Lol, that will be a looooooong wait. Zen will be probably at best comparable with Haswell. It will certainly come nowhere close to the Intel Core i7 6950X.
Chowchilla
10 Jul 16#20
waiting for AMD to bulldoze over Intel...
wait.
nellygtfc
9 Jul 16#19
Price increased to £199.94
ibarwani101
8 Jul 16#18
Just bought myself one, there's another 7 in stock!!! Grab em before they go
trevcjohnson
8 Jul 16#16
Seems pricey for an i5 even if it's cheap compared to others when did i5 go over 200 notes?
odysseyhun to trevcjohnson
8 Jul 16#17
It did go over since the Brexit craze and has been increasing non-stop! (No comment on that!!)
fishmaster
7 Jul 16#15
The RX480 release was OK, just OK. As for Zen I'd only wait if I didn't need a CPU and/or new build now. Considering that Intel have comfortably been in the lead over AMD for the past 10 years, and that AMD have a 100% hype/failure rate in releasing competitive products, my inclination would not be to wait.
odysseyhun
7 Jul 16#14
Btw. Did anyone realised that there is 40 pounds difference of this CPU price between awd-it and other main sellers. That`s a lot of money!!
priceyrice
7 Jul 16#11
Got this from overclockers for the same price 3 months ago, may be worth asking them to price match if looking for a reputable seller.
LazybeatX to priceyrice
7 Jul 16#12
AWD-IT is 0.2 points behind overclockers on trust pilot with a 9.1, I'd say that's pretty reputable.
Yes at the very least the 6600k has a higher core frequency (3.5ghz) in addition to being a "K" version of the processor - meaning that it is unlocked (basically for the purposes of overclocking).
LazybeatX
7 Jul 16#8
This is better as it can be overclocked. Even if you don't plan on overclocking I would buy this as the resale value will be more in the future.
danbeaver1
7 Jul 16#7
Which is best i5-6500 (link) or this? Both similar prices
MBeeching
7 Jul 16#6
Well fingers crossed for Zen! The 970 is a 2014 card, I don't think this is a sign that Nvidia will change their ways any time soon :disappointed:
spurs142
7 Jul 16#5
I have ordered from AWD-IT before perfectly safe and good retailer
odysseyhun
7 Jul 16#2
Really Great price!! Is ADW-IT is a trusted party to buy from?!
LazybeatX to odysseyhun
7 Jul 16#4
Absolutely trustworthy, ordered plenty from them. If you are concerned though just pay through PayPal.
username1234
7 Jul 16#3
Looks like Intel wants to saturate the market by lowering their ridicules prices before AMD releases ZEN :smiley: This might be a very interesting year. I was planing on buying Intel but I decided to wait for ZEN.
Just by looking at pricing model and performance of R7 480 4/8GB (Polaris) vs 970 one can safely say that finally nVidia and Intel will have to stop ripping us off! :sunglasses:
spork2009
6 Jul 161#1
heat added. just ordered myself one. :smile::smile:
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wait.
Just by looking at pricing model and performance of R7 480 4/8GB (Polaris) vs 970 one can safely say that finally nVidia and Intel will have to stop ripping us off! :sunglasses: