Monday, June 18th 2018
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Trade Your Intel Core i7-8086K for a Threadripper 1950X
AMD acknowledges Intel's contribution to the x86 architecture over the last 40 years. However, AMD is convinced that they are the leading company for future high-performance computing, and will "take it from here". That's why AMD will hold its own online sweepstakes to give the first 40 U.S.-based winners of the Intel sweepstakes the opportunity to swap their 6-core prize for a 16-core monster. To put things into perspective, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has 16 cores, 32 threads, 40 MB of cache, and 64 PCIe Gen3 lanes. Now that's something hard to pass up on! AMD's sweepstakes will go live on June 25 at 1:00:00 PM EDT. If you were one of the lucky Core i7-8086K winners and want to take up on AMD's offer, check this page for further details.Update: Intel's response didn't take long. The company posted the following message to their Intel Gaming Twitter account: "if you wanted an Intel Core i7-8086K processor too, you could have just asked us. :)"
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67 Comments on Trade Your Intel Core i7-8086K for a Threadripper 1950X
Add to that the brutal face-spanking, marketing nuclearization AMD gives Intel if users decide to actually trade in their super duper special Intel 8086 for a mass-produced Threadripper 1950X...
PS: Oh, not counting AMD doing a beautiful yard sale of the 40 limited-edition CPUs they'll get their hands on some 30 years from now... And selling them to Intel employees or some such evil scenario ;)
This is actually beautifully done.
- depleting old threadripper SKU before 2nd gen launched
- marketing/PR stunt and 'revenge' on what Intel did in Computex 799 is retail price, I am pretty sure 'base price' would be much lower than that
Well played AMD, well played. I love how they're basically stealing Intel's 'glamorous' IHS print, because that's all the 8086k really is. Bonus points for getting Intel enthusiasts to the AMD camp - that will potentially change the mindshare in a big way.
Its also a nice touch of irony, one can now buy Intel to acquire AMD, that's a middle finger to rusted brand loyalty.
It’s also possible that many winners will also be seeking a new motherboard, so switching platforms wouldn’t be too much of a burden. I guess if you weren’t planning to do so, you can always say no to AMD.
It's sure PR gold on AMD's part, many people are starting to talk about it.
This move haz BALLZZZzzz...
Only a lucky few get to do it. Only 40. 40 in the USA for that matter.