i7-7700k price. Will it go down again?

[CHKR]

Im about to get all the parts for my pc soon, so I'm wondering whether the i7-7700k's price will drop again or not (for whatever reason).

Thank you!  

[Billy_Mays]

What's your plan to do for the build (photoshop, gaming, editing videos, rendering)

[CHKR]

Just now, Billy_Mays said:

What's your plan to do for the build (photoshop, gaming, editing videos, rendering)

Gaming. Im a student so I don't think I would do much photo/video editing/rendering.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TZQWqk

[typographie]

Retailers can offer discounts whenever they want. If you're asking about Intel's MSRP for the i7-7700K, I doubt it will ever change.

[Jonathan Lemmens]

6 minutes ago, CHILDISH_K1LL3R said:

Im about to get all the parts for my pc soon, so I'm wondering whether the i7-7700k's price will drop again or not (for whatever reason).

Thank you!  

I highly doubt it, the 6700K is still the same price it was at launch and the same as a 7700K is now.

[Seanzky]

Micro Center has the lower at $299, I believe.

[CHKR]

1 minute ago, Jonathan Lemmens said:

I highly doubt it, the 6700K is still the same price it was at launch and the same as a 7700K is now.

Haha, I went to my local Computer centre and saw a price list for CPUs

Funny enough, 6700k is a tad bit more expensive than 7700k

[LHJKO]

there 308$ on amazon how cheap do you want them 

[CHKR]

Just now, Seanzky said:

Micro Center has the lower at $299, I believe.

Sorry but I don't understand what is micro centre, prob because I'm from HK

[CHKR]

Just now, Vernw3 said:

there 308$ on amazon how cheap do you want them 

ACAP

[LHJKO]

Just now, CHILDISH_K1LL3R said:

ACAP

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[CHKR]

Just now, Vernw3 said:

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As Cheap As Possible.

[CHKR]

Just now, CHILDISH_K1LL3R said:

As Cheap As Possible.

But I'm not sure about online purchasing, since I haven't bought anything off amazon before.

[ravenshrike]

What games do you play and how good are you?

[CHKR]

Just now, ravenshrike said:

What games do you play and how good are you?

That's random. Btw Im using a Mac so no Windows, tho I have windows games in my steam library.

Multiplayer : 

CS:GO - No Rank

Gmod

Rust - I don't play that much because of Mac limitations (Low Fps)

TF2 - haven't played for 1.5 months

Rocket League - Haven't tried comp yet

Insurgency

 

Singleplayer / Co-op :

Portal 2

Ravenfield

Clustertruck

 

Windows games (Haven't had a chance to play):

GTA V

Payday 2

R6S

 

That's that

[deepfriedcpus]

23 minutes ago, CHILDISH_K1LL3R said:

Im about to get all the parts for my pc soon, so I'm wondering whether the i7-7700k's price will drop again or not (for whatever reason).

Thank you!  

If the 8700k drops and is compatible with the 1151 z170-270 boards you can expect a ton of stupidly cheap used 7700k's for sale mine included.

I personally would wait and see if the rumors surrounding Coffe Lake bear any merit, if they do you will prob be able to snag yourself a perfectly fine used 7700k for under 250$ most likely.

[CHKR]

Just now, deepfriedcpus said:

If the 8700k drops and is compatible with the 1151 z170-270 boards you can expect a ton of stupidly cheap used 7700k's for sale mine included.

I personally would wait and see if the rumors surrounding Coffe Lake bear any merit, if they do you will prob be able to snag yourself a perfectly fine used 7700k for under 250$ most likely.

That would be at least half a year later I guess

[ravenshrike]

Unless you're going to buy a 144 Hz monitor there's no reason to shell out for the 7700k. Go with a Ryzen 1600 or 1200 and use the money saved on a better graphics card or peripherals(Keyboard, mouse, headphones).

[deepfriedcpus]

Just now, CHILDISH_K1LL3R said:

That would be at least half a year later I guess

Nope, not at all.

The 8700k is supposedly being released the 2nd half of 2017. If you can wait 1-3  more months that is, you should see some fairly cheap 7700k on ebay.

[CHKR]

Just now, ravenshrike said:

Unless you're going to buy a 144 Hz monitor there's no reason to shell out for the 7700k. Go with a Ryzen 1600 or 1200 and use the money saved on a better graphics card or peripherals(Keyboard, mouse, headphones).

what was the "How good are you?" part for

if you don't mind telling me.

[CHKR]

Just now, deepfriedcpus said:

Nope, not at all.

The 8700k is supposedly being released the 2nd half of 2017. If you can wait 1-3  more months that is, you should see some fairly cheap 7700k on ebay.

Hmmm... maybe ill wait for a bit longer and be on the lookout for news

[Jonathan Lemmens]

Just now, deepfriedcpus said:

Nope, not at all.

The 8700k is supposedly being released the 2nd half of 2017. If you can wait 1-3  more months that is, you should see some fairly cheap 7700k on ebay.

2nd half of 2017 could be tomorrow or December 31st.

[CHKR]

3 minutes ago, ravenshrike said:

Unless you're going to buy a 144 Hz monitor there's no reason to shell out for the 7700k. Go with a Ryzen 1600 or 1200 and use the money saved on a better graphics card or peripherals(Keyboard, mouse, headphones).

I'm going to be buying the VG248QE from Asus

 

[CHKR]

Just now, Jonathan Lemmens said:

2nd half of 2017 could be tomorrow or December 31st.

ye... 

sadly...

May the odds ever be in our favour

(Am I using the phrase correctly? Odd for me to be asking.) 

[ravenshrike]

Just now, CHILDISH_K1LL3R said:

what was the "How good are you?" part for

if you don't mind telling me.

If you are very good, as in the top 1% of players, the higher framerates even if not displayed theoretically give you an advantage on the input side for a multiplayer FPS. But to take advantage of such a thing you'd have to be very, very good. Otherwise its not remotely worth it.