Intel Drops Prices Of Core Processors Over Impending Ryzen Launch

AMD’s Ryzen processors are priced very competitively, the top-dog Ryzen 7 1800X will retail for $499, with performance somewhere around Intel’s Core i7-6900K, which was selling for $1199! Well now it looks like Intel is reacting, but dropping prices on their Core range of processors across the board.

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Mircocenter is already listing these reductions. Intel’s flagship Core i7-6950X is dropping by a whopping $300 ($1899 to $1599). For those more on the mainstream the Core i7-7700K is be dropped by $80 ($379 to $299). Here is the full list of price cuts:

– Intel Core i7-6950X ($1599 US) $300 Price Cut
– Intel Core i7-6900K ($999 US) – $200 Price Cut
– Intel Core i7-6850K ($549 US) – $150 Price Cut
– Intel Core i7-6800K ($359 US) – $140 Price Cut
– Intel Core i7-5820K ($319 US) – $100 Price Cut
– Intel Core i7-7700K ($299 US) – $80 Price Cut
– Intel Core i7-6700K ($259 US) – $140 Price Cut
– Intel Core i7-4790K ($279 US) – $90 Price Cut
– Intel Core i7-7700 ($289 US) – $50 Price Cut
– Intel Core i7-6700 (259 US) – $90 Price Cut
– Intel Core i5-7600K ($199 US) – $70 Price Cut
– Intel Core i5-6600K ($179 US) – $$90 Price Cut
– Intel Core i5-4690K ($189 US) – $70 Price Cut
– Intel Core i5-7500 ($189 US) – $30 Price Cut
– Intel Core i5-6500 ($179 US) – $50 Price Cut
– Intel Core i5-4590 ($159 US) – $60 Price Cut
– Intel Core i3-7350K ($159 US) – $20 Price Cut
– Intel Core i3-7100 ($114 US) – $15 Price Cut
– Intel Core i3-6100 ($109 US) – $20 Price Cut
– Intel G4400 ($49.99 US) – $20 Price Cut
– Intel G3258 ($49.99 US) – $27 Price Cut

It looks like consumers are definitely the winner in this fight between AMD and Intel.

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