Friday, April 16th 2021

Intel 11th Gen "Rocket Lake" Pricing Already Going Down on Amazon
Prices of retail 11th Gen Intel Core "Rocket Lake" desktop processors are beginning to settle down close to the "1,000-unit tray" prices on Amazon (US). The 1K-unit tray prices have traditionally served as a de facto baseline for retail prices, and as of today (April 16), we see several SKUs popular with gamers and PC enthusiasts approach levels close to the baseline. This wouldn't strictly be a price-cut, since they are still higher than the baseline, but would be a trimming of the retailer mark-ups traditionally attached to new processor launches.
As of this writing, the retail Core i7-11700K is listed on Amazon (US) for USD $404, practically identical to the $399 1K-unit tray price. The i7-11700 (non-K) can be had for $339.99, very close to the $323.99 tray price. The Core i5-11600K is going for $264.99, which is almost identical to the $262 tray price. Lesser "locked" SKUs such as the i5-11500 are within $10-15 of their tray pricing. It's only the top-dog Core i9-11900K and i9-11900KF that remain heavily marked up by sellers on Amazon. At these prices, the 11th Gen Core processors are expected to apply pressure on sellers of AMD Ryzen 5000 series processors to review the prices of SKUs such as the Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 5 5600X; and on AMD to release cheaper Ryzen 5000 series SKUs in the retail channel.
As of this writing, the retail Core i7-11700K is listed on Amazon (US) for USD $404, practically identical to the $399 1K-unit tray price. The i7-11700 (non-K) can be had for $339.99, very close to the $323.99 tray price. The Core i5-11600K is going for $264.99, which is almost identical to the $262 tray price. Lesser "locked" SKUs such as the i5-11500 are within $10-15 of their tray pricing. It's only the top-dog Core i9-11900K and i9-11900KF that remain heavily marked up by sellers on Amazon. At these prices, the 11th Gen Core processors are expected to apply pressure on sellers of AMD Ryzen 5000 series processors to review the prices of SKUs such as the Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 5 5600X; and on AMD to release cheaper Ryzen 5000 series SKUs in the retail channel.
94 Comments on Intel 11th Gen "Rocket Lake" Pricing Already Going Down on Amazon
As to Alder Lake, I agree its unlikely to turn Intel's position around. The Tremont cores can only do so much and no way will it be competitive even with a 12 core AMD processor, assuming Zen 4 will have such a configuration. Even with a die shrink from 14 to 10nm, it seems that Intel is just not getting it dense enough to squeeze more performance cores in there, or they have wasted a lot of die space. Having low power cores help reduce power consumption, but at the same time, hurt performance.
Store promotional highlight, one sold and you already sell out all your senses. I'll back up his claim :p
Funny no cpu cooler included is listed lol
Many bios bugs well asus is famous for that one so welcome to the hero w1z, but they do typically fix those eventually, seems beta bios are better than main stream bios now days :confused:
compare Z390 disponibility and X370 X470 ..... i have 1600X and the only motherboard i can find is B450 stage 2 with nothing inside ....
Release of 11gen should bring more.. but not soo :)
www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/intel_core_i5_11400f_processor_review,1.html
A Ryzen 5 5600X to me is still the preferred CPU, but it costs too much over the likes of the Core i5 11400 and 11500. The difference however is that the 5600X is an unlocked CPU, and AMD's method unlike Intel don't artificially lock their users out of some useful features, and charge you a premium in order to get access to it. Because of this reason as well, it makes little sense for them to release a 5600 since it will essentially just cannibalise the sale of their 5600X. This is a bad comparison because the rightful competitor for the Ryzen 5 5600X is the i5 11600K. Like for like, both are unlocked CPUs. Of course the glaring problem is that AMD don't have a cheaper Zen 3 chip to compete with those locked Intel chips. But as mentioned in the response earlier, AMD don't lock their CPU out from overclocking, at least not at a CPU level. So having a 5600 will just serve to cannibalise the sale of their 5600X. So its either they reduce the prices of their 5600X, which I feel may not happen because of high prices of TSMC's 7nm in the wake of all these shortages.
An 11700 and b560 or older Z490 boards would probably be the way to go. If you're in the "I want to spend $600 on a chip and $200 on a motherboard price range then the 5900x is the way to go every time". I would go for the 11900K if it was $350 and could pair well with a $160 board, but otherwise no way. The 6 core unlocked don't make any sense from a board perspective.