RobcostyleWait a moment......but AMD CPUs are also at a price rise.

So now AMD is being sold by intel prices, while Intel tries out ngreedia tactics. Well done, capitalism! Screw the competition, screw all regulating institutes! Lets completely milk the customers dry!

TheTechGuy1337First off, I am a fan of both intel and amd. I want both companies competing because that leads to better tech and better prices. This is by no means good news imo. The last thing we want is one company dominating the other again. This leads to price hiking and lack of innovation. We saw intel dominate for the longest time, and we were stuck with quad cores for years. Do you really think AMD wouldn't have done the same thing if the tides were reversed? They are a business first. I hope intel gets their butt back in gear. They got lazy from the lack of competition. Either way, it is a great time to be a consumer at least for processors. Let's see how far red and blue push each other.


Now.....if only we could get those RAM prices back down....sigh

TheTechGuy1337I want both companies competing because that leads to better tech and better prices.

TheinsanegamerNRyzen 7 1700 is about $200. Where can i find a brand new i7 at $200? 2700 is $290 330$. I7 is $350+ >500$

BTW, the miracle of capitalism is, if you dont want it, you DONT HAVE TO BUY IT. Customers choose to pay the price if they feel it is appropriate. Just because you cannot afford it doesn't mean everybody is being milked.

Hell, this is the OPPOSITE of what you are crying about. there is actual competition in the CPU space, prices are coming down for the first time in years, and consumers are benefiting.

btarunrRight now people are drawn to the AMD chips that are fabbed in Upstate NY. I don't think Zen 2 will reach client-segment before mid-2019, and by then TSMC 7 nm will go critical. AMD can always cannibalize its 7 nm GPU allocation to make more CPUs. I have a hunch that they'll seek out other 7 nm foundries as well.

UpgrayeddAnybody here get in on the stock when it was at like $1.67 a few years ago?

RobcostyleLol, I though clever people should attach screenshots with prices from amazon, newegg, cu.de or whatever your local dealer is.

2700X is 329$ in us already. Waiting 350$ in couple of weeks

ironcerealboxI did, there was a brief moment in January of 2016 when I invested 10,000 shares at $1.82/share. I bought another $10,000 worth of shares later that year in July when it was $5.57/share. To this day, I think I got lucky - I weighed the research and risk. There were rumors about their new Zen architecture and putting 2 and 2 together, I figured their MCM design was the future until we get to 3D stacked or a new material.

R0H1TSo you're about a year or so away from being a $ millionaire, assuming the most optimistic of price targets for AMD pan out.

ironcerealboxI did, there was a brief moment in January of 2016 when I invested 10,000 shares at $1.82/share. I bought another $10,000 worth of shares later that year in July when it was $5.57/share. To this day, I think I got lucky - I weighed the research and risk. There were rumors about their new Zen architecture and putting 2 and 2 together, I figured their MCM design was the future until we get to 3D stacked or a new material.

HoodWhy should OEMs be unhappy? They love to sell crap PCs with slow CPUs, and the average buyer in Walmart or Best Buy doesn't know the difference. Last years, or even older APUs are dirt cheap and people are happy with anemic performance since they never had a decent PC.

TomorrowI doubt AMD will dominate Intel any time soon because Intel is too big but Intel's misfortune's do help AMD claw back some much valuable market share.

Memory is not that difficult to produce. AMD could become major player in memory space today if they flooded the market with cheap DDR4. Manufactured at GloFo (because remember TSMC is at capacity and Samsung won't look kindly to someone manufacturing cheaper RAM at their foundry when they're trying to keep their cartel going. DDR4 does not need cutting edge manufacturing process either so GloFo's decision to not go past 14nm would not affect this.

Plus the upside would be AMD's ability to tune this DDR4 to work better for AM4 and TR4/SP3 platforms. I doubt they'll do it but it's an intresting idea to