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Intel slash prices

geordiejc said:
http://wccftech.com/intel-amd-price-war-ryzen-processors/

I'm SOOOOOOOOO glad AMD has forced their hand. AMD the peoples CPU manufacturer :)

/me looks at his intel CPU & frowns.

Edit: wut! the x99 is still expensive.... wait... have they even been slashed at all?
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The article is from 1 retailer doing it's monthly sales. The CPUs if you see the prices are the same price they have on other retailers for weeks.
6900K @ 1000 USD etc
 
Bonjour said:
Shows how much they believe Intel tax is worth; approximately 40%.
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Well its probably a preemptive price reduction though,so maybe Intel will adjust depending on how competitive Ryzen is.

But if Intel feels its competitive enough to have a preemptive price cut who are we to argue?? :p
 
drunkenmaster said:
The important thing is not to reward Intel for screwing you, don't go hey, Intel prices are great, lets buy that Intel chip now. They are dropping prices to compete, because Zen is genuinely competitive, if it wasn't prices wouldn't come down so you won't lose out by going AMD, you'll win.

The more cash you give AMD, the longer term AMD can compete, ie have the cash to have quicker R&D cycles to push Intel more of the time and Intel taking a hit in profits will also push them to put more R&D into their products.

But seriously, OCUK had i3's at £185 or something a day or two ago, now Intel wants the 6600k at that price point... overnight they put the prices down and at $180 they are still plenty profitable at that price, it's still only a 122mm^2 core AND they've been making so much extra profit with the previous pricing.
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If they can lower the price of 7600k/7700k down then with a z170 itx board I'd have a brilliant htpc.
But amd's first attack is at x99 with no itx in sight and a delay until we see r3/r5. I guess by the time Amd execute with itx boards and r3/r5's I imagine that's when prices of 1151 will be affected.

Suppose i'll just have to hang on with this h61 and 3770k for now.
 
Davedree said:
If they can lower the price of 7600k/7700k down then with a z170 itx board I'd have a brilliant htpc.
But amd's first attack is at x99 with no itx in sight and a delay until we see r3/r5. I guess by the time Amd execute with itx boards and r3/r5's I imagine that's when prices of 1151 will be affected.

Suppose i'll just have to hang on with this h61 and 3770k for now.
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I am on a B75 mini-ITX motherboard and a Xeon E3 1230 V2,so will need to wait and see how AM4 is with regards mini-ITX motherboard releases this year.
 
I don't think we've seen or will see a response from Intel for a month or so when they can see the effect on the volume of their orders. Retailers have some Ryzen stocks such as here so have been able to test Ryzen even if they can't disclose information due to NDA's, they know how good it is and the volume of pre orders so know if they're over exposed to Intel stocks. Basically market share is going to shift on comparable products to AMD and this will show in Ryzen volumes shifted and comparable Intel products that show a month on month fall in volume unless Intel price drop considerably.

Couldn't be happier to see this launch from AMD.
 
Let's hope AMD can bring a similar game to the GPU market. Nvidia's 10 series pricing is ludicrous as there's no competitor from the 1070 up.
 
CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
I am on a B75 mini-ITX motherboard and a Xeon E3 1230 V2,so will need to wait and see how AM4 is with regards mini-ITX motherboard releases this year.
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So you have pretty much a similar setup too and a better chipset. I bought the h61 whilst keeping an eye out for a decent 1155 z itx board, but peeps selling demand silly money.
I'm in no rush to replace this setup as my main pc is a Z68 2600k, but ideally I'd like an R5 and Itx board.
 
Bonjour said:
Let's hope AMD can bring a similar game to the GPU market. Nvidia's 10 series pricing is ludicrous as there's no competitor from the 1070 up.
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I'd love to see Amd hitting it hard with the Vega, But I really don't expect anything that'll either change the pricing or provide a massive performance improvement at my limit of 300-350.
 
Davedree said:
So you have pretty much a similar setup too and a better chipset. I bought the h61 whilst keeping an eye out for a decent 1155 z itx board, but peeps selling demand silly money.
I'm in no rush to replace this setup as my main pc is a Z68 2600k, but ideally I'd like an R5 and Itx board.
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I originally had a Gigabyte H67N which had more SATA3.0 ports and better onboard sound - it died just out of warranty,and unless I wanted to pay £150+ IIRC,I was only left with two B75 ones and a few H61 motherboards. I am looking at one of the R5 CPUs too and a mini-ITX motherboard at some point this year to replace it,and I do hope the AM4 socket CPUs have a longer socket lifespan than the Intel ones.
 
Davedree said:
I'd love to see Amd hitting it hard with the Vega, But I really don't expect anything that'll either change the pricing or provide a massive performance improvement at my limit of 300-350.
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The R9 290 was £300 and caned the 770/780 and Titan for not far off a third of the price. GTX 1080 performance for £300 is totally possible from the R9 390 replacement.
 
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