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Intel Apparently Discounting 10th-Gen CPUs in Bid to Claw Market from AMD

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This is called "clearing the channel".... simply put, they are dumping off all the old cpu's at reduced prices so that when the next gen ones come out in a few months, folks who are building/upgrading from older systems won't be able to find or get anything else other than the new ones....

In other words, take a small margin hit now, for BIG returns later, which will be ever bigger, given the jacked up prices for the new ones :)
 
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Hi,
Prices always drop you just have to wait 6-8 months for it.
 
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Don't know a thang :D about Ryzen's is this a good deal?
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this year 11700K, but also 12700K CPUs will come out.
Does anyone else cares about the 10xxx series??
Really....
 
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this year 11700K, but also 12700K CPUs will come out.
Does anyone else cares about the 10xxx series??
Really....
11700 is barely faster, so price/perf 10700 is great right now. 12700 will be interesting being a complete new arch.
 
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I would have upgraded to Intel, if I knew I wasn't going to have to change my socket as often, screw them.
 
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I would have upgraded to Intel, if I knew I wasn't going to have to change my socket as often, screw them.
Then enjoy your 4 core forever.
 
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Since I'm old and clueless, is it just the gamers that have to have the latest and greatest? Or, is it also some normal everyday PC users with lots of money that have a need for speed? Because my old 4th Gen i5 with 16 gig ram, just smokes across the web, of course my 1GHz internet helps.

I'm humbly inform you that we won the Pacific theatre Sir, and we don't use radio anymore.
 
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I'm humbly inform you that we won the Pacific theatre Sir, and we don't use radio anymore.
I know Boss! I could write you a book on the Aleutian Islands, at least we did communicate with voices back then, sure more personal than today's internet, anything else? :D
 
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I know Boss! I could write you a book on the Aleutian Islands, at least we did communicate with voices back then, sure more personal than today's internet, anything else? :D
Off topic, but I worked on Shemya Island and they still have the WW2 anti aircraft gun turrets all about the island.
 
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Then enjoy your 4 core forever.

dual core 2410m + ssd and little graphique card on asus portable x53 9 year : work well for office / multimedia use

2500K =4770S = 1600X X 370 = 10400 F B460 = ipad pro basicaly no difference all day normal task

with 1060 3 gb / or 580 or 5700XT monitor 4 K / dual screen 4K 2K / tv 4K

all ssd or nvme
 
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dual core 2410m + ssd and little graphique card on asus portable x53 9 year : work well for office use

2500K =4770S = 1600X = 10400 F = ipad pro basicaly no difference all day normal task

with 1060 3 gb / or 580 or 5700XT

all ssd or nvme
If it wasn't for the gamers, Intel and AMD would have to be giving their processors away, although they still might be selling the Xeon's for workstations. :D
 
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If you're near a microcenter, it's even better.

10600K for $189. 10700K (yes K) is $279. 10850K is $350.

10400 is $129 and 10700 is $249, which both come with a stock cooler - and you can use the stock cooler with both of those no problem.
Not only are the Intel CPUs on sale, but at least at my MC at Tustin, they have 25+ 5600X, 25+ 5800X and a single 5900X in stock as well. Seems like we have a lot of options for CPUs.

GPUs on the other hand...
 
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If it wasn't for the gamers, Intel and AMD would have to be giving their processors away, although they still might be selling the Xeon's for workstations. :D
the revolution was the SSD , 6 / 8 /12 core ... not amd was cool 2 year after they become like intel

i prefer a processor 20 degres less work well withh ddr 2666 or 2933 than hotdog maker and ddr 4000 with X570 with fan

M1 is the right way
 
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the revolution was the SSD , 6 / 8 /12 core ... not amd was cool 2 year after they become like intel

M1 is the right way
You're correct! the SSD was probably the best and cheapest performance component since the IBM 8088. :D
 

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houston we have a problem intel is so good .....

11400 or 11500 with Z490i asus or Z490 hero with dual thunderbolt 4 wifi 6 E is a kill combo for office use

or 10700 with Z490 asus creator price down

Micro Center Houston.


