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southernorth · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:11

For me, this entire release revolves around the 8600k coming in at a decent price point. Since it performs seemingly like a 7700k, but is a generation newer and a tier lower, anything nearing or above £250 is too much. Otherwise Ryzen 1600 is the way to go.

Martini1991 · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:11

The i5 8600K looks like it's going to be pretty close to the R7 1600 pricing.

Frankly I think the i5 8600k's a smashing price if it comes in around 180-190, because of the clocks + IPC it should be consistently beating the 1600

signal11th · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:12

Martini1991 said:
The i5 8600K looks like it's going to be pretty close to the R7 1600 pricing.

Frankly I think the i5 8600k's a smashing price if it comes in around 180-190.

190? 0 chance of that happening, I think you are forgetting VAT and then OCUK tax. That would price the I7 at 270 quid which is close to the price of the kabylake I5 6600k, never going to happen.

ChocAndGray · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:13

Martini1991 said:
The i5 8600K looks like it's going to be pretty close to the R7 1600 pricing.

Frankly I think the i5 8600k's a smashing price if it comes in around 180-190.

I would love it if I can pick one up for less than £200 but I just can't see it. I reckon we're looking at between £230 and £270 on launch.

Martini1991 · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:13

EDIT : Nevermind it WAS missing VAT but it was in sterling.

8600K only makes sense at 200 or less to me.

Simon Belmont · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:15

i7 8700 non K in stock now at the egg.

signal11th · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:15

Martini1991 said:
EDIT : Nevermind it WAS missing VAT but it was in sterling.

Egg wont deliver it to the UK anyway.

Martini1991 · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:16

signal11th said:
Egg wont deliver it to the UK anyway.

Newegg been delivering to the UK for years....

southernorth · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:16

Have any of you found some good RAM deals? Best I can find is 16GB Patriot 3200mhz for £143; which seems like a good, but still crazy price for RAM.

Simon Belmont · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:17

southernorth said:
Have any of you found some good RAM deals? Best I can find is 16GB Patriot 3200mhz for £143; which seems like a crazy price for RAM.

RAM prices are silly atm.

ChocAndGray · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:18

southernorth said:
Have any of you found some good RAM deals? Best I can find is 16GB Patriot 3200mhz for £143; which seems like a good, but still crazy price for RAM.

16gb ram at that speed is around that sort of price to be honest. I've certainly not seen it much cheaper than the price you've come up with. It seems to be around the 150ish mark.

jigger · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:23

southernorth said:
For me, this entire release revolves around the 8600k coming in at a decent price point. Since it performs seemingly like a 7700k, but is a generation newer and a tier lower, anything nearing or above £250 is too much. Otherwise Ryzen 1600 is the way to go.

Yeah the price has to be right this time. We have loads of stuff offering this kind of performance.

signal11th · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:23

Martini1991 said:
Newegg been delivering to the UK for years....

Try and order one, it refuses to ship new I5/I7 to the UK believe me I tried to order one.

Martini1991 · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:26

signal11th said:
Try and order one, it refuses to ship new I5/I7 to the UK believe me I tried to order one.

It'll be down to not really being for sale.
But Newegg do deliver to the UK.

No doubt they'll ship to the UK at a later date.

Simon Belmont · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:27

Martini1991 said:
It'll be down to NDA.
But Newegg do deliver to the UK.

Agreed^ I just tried and it works. It'll cost £16 to deliver a 8700 non k in 2 to 4 days to UK

signal11th · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:33

Simon Belmont said:
Agreed^ I just tried and it works. It'll cost £16 to deliver a 8700 non k in 2 to 4 days to UK

I know they ship to the UK normally I buy stuff from there all the time but when you go to checkout it removes it from the basket. Will be the NDA thing but total cost for it with import tax and 2 day delivery comes to £247 so if UK sites are any more than that I know where i will be buying mine from plus you might get lucky as sometimes I do and don't get charged import tax. (which I've obviously reported to the HRMC straight away of course..... )

southernorth · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:37

Simon Belmont said:
Agreed^ I just tried and it works. It'll cost £16 to deliver a 8700 non k in 2 to 4 days to UK

How would warranty work in the event of a fault? Potentially shipping all the way back to Newegg, who then ship to the manufacture could become a very costly and lengthy process.

signal11th · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:39

southernorth said:
How would warranty work in the event of a fault? Potentially shipping all the way back to Newegg, who then ship to the manufacture could become a very costly and lengthy process.

When was the last time you had to send a new processor back? I've had to do it 0 times in what 28 years?

southernorth · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:42

signal11th said:
When was the last time you had to send a new processor back? I've had to do it 0 times in what 28 years?

I've never had it happen myself and it know it is very rare, was just interested in how it works when buying from the US. Amazon UK now regularly offers an option to import through Amazon US, for example.

nashathedog · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:54

signal11th said:
Egg wont deliver it to the UK anyway.

I've seen the 8700 at £240

I think Coffeelake will be slower than Kaby in gaming.

The US site mentioned has it's own UK website now. I still prefer to stay here though.