i5-6600k on amazon

[khazad]

Will the price get lower?

 

A week ago it was a $220, i checked it on fryday and was at $210, yesterday was at $202, and now it is at $193

[M.A.P]

Did you check the rating and reviews?

[khazad]

2 minutes ago, M.A.P said:

Did you check the rating and reviews?

I did, and none of them says anything about the price.

[M.A.P]

Just now, khazad said:

I did, and none of them says anything about the price.

Can you provide link?

[Damascus]

A) Its getting old.  It launched Q3'15 so its edging up on 2 years old, for goodness sake the 8600k is going to drop soon.

 

B) AMD Ryzen 5 recently dropped, IMO they make all current i5's somewhat obsolete

[Damascus]

1 minute ago, M.A.P said:

Can you provide link?

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Skylake-Desktop-Processor-BX80662I56600K/dp/B012M8M7TY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493862494&sr=8-1&keywords=6600k

[M.A.P]

I think you can go with it as the seller is amazon itself.

[khazad]

9 minutes ago, Damascus said:

A) Its getting old.  It launched Q3'15 so its edging up on 2 years old, for goodness sake the 8600k is going to drop soon.

 

B) AMD Ryzen 5 recently dropped, IMO they make all current i5's somewhat obsolete

So is it a bad time to get it?

[79wjd]

16 minutes ago, Damascus said:

A) Its getting old.  It launched Q3'15 so its edging up on 2 years old, for goodness sake the 8600k is going to drop soon.

Historically that hasn't ever led to price drops. 

6 minutes ago, khazad said:

So is it a bad time to get it?

I would personally take an R5 1400 over a 6600k -- the 1400 will have lower averages but better minimums and likely better long-term gaming performance (and better performance in any productivity task already).

[Damascus]

3 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

I would personally take an R5 1400 over a 6600k -- the 1400 will have lower averages but better minimums and likely better long-term gaming performance (and better performance in any productivity task already).

Totally agree.

[Damascus]

11 minutes ago, khazad said:

So is it a bad time to get it?

Get an R5 1400 or r5 1600 instead

[Princess Luna]

5 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

Historically that hasn't ever led to price drops. 

Historically we never had Ryzen till now but bulldozers

[79wjd]

Just now, Princess Cadence said:

Historically we never had Ryzen till now but bulldozers

That's why I only quoted A and not B.

[Princess Luna]

Just now, djdwosk97 said:

That's why I only quoted A and not B.

Yes until Ryzen, Intel could keep their older chips priced high since they were still significantly superior to AMD chips, but not any more, we are about to see a change in paradigm

[khazad]

7 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

I would personally take an R5 1400 over a 6600k -- the 1400 will have lower averages but better minimums and likely better long-term gaming performance (and better performance in any productivity task already).

 

3 minutes ago, Damascus said:

Get an R5 1400 or r5 1600 instead

I've been told that Ryzen is better for gaming and streaming, the 6600k would be a reasonable choise, and since i only plan on gaming, i'll get the 6600k, also i plan to emulate some games (the new zelda for example) and the emulators doesn't like AMD processors.

[79wjd]

Just now, khazad said:

 

I've been told that Ryzen is better for gaming and streaming, the 6600k would be a reasonable choise, and since i only plan on gaming, i'll get the 6600k, also i plan to emulate some games (the new zelda for example) and the emulators doesn't like AMD processors.

Emulators historically haven't liked AMD CPUs due to their low single threaded performance, but Ryzen doesn't have that issue so much -- yes, single threaded performance is still noticeably behind Kaby Lake, but it's also more than enough to handle emulators. 

 

Right now, a 6600k is somewhat better for gaming -- averages will be higher but minimums (which are equally important) will be lower and more frequent (minimums are what make games look stuttery). So even right now I would rather have a 1400, but especially in the long run as more and more games are already showing a benefit from having more than 4 threads.