You're correct! the SSD was probably the best and cheapest performance component since the IBM 8088. :D
or amd 8088 :p

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Then enjoy your 4 core forever.
Nah, Zen 4 will be mine, easy peasy. Would have gotten Ryzen 5000, but last CPU in the socket too, no thanks. :)
 
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Nah, Zen 4 will be mine, easy peasy. Would have gotten Ryzen 5000, but last CPU in the socket too, no thanks. :)
Avoid that with RAM too - don't get the last DDR4 architecture. Or if you do, get all the RAM you'd want now.
 

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230 is an insane deal.
Intel as the "value" option that's just funny stuff.
Personally I could care less if it's Intel, AMD or NVIDIA when buying components I only care about price/performance and looking at the overlocked benchmarks.
The 10th gen are pretty good performers, it's not like the AMD FX series which were so far behind Intel in gaming that they were not a good option at any price.

not so lock , marvelous mid motherboard , perfect for itx

Intel Core i5-10400F 130 euro in germany​


insane !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very nice performers!
Pair that with a cheap mobo and you get a lot bang for not a lot of bucks.
 
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Intel as the "value" option that's just funny stuff.
Personally I could care less if it's Intel, AMD or NVIDIA when buying components I only care about price/performance and looking at the overlocked benchmarks.
The 10th gen are pretty good performers, it's not like the AMD FX series which were so far behind Intel in gaming that they were not a good option at any price.


Very nice performers!
Pair that with a cheap mobo and you get a lot bang for not a lot of bucks.
Well regardless, we won't see those price cuts here in South-Africa, not a chance, too much greed.

$577,36 for a 10700... so yeah.
 
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Since I'm old and clueless, is it just the gamers that have to have the latest and greatest? Or, is it also some normal everyday PC users with lots of money that have a need for speed? Because my old 4th Gen i5 with 16 gig ram, just smokes across the web, of course my 1GHz internet helps. I can remember when there were lines out overnight at all the iPhone stores, because some had to have the latest and greatest, has the iPhone syndrome infected the PC world, or did it just spread by itself? :D

Some people have FOMO (fear of missing out), others just want to flex. In any case you can get excellent performance by spending wisely.

Don't know a thang :D about Ryzen's is this a good deal?
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That's MSRP. Given the current prices many other products are seeing right now I'd say the CPU is a good deal. The motherboard is not though, I'd recommend getting something like this: https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-B45...ywords=b450+motherboard&qid=1613252680&sr=8-1 (this is version 2 of the board that supports all 3000 series CPUs out of the box, no need to worry about BIOS). That's $273 for the Motherboard + CPU + Cooler (included with CPU). You should be able to pickup DDR4 3200 for pretty cheap as well.

Typically I'd recommend the Ryzen 1600 as it usually offers better value but right now at around $180 it offers worse value than the 3600. The above linked motherboard supports all Ryzen 5000 series CPUs as well should you want to upgrade in the future.
 
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I hope this price dump is an indication that Intel have plenty of Rocket Lake chips coming in.

this year 11700K, but also 12700K CPUs will come out.
Does anyone else cares about the 10xxx series??
Really....
Most PC builders are looking for value, not the greatest performance. Comet Lake is widely available right now, stable and have great prices. Such discounts are attractive for many buyers, but probably not interesting for most of us in here. :)
 
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this year 11700K, but also 12700K CPUs will come out.
Does anyone else cares about the 10xxx series??
Really....

I think the question sooner is: Does anyone care about the 11xxx series?
Barely a jump in performance but it will cost more because "new" and 2 less cores on the high end, still a dead-end platform.
So if anything you would get a 10 series or Ryzen 3000 for cheap, Ryzen 5000 if you can afford and get it, or wait to see if Alder-Lake is worth a damn I would think.

the 11xxx series is really an odd duck.
 
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I think the question sooner is: Does anyone care about the 11xxx series?
Barely a jump in performance but it will cost more because "new" and 2 less cores on the high end, still a dead-end platform.
So if anything you would get a 10 series or Ryzen 3000 for cheap, Ryzen 5000 if you can afford and get it, or wait to see if Alder-Lake is worth a damn I would think.

the 11xxx series is really an odd duck.

I suppose Zen 3 is also an odd duck that no one should care about as well.

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