Posted on Monday, May 29 2017 @ 14:32 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
TechPowerUp
spreads word that Intel cut the pricing of its overclocking-friendly Core i3-7350K processor. This Kaby Lake chip is a dual-core, unlocked model that was introduced for $184. The site claims Intel cut the pricing to $149 to make it more competitive with AMD's Ryzen lineup.
The Core i3-7350K features out of the box clock speeds of 4.20 GHz. Turbo Boost isn't available to the Core i3 brand. The dual-core chip features HyperThreading, enabling 4 logical CPUs for the OS to deal with. It also gets 4 MB of shared L3 cache. Its $184 launch price may have been rendered untenable by competing AMD Ryzen 5-1500X and Ryzen 5-1400 quad-core parts priced at $189 and $169, respectively, which not just give you two more cores, but also double or quadruple the L3 cache, and unlocked multipliers. Unlike the two Ryzen 5 quad-core parts, the Core i3-7350K retail package lacks a stock cooler, escalating its cost by at least another $20 for a decent cooler, if you don't have one. These factors may have driven the price-cut.
