Skylake K CPU pricing

[Elehat]

Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz 4 91W

 

£318.78

Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz 4 65W

£209.00

Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz 4 91W

 

 £199.99

Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz 4 65W

£155.00

 

This from PCPartPicker. Can someone help me understand the pricing here? i5k to i7 is £9. i7 to i7k is £109.78, over £100 more. i5 to i5k it's £45; x5 more. The 4th gen price differences in base vs. k are miniscule by comparison. Seems a clue could be in the wattage; gaps from base to k large but i5 to i7 nothing, unlike previous gens.

 

Are intel doing something very different between base and k cpus (like more than unlocking the multiplier and default UEFI settings) that they weren't doing before? Or are overclockers just being cash drained because that's what people are willing to pay for it?      

[Godlygamer23]

The 6600 has a lower frequency too.

[runit3]

 

Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz 4 91W

 

£318.78

Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz 4 65W

£209.00

Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz 4 91W

 

 £199.99

Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz 4 65W

£155.00

 

This from PCPartPicker. Can someone help me understand the pricing here? i5k to i7 is £9. i7 to i7k is £109.78, over £100 more. i5 to i5k it's £45; x5 more. The 4th gen price differences in base vs. k are miniscule by comparison. Seems a clue could be in the wattage; gaps from base to k large but i5 to i7 nothing, unlike previous gens.

 

Are intel doing something very different between base and k cpus (like more than unlocking the multiplier and default UEFI settings) that they weren't doing before? Or are overclockers just being cash drained because that's what people are willing to pay for it?      

 

Part of the issue is that you're overseas. In the U.S. the price discrepancy between the two can be as low as ~$30 USD.