Intel Price cut to counter Ryzen

[Shepanator]

It seems like intel is heavily cutting prices, almost certainly to counter the upcoming Ryzen release. More than anything else I think this is an admission from intel that they've been massively gouging consumers for want of any competition.

 

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It's hard to believe that we're mere days away from the official launching of AMD's first Ryzen processors. It's been a long wait, but an even longer one if you think back to a time when the world got this excited about a new CPU launch. To call Ryzen "disruptive" even before launch seems apt, but all we can do right now is wait for the reviews to go live (and of course here at HH) to see just how well it will perform under pressure.

With all the benchmark leaks and AMD teases that we have seen regarding Ryzen so far, it should come as no surprise that Intel should be concerned about how this will affect the sales of its processor lineup. So, what we're seeing now are a bunch of Intel processors dropping in price, perhaps as a bit of a preemptive strike against AMD's chips shipping later this week - though admittedly it's still a bit too early to tell.

So far, at Micro Center we've seen the beefy six-core Intel Core i7-6850K (3.60GHz) drop from $700 to $550, and the i7-6800K (3.40GHz) drop down to $360, from $500. Again, this linked Amazon pricing isn't as aggressive, however. 

Also, some mid-range chips are receiving price cuts as well. Those include the i7-6700K, a 4.0GHz chip dropping from $400 to $260, and the i7-6600K, a 3.50GHz quad-core part  dropping from $270 to $180. Even Intel's latest and greatest Kaby Lake-based i7-7700K has experienced a drop, from $380 to $299, with places like Amazon and NewEgg retailing for $349.

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i7 6850k: $700 to $ 550

i7 6800k: $500 to $ 360

i7 6700k: $400 to $260

i7 6700k: $270 to $180

i7 7700k: $380 to $299

[Bouzoo]

This is at least the 4th thread about this. This has got to be the most reposted topic since AMDs Fury line which was even more horrible.

[Matias_Chambers]

2 minutes ago, Shepanator said:

i7-6600K

Great website.

[WkdPaul]

Locked, multiple thread were made about this and wasn't deemed news...