Posted on Tuesday, October 16 2018 @ 10:32 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
While the pricing of Intel's processors is creeping upwards due to the chip giant's inability to manufacture enough chips, the pricing of AMD's new Ryzen CPUs seems to be going down. TechRadar
spotted you can now purchase the Ryzen 7 2700X for $294.99 at Amazon over in the US, a price cut of roughly 10 percent versus the launch pricing.
This makes the Ryzen 7 2700X even more compelling versus the Intel Core i9-9900K. The new flagship desktop chip from Intel will likely be a little bit faster than the 2700X, but it will cost $488.
In short, this makes Intel’s chip seem very costly – it’s around two-thirds more expensive to be precise – particularly when you remember that AMD’s effort also comes bundled with a premium Wraith cooler.