are the i5 and i7 chips not making their msrp like the i3 does.

JonnyG1982 · 18 Jan 2018 at 20:48

Same old same old. UK gets ripped off by US companies & shops price gouge. Has Apple dropped their prices since the £ has recovered from like 1.2$ to 1.4$? Or Dell? I might be wrong but they probably haven't despite the £ recovering significantly in the last 12 months. Hell they cant even pay their taxes. Pricing of modern computer equipment sucks.

Thankfully i don't game as much as i use to, getting old ha! & im content to buy competitive price/performance & ignore the tease of the latest/greatest which is clearly abusing customers right now. Slight improvements for maximum prices. I miss the days of 8800GTX for £440 that blew last tech out the water. Or Dual card 4870x2 for like £360 on Day One! PC enthusiasts getting milked dry.

I bet if the £ goes to 1.5$ the prices still wont come down. People need to vote with their wallet & just say "no". But unfortunately too many sheep will follow the herd & just take it right up the ***.

Sorry, first post in probably a year but felt like getting it off my chest

yoyo59 · 18 Jan 2018 at 22:01

I also wondered this but I have been searching & because of the £ going up I managed to find a brand new retail boxed i7 8700k for $425 delivered with customs paid etc

if a low rate seller can sell it for $425 im sure OCUK could even do £299 and still make money at the current rate

I would image the i5 etc would be even a nicer deal as they're not as sought after

orbitalwalsh · 18 Jan 2018 at 22:08

You also forget stock was bought at a weaker pound , so they aren't going to change prices until that stock is cleared

DragonQ · 18 Jan 2018 at 22:10

orbitalwalsh said:
You also forget stock was bought at a weaker pound , so they aren't going to change prices until that stock is cleared

That's a load of crap, there's rarely a delay when it goes the other way.

orbitalwalsh · 18 Jan 2018 at 22:20

DragonQ said:
That's a load of crap, there's rarely a delay when it goes the other way.

Indeed, because Intel and vendors don't offer rebates to resellers or distributors unless it's perm price cut like Ryzen currently .

Like you say, shame its so quickly jumped on when prices rise

yoyo59 · 18 Jan 2018 at 23:50

just purchased one retail boxed for £316 delivered with customs paid

I didn't really want to upgrade tbh but brother wants to buy my 6700k

area51 · 19 Jan 2018 at 01:39

JonnyG1982 said:
Same old same old. UK gets ripped off by US companies & shops price gouge. Has Apple dropped their prices since the £ has recovered from like 1.2$ to 1.4$? Or Dell? I might be wrong but they probably haven't despite the £ recovering significantly in the last 12 months. Hell they cant even pay their taxes. Pricing of modern computer equipment sucks.

Thankfully i don't game as much as i use to, getting old ha! & im content to buy competitive price/performance & ignore the tease of the latest/greatest which is clearly abusing customers right now. Slight improvements for maximum prices. I miss the days of 8800GTX for £440 that blew last tech out the water. Or Dual card 4870x2 for like £360 on Day One! PC enthusiasts getting milked dry.

I bet if the £ goes to 1.5$ the prices still wont come down. People need to vote with their wallet & just say "no". But unfortunately too many sheep will follow the herd & just take it right up the ***.

Sorry, first post in probably a year but felt like getting it off my chest

Make you 150% right much is same dross different box! or tiny difference but twice the price then blame Brexit whe we know it's BS'exit not just pc but everything these days

humbug · 19 Jan 2018 at 12:17

Today 19/01/2018 the £ is valued at $1.39, not bad, it's nearly back up to pre Brexit levels.

All the whinging EUfile liberals continue to be wrong.

subbytna · 19 Jan 2018 at 12:30

JonnyG1982 said:
Same old same old. UK gets ripped off by US companies & shops price gouge. Has Apple dropped their prices since the £ has recovered from like 1.2$ to 1.4$? Or Dell? I might be wrong but they probably haven't despite the £ recovering significantly in the last 12 months. Hell they cant even pay their taxes. Pricing of modern computer equipment sucks.

