Intel Might Drop Desktop processor Prices by 15% To Fight off AMD Ryzen 3000

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 06/21/2019 12:46 PM | source: digitimes | 101 comment(s)

Processors, the fun thing with the competition is that it has an effect on development rates and sure money. AMD soon will release Ryzen series 3000 and guess what? Intel is lowering prices on their processors, some by 15%

Intel is facing the harsh fact that they are losing their edge and competitiveness towards AMD. Intel is planning to cut prices of its eighth- and ninth-generation desktop processors by 10-15% and has already notified its downstream PC and motherboard partners, according to sources from motherboard players. It will be interesting to see what effect it will have on say a Core i9 9900K, currently that one sits around 500 USD. If the 15% actually takes effect you're looking at 425 USD, of course with a dozen or so free vulnerabilities.

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cryohellinc
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#5682887 Posted on: 06/21/2019 12:49 PM

of course with a dozen or so

free

vulnerabilities.

mmmm

d0gs0n4c1d
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#5682889 Posted on: 06/21/2019 12:51 PM

"...of course with a dozen or so free vulnerabilities."

Love the punch line there Hilbert. made my day for sure.

Goiur
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#5682890 Posted on: 06/21/2019 12:52 PM

^
Had to laugh hard to that one.

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#5682892 Posted on: 06/21/2019 12:56 PM

Haha well said. HH is humorous today.

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#5682893 Posted on: 06/21/2019 12:59 PM

Love the punch line there Hilbert. made my day for sure.

I got a kick out of the style too. He has also caused me, years ago, to start using the term "towards" because he always does and it just stuck. Here is a fictional example: During testing, the temperature was measured very high towards 95 degrees C. hahahah

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#5682898 Posted on: 06/21/2019 01:18 PM

Intel dropping prices. I might have to watch the sky for flying pigs.

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#5682899 Posted on: 06/21/2019 01:18 PM

Silly

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#5682913 Posted on: 06/21/2019 01:54 PM

Intel dropping prices??? Sorry i don´t believe it!...

dean469
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#5682915 Posted on: 06/21/2019 01:58 PM

Good one HH.
I actually did laugh out loud.
Brought a smile to my face.

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#5682920 Posted on: 06/21/2019 02:21 PM

While the sarcasm is good the news is also good: finally competition brings prices down!

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#5682924 Posted on: 06/21/2019 02:23 PM

mmmm

Great disingenuous reporting.

Anyway, I'll take the faster real-world processor with mitigations against so called vulnerabilities that have yet to be exploited.

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#5682929 Posted on: 06/21/2019 02:29 PM

To be competitive agains AMD, they needed to drop prices by 25%. Old technology, higher power consumption.

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#5682934 Posted on: 06/21/2019 02:34 PM

Sry, that ain't enough, at same price of 3960X +CPU Cooler- we can build complete system based on Ryzen 9 3950X including RTX 2080/Radeon VII!

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#5682937 Posted on: 06/21/2019 02:38 PM

sooo...they are going to bring prices back at where they were before they raised them last year?
Also, if they raised them because of increased demand, how come they are worried about AMD taking their share (which is so huge that they had to raise prices). It's either one or the other, it can't be both (personally, I didn't believe them for a second last year when they raised prices).

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#5682944 Posted on: 06/21/2019 02:45 PM

Its obvious AMD in the driving seat. Intel are dropping the price to try limit the damage that's coming to Intel sales. As far as power goes, Intel power is great at factory clocks but who buys a 9700k or 9900k then doesn't tweak it a bit, which throws the power stats out from what it says on the box. As far as dropping the price, why should they? They have put a lot into getting there product to this point and they are giving us a CPU that looks to equal at least or better intel. I'll wait for reviews on the finer details

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