AMD ZEN Pricing ideas

[Ronald Browen]

What are your thoughts on ZEN pricing. I hope Zen is around $200 for a 4 core. I hope it performs well or else I am going intel. I have my eyes on several intel chips. They are:

i5 6600k

i5 6400 - this is the one I want most. only $180.

i5 4690k

i5 3570k

 

If Zen is as good as one of these chips and at a good price I might get it but it will have to be quite powerful. I am no fanboy by any means. I am hoping to get the most for my money. At the very least, I hope Zen's release will lower the pricing on intel chips so I can save more money.

 

I just built my budget PC a few months ago. I plan to upgrade it in 6-Months to a Year. My current rig is my first PC. The specs are:

CPU: FX 6350, FX 8350

GPU: Radeon 7950 3GB, RX 470 4GB

MOBO: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Rev.4.0

RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz

STORAGE: 500GB 7200 RPM HDD, 120GB Sandisk SSD

[Ronald Browen]

I also Have no problem with Used parts. Quite a few parts in my rig are or were used. I have had no problems so far with any used parts I have purchased.

[porina]

The best anyone outside of AMD knows is to say it will probably be a little better price:performance than equivalent Intel. Basically if Zen is good, they'll price it higher. It may not be a simple 1:1 comparison though... maybe they'll enable OC on lower parts than Intel does which could create some interesting situations.

[79wjd]

My thoughts based on recent performance rumors (and the fact that AMD has always priced competitively with Intel): 

 

Haswell-esque performance for 10% less than Skylake/Kaby-Lake prices.