AMD Ryzen Processors Drop in Price Significantly

If you browse around a little you'll noticed that the sales prices of the Ryzen 7 1800X, 1700X and 1700 have dropped by a fair amount, roughly 12% on average. 

If you focus your searches on USA based Newegg and Amazon you will see that the Ryzen 7 1800X was introduced at 499 USD, you now can get is for 439 USD. The 1700X dropped 50 bucks from 399 towards 349 USD. And that brilliant little gem of a 1700 dropped 30 bucks from 329 USD towards 299 USD.

These might be simple promotions from the etails, or it is possible (yet rather unlikely) that AMD is clearing the upper ranges with Threadripper in mind. Then again, since all procs are unlocked, people simply purchase the cheapest model like the 1600 and 1700 non-X models and tweak them a little. The new procs are even more competitive then they where. And there is a second thought to keep in mind, AMD might be lowering prices with the Kaby lake X procs release in mind (Core i7-7740X and i5-7640X).

Okay, there also a fourth and actually the most plausible / likely one, individual retailers can sell products at whatever price they want and as much or as little margin they need to make. We have not seen this price drop in the EU, so likely these drops are the retailers battling with each other offering the best prices.

From AMD:

Following the recent launches of seven AMD Ryzen desktop processors, including AMD Ryzen™ 7 and AMD Ryzen™ 5, designed to bring innovation and competition back to the full spectrum of premium PC markets, AMD outlined the plan for continued momentum for Ryzen at Computex 2017 with the announcement of Ryzen™ Threadripper™.

We have noted some speculative articles appearing commenting on  AMD's pricing following Computex and would like to reiterate that Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 pricing remains unchanged. Any promotional deals or special pricing on Ryzen processors is partner/retailer driven within their business.

Kind regards,

AMD