Skylake price rise up?

[pastymuncher]

I wonder if the prices will drop further once the MB get the bios upgrades that will enable overclocking the non-k versions.

Is that actually going to happen? If so I haven't heard anything about that until now so do you have a link to the article please?

[cam1986]

I have heard about that.

http://www.pcper.com/news/Processors...00-Benchmarked

[pastymuncher]

Just seen that over at OCUK. Asrocks Z170 with a beta bios and you need to disable the onboard gpu (not that I have ever used mine) to use this method. It's a fairly safe bet that Intel will clamp down on that.

[WyldeStile]

Currently I am sitting on a 2500k would like to upgrade , thinking of getting the ram and motherboard, not sure if I should go for the 6600k or 6700k brain says 6600k due to the price.

I am in the same situation as you. I have the 2600k. I think it is time to upgrade. If prices come back down to normal, I may go for a 6700K. If not then the 6600K.

[watercooled]

Intel's pricing for the 6700k is identical to the 4790k, $339 - as Lee@Scan says it's the shortage that's driving the price up to crazy levels - when Intel ramp up production/yields the pricing should eventually settle down.

I.e. unless you're desperate to upgrade, you're probably better off waiting, or maybe going for Haswell-E if it's a good fit for your workload.

[Sean473]

Intel's pricing for the 6700k is identical to the 4790k, $339 - as Lee@Scan says it's the shortage that's driving the price up to crazy levels - when Intel ramp up production/yields the pricing should eventually settle down.

I.e. unless you're desperate to upgrade, you're probably better off waiting, or maybe going for Haswell-E if it's a good fit for your workload.

Agreed... I would wait a bit for Broadwell-E personally... The absurd demand for 6700K has really driven the price up.... It should come down sometime in Q2-Q3 2016 IMO...

[watercooled]

It's hard to say whether it's supply or demand - high clocked 14nm parts are still somewhat new for Intel, and the 6700k in particular seems to be clocked uncomfortably high on the node so it could also be that yields of parts capable of meeting those clocks are still fairly limited.

In other words, it should improve over time. And good yields on the tiny 6700k die are likely a precursor to ramping Broadwell-E production.

The reason I'm leaning with supply instead of demand is it seems unlike Intel to get production quantities so wrong they'd drive prices through the roof for no benefit themselves, and miss out on sales in the process. Combine that with the fact that socketed 14nm Broadwell is also still extremely hard to find in some parts of the world.

[christreleaven]

Ive been watching the price for the 6700k, it's all over the place... Up and down a few times a week. Usually between £290 - £350