Thankfully i don't game as much as i use to, getting old ha! & im content to buy competitive price/performance & ignore the tease of the latest/greatest which is clearly abusing customers right now. Slight improvements for maximum prices. I miss the days of 8800GTX for £440 that blew last tech out the water. Or Dual card 4870x2 for like £360 on Day One! PC enthusiasts getting milked dry.

I bet if the £ goes to 1.5$ the prices still wont come down. People need to vote with their wallet & just say "no". But unfortunately too many sheep will follow the herd & just take it right up the ***.

Sorry, first post in probably a year but felt like getting it off my chest

Dont' be sorry, you're bang on the money. 100% agree

subbytna · 19 Jan 2018 at 12:31

yoyo59 said:
just purchased one retail boxed for £316 delivered with customs paid

I didn't really want to upgrade tbh but brother wants to buy my 6700k

Do you not have to buy a new MOBO too?

lltfdaniel · 19 Jan 2018 at 16:31

Okay well hope this is relevant but at the price point of £250 to £265 what would you pick?

8600k costs around about £250 or a 1800x for £265 or prehaps people would go with the ryzen 1700 and overclock and the 1700 costs £247.

humbug · 19 Jan 2018 at 16:45

lltfdaniel said:
Okay well hope this is relevant but at the price point of £250 to £265 what would you pick?

8600k costs around about £250 or a 1800x for £265 or prehaps people would go with the ryzen 1700 and overclock and the 1700 costs £247.

For me its a no-brainer, the 1800X, the higher overclocking potential is worth the £20 the 1700, why over the 8600K? i have a GTX 1070, not a 1080TI, i'm not going to get that 15% or so extra gaming performance with the 8600K vs the 1800X because the 1080TI is more than 15% faster than my 1070, the 8600K isn't going to be any faster than the 1800X because the 1800X is already more than fast enough to power the 1070 to full potential with plenty of room to spare, by the time GPU's in my price range are fast enough to beat what the 1800X can cope with 100% it will be time to upgrade the CPU anyway.

To add to that i do a lot of 3D stuff, the 1800X crushes the 8600K there.

lltfdaniel · 19 Jan 2018 at 16:48

Why 8600k vs 1800x?

One word - price/bang for buck at this price point.

Yep no brainer, anyone who has a budget of around about 250 it has to be the 1800x to all of them put together(buyers) to recommend.

humbug · 19 Jan 2018 at 16:51

humbug said:
For me its a no-brainer, the 1800X, the higher overclocking potential is worth the £20 the 1700, why over the 8600K? i have a GTX 1070, not a 1080TI, i'm not going to get that 15% or so extra gaming performance with the 8600K vs the 1800X because the 1080TI is more than 15% faster than my 1070, the 8600K isn't going to be any faster than the 1800X because the 1800X is already more than fast enough to power the 1070 to full potential with plenty of room to spare, by the time GPU's in my price range are fast enough to beat what the 1800X can cope with 100% it will be time to upgrade the CPU anyway.

To add to that i do a lot of 3D stuff, the 1800X crushes the 8600K there.

I just remembered another reason.

Intel chip-sets are always a dead end, a 9600K will not fit the Z370 motherboards but Ryzen 1, 2 and probably 3 will fit existing X370 boards, so no need to upgrade the motherboard to move to newer CPU's when they come out.

lltfdaniel · 19 Jan 2018 at 16:51

Yes that as well amd motherboards last longer than intel equivalent.

lltfdaniel · 19 Jan 2018 at 16:58

I think i might take the plunge and buy a 1800x the price for the overall (8 cores all being used) performance is very good at this price point.

humbug · 19 Jan 2018 at 17:00

:Thumbsup:

deuse · 20 Jan 2018 at 15:45

8700K will be back to £300 at the end of next month. So I will get one then.

malachi · 20 Jan 2018 at 17:46

deuse said:
8700K will be back to £300 at the end of next month. So I will get one then.

Yeah but that's mainly because Zen+ will be a few weeks away from release.