Right now is at $499,95 with only 4 available.
What a bargain.
If anything, this should just go to show that doing 14nm is no walk in the park, and that maybe (possibly) the foundries made the right risk-vs-reward conclusion when it came to not scaling their BEOL as aggressively as Intel did for 14nm.
I have a feeling you're right.I wonder what the reason is that North America only get very low supply. I can buy 6700K in the 1000s here. I have a feeling that North American buyers isnt as good buyers as they think in terms of PC anymore.
Maybe I should make some smuggling ring for poor Americans and Canadians ^^
http://geizhals.eu/?cat=cpu1151
Funny, I ordered mine on the 15th from Amazon, and it hasn't shipped.
It took them over 10 days before they shipped mine. Seems like they are only getting a very small number of them each week.
When did you order? during the pre-order window on August 24/25th?
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.US Dollar strength probably makes selling in the US not as profitable for the price they are charging versus what they'd like to charge versus some other countries. US Dollar is at approx. 12 year highs.
Did you remember if your order said "Preparing for shipment" during those 10 days?. I was charged the next day and have that status since then.yes, and then received it on Sept 9th.
Yeah there must be something else going on, I have seen so far e-retailers from Europe (mostly from Germany), Asia (mostly), UK, Australia and even South Africa selling the chip and with Stock. The only places not selling is just the Americas.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.
Since we are speculating, maybe is the other way around, and supplying NA like the rest of the world would make it a global shortage. I mean lets be honest, with the delays of Broadwell and little existence of this chip is clear that Intel have been facing some challenges producing 14nm.I wonder what the reason is that North America only get very low supply. I can buy 6700K in the 1000s here. I have a feeling that North American buyers isnt as good buyers as they think in terms of PC anymore.
Maybe I should make some smuggling ring for poor Americans and Canadians ^^
http://geizhals.eu/?cat=cpu1151
Please tell me you are kidding, since Americans buy well over 25% of all PCs sold worldwide. http://www.statisticbrain.com/computer-sales-statistics/I have a feeling that North American buyers isnt as good buyers as they think in terms of PC anymore.
Please tell me you are kidding, since Americans buy well over 25% of all PCs sold worldwide. http://www.statisticbrain.com/computer-sales-statistics/
Since we are speculating, maybe is the other way around, and supplying NA like the rest of the world would make it a global shortage. I mean lets be honest, with the delays of Broadwell and little existence of this chip is clear that Intel have been facing some challenges producing 14nm.
It makes more sense to skip an entire region without giving a word and supply the other rest to make it appear like there is no shortage or no challenges producing the chips.
What a bargain.
If anything, this should just go to show that doing 14nm is no walk in the park, and that maybe (possibly) the foundries made the right risk-vs-reward conclusion when it came to not scaling their BEOL as aggressively as Intel did for 14nm.
And at the moment it appears to finally be in stock at Newegg without the combo purchase requirement. A good sign that supply might finally be stabilizing with demand... maybe.
No.
A person in north America is much more likely to spend it on a new phone/mac/laptop than a highend desktop PC.
Good find. Hope everybody who wants one can finally get one. It's been over a month since launch.