6700K In Stock @ Amazon.com

[Rakehellion]

Right now is at $499,95 with only 4 available.

Why would you buy this instead of a 6-core chip?

 

[happy medium]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117559

369$ at Newegg

 

[Fjodor2001]

If it was a demand-constrained inventory situation then Intel should see/report a very nice uptick in ASP!

Yes, but I doubt that's the reason for the supply issue, because desktop sales have been going down for quite some time. It's more likely to be a production yield issue.

 

[Arachnotronic]

Yes, but I doubt that's the reason for the supply issue, because desktop sales have been going down for quite some time. It's more likely to be a production yield issue.

Well, any supply/demand imbalance can be viewed as either "too little supply" or "too much demand" 😉

But yes, I see what you are saying.

 

[frozentundra123456]

My local Microcenter (Twin Cities Minnesota) is now showing 10+ 6700k in stock. Not a very good discount though compared to either 4790k or 5820k. 6700k is 359.00 which means I would choose either of the other two processors at this price.

 

[Idontcare]

Yes, but I doubt that's the reason for the supply issue, because desktop sales have been going down for quite some time. It's more likely to be a production yield issue.

Oh there is no doubt, it is a supply-limited issue. Intel doesn't talk about it publicly, but they freely talk about their 14nm yield issues with all their suppliers as they need those suppliers to tweak their products in order to enable higher yields. Not that anyone need take my word for it though, but all the writing is on the wall in the public domain.

 

[Arachnotronic]

Oh there is no doubt, it is a supply-limited issue. Intel doesn't talk about it publicly, but they freely talk about their 14nm yield issues with all their suppliers as they need those suppliers to tweak their products in order to enable higher yields. Not that anyone need take my word for it though, but all the writing is on the wall in the public domain.

The 6700K shortage is a pretty dead giveaway.

However, judging as an outsider, I would think that the situation is at least improving a little bit (or Intel is just choosing to shove more wafers through the production line). 6700K is much more widely available now, and we're starting to see the first Skylake-based laptops hit the market.

Hopefully Intel gets its yields together by the time they need to begin ramping Broadwell-EP...which is very soon.

 

[maddogmcgee]

This will likely change now based on the Fed's decision this week not to raise interest rates. And a weaker dollar is great for those selling in the US because they get more dollars for their products. Also, EU is now suffering a human invasion that will drain their welfare and will likely finish off whatever's left of their economies in the coming years unless the succeed in walling themselves off and kick out the ones that have already made it across their borders, so it's unlikely the EU will be an economic powerhouse or more attractive than selling to North America for much longer.
This change, with the EU getting supplied and not NA, will be short-lived barring any unforeseen circumstances. Though there could be plenty of those in store as well.

They are not invading anything. They are people seeking asylum from likely death or torture, as they are legally entitled to do in any country that is a signatory to the UN refugee convention. Immigration has been shown to boost economies more often than not. Just look at how well it worked for the United States over the last 200 years.

Do you really need to bring anti-immigration, right wing politics into a discussion about the 6700k stock?