Sunday, September 25th 2022
Potential Intel 13th Gen Core Processor Pricing Leaked by Amazon UK
There have been some rumours circulating about Intel looking at increasing the pricing for its CPUs and if a screenshot from Amazon UK posted by @momomo_us on Twitter is to be believed, it looks like it'll be a significant increase in price. The Core i9-13900KF is listed with a price of £750.12, or almost US$815, admittedly including 20 percent VAT. That's a significant price increase over the Core i9-12900KF which normally retails for £679, but is currently offered for £608.99 by Amazon UK. It doesn't look better further down the stack either, with the Core i7-13700K coming in at £547.22 compared to a retail price of £409.88 for the Core i7-12700K.
The Core i7-13700KF should land at £516.58, versus £396.40 for the Core i7-12700KF. Finally the Core i5-13600KF ends up at £349.75 versus £272.99 for the Core i5-12600KF. As such, we're looking at a price increase of somewhere between around £80 and £140 depending on the SKU. These are not insignificant price increases if these are the actual retail prices we can expect when Intel launches its 13th gen Core processors in October. Hopefully we'll get some clarity next week, when Intel is said to be announcing the new CPUs. @momomo_us also provided some box art for the new processor boxes, for your viewing pleasure.
Sources:
@momomo_us (1), @momomo_us (2)
The Core i7-13700KF should land at £516.58, versus £396.40 for the Core i7-12700KF. Finally the Core i5-13600KF ends up at £349.75 versus £272.99 for the Core i5-12600KF. As such, we're looking at a price increase of somewhere between around £80 and £140 depending on the SKU. These are not insignificant price increases if these are the actual retail prices we can expect when Intel launches its 13th gen Core processors in October. Hopefully we'll get some clarity next week, when Intel is said to be announcing the new CPUs. @momomo_us also provided some box art for the new processor boxes, for your viewing pleasure.
34 Comments on Potential Intel 13th Gen Core Processor Pricing Leaked by Amazon UK
Market for second hand chips will boom. Same for phones and other tech. In Europe and elsewhere.
They can't really risk a price was with someone producing at lower cost, so they do the other thing.
I just did a random 3080+Amazon websearch and found an Asus TUF at £727. Amazon may be guilty of selling some terrible crap but when it comes to brand stuff, you can definitely find it at a reasonable price on Amazon. You just need to refine your search and expectation parameters.
Every release from every there's an Australian, Chinese or Euro retailer that leaks some stuff 35%-100% higher than the actual price at release. Look at 670XE motherboard leaked prices before this article.
I'm good either way, I'm on ADL, so not planning to upgrade.
To much for my taste..
I mean one could always get a Raptor lake of their fancy & match it to a Z690 board to cut costs, however my Rocket Lake rig is good enough for my gaming purposes at the moment. The only thing that could sway me is if a game comes that I really want & challenges my hardware setup on my 144hz/1440p monitor which is perfect enough for me anyway.
Imo, never upgrade unless one has a compelling reason too & at the moment & into the foreseeable future, there are no games that take my fancy as yet. It's horses for courses & my horse is still running well! :D
Place holder only
In any case, even with a better Raptor Lake CPU, Intel's strategy to increase price will work against them given that competition offers very competitive products and price. Furthermore, recession is really not that far off, and with rampant inflation on core products/ services that we use in our day to day life, not many people will be willing to splurge on expensive computer upgrades in the coming quarter and year ahead at least.
So Intel,Nividia and AMD have to either keep prices high and hope enough people buy their products or lover prices lose some profit per product, but sell more products.
In my opinion we should only look at launch prices if we are planning to buy RPL as soon as it becomes buyable becouse usualy prices change after CPUs are on market for some time.
Best thing is to wait a few months if you can so prices adopt alittle to current market
Now lets get to some #s that are pretty much 100% confirmed by multiple sources, multiple articles and leakers...and can be googled...... out in the open(yes they vary, but not by much)....Raptor lake 13900k is pulling +15.5-20% single core in cine/geek and a +48%-52% multicore advantages in cine/geek... and some screens have appeared and leaked of 41% better result in 7zip bench......when compared to alder lake's 12900k ....so.. in the effort to keep this not full essay mode....We can make a small assumption and stay within reason and logic here one of two things happened for you to be on alder lake right now......Given the numbers known we now have.,... EITHER:
You were excited by alder lake enough to buy it and owned 11.9 or 10.9, and the excitement was deserved, a smaller arc...... Altho max turbo freq was down 100mhz from 11900k to 12900k....More Cores on Alder, more threads..Same 125w between the two...etc etc, But, you had to buy a brand new Motherboard and since you're a 12900k owner, it is a z series....expensive.... possible new ram, expensive...and of course the new processor(expensive)...to even get on Alder lake...But: Most likely.... you felt the JUICE was worth the squeeze and you paid out...a healthy amount to get to the juice.
OR:
You came from 3 or more generations back, which in that case...The differences gained between the early-mid i7s as the timeline moves on... and mid term i7/i9s are all less % wise than arguably Alder lake - > Raptor.....But you being a 12900k owner, im going to assume you had something recent... and like to keep up as much as you can.....going on that assumption, or this one....either or..
THUS:
You will have actually already paid more in hardware (motherboard/ram?/cpu12.900k) going from your last setup...(guessing but likely a 11900/10900k) or whatever.... to Alder lake and the 12900k than you ever could upgrading to raptor from Alder...(Knowing you are a z series board owner and you can just drop in the CPU)....No new Motherboard needed....SO in actuality you're sitting here calling raptor lake lineup not good lineup, a bump in the road, which is all good, you're entitled to that very opinion........But my question to you is how can you say that, when you've already paid MORE upgrading to Alder lake from previous gen... for less performance increase %-wise in the benches, than you would get if you just bought 1 item, the new cpu, which is supported on a board you already own.....( as far as we can tell )....I get you are using the board that you payed for previously and it should be split between the cost of both upgrades, but its a moot point. Because you STILL payed for the MB+Proc+poss ram JUST to get to Alder, AND for less performance increase from the previous 2 flagships to Alder.. than it would take to upgrade here soon to raptor lake 13900k, all while you would be gaining more performance than you just paid MORE to get less of...
Deducing to and knowing this, my response and my opinion to your 'weak line up' accusations and seemingly under researched opinion of the entire alder to raptor thing and their shared socket and raptor lake in general is as follows:
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cheers.