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Over the last few years, the market for Intel's Core i7 series of mainstream processors has seemed relatively stable in terms of price, with the 3770K, then 4770K and 4790K going for around the £250 mark in the UK at launch. However, with Skylake, things have changed quite a bit and we've noticed, as have some of our keen-eyed readers. In recent weeks, we have been getting messages asking about the Core i7 6700K and its wildly varying price tag.
Back when Skylake first launched, initial retail prices for the 6700K sat between £299.99 and £319.99. However, some places seem to be running low on stock right now (as has been quite common since launch) and prices seem to have rocketed up. For example, Amazon UK has no stock, bar a few third-party registered sellers, which have the processor listed for as high as £409. SCAN in the UK have some stock, though it is priced at £359.00, Aria has stock in for £347.94 and Overclockers UK only has eight 6700K processors in stock, going for £389.99.
We are a UK based site, so we aren't quite as familiar with the US market but it seems that prices have risen across the pond as well. Intel originally announced a recommended price of $350 when the 6700K launched, though Amazon US seem to have them priced at $415, while Newegg has them for $369.99.
It seems that something is going on to inflate prices somewhere along the chain as prices are higher than they have been in years. The Core i7 4790K has been significantly cheaper than the 6700K for most of, if not its entire life cycle. Meanwhile, the enthusiast grade Haswell-E Intel Core i7 5820K has lowered in price and can typically be found for under £299.99 here in the UK, while delivering comparable or better performance.
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KitGuru Says: There does appear to be something going on to inflate prices of the 6700K at the moment, which makes the 5820K look like a very attractive option to buyers. Have any of you made the jump to Skylake? How much did you end up paying for your processor?
Got mine at £280ish in August.
eBuyer had them at £268 a few days after launch…
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Overclockers selling them for £389.99 might be due to the fact that they regularly sell many products at a higher price than RRP. Wasn’t long ago that they had the 4790k selling at £299.99.
You should be going x99 6 core plus anyway.
Consoles have 8 cores, stands to reason you need more than 4 cores in todays console port market.
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It’s only $319 at Microcenter right now. If you have one close by. That’s a good deal!
http://www.microcenter.com/product/451883/Core_i7-6700K_40GHz_LGA_1151_Boxed_Processor
Worldwide shortage. Nothing official but it is believed to be an Intel fab issue. Numbers for Q4 are less than Q3 and will continue to get worse until the new year. Distribution simply cant get hold of em and when they do they are at a premium. We are one of the lucky few and stocked up on them, we have stock which should see us into the new year. Either way, with the prices etailers are charging and the real RRP the 5820K is without a doubt the way to go.
console processors are inefficient and use amd. They do not have hyperthreading like intel. so a 4 core intel with hypterthreading functions as an 8 core processor. consoles also only run at about 1.27 ghz speed. god awful processor architecture as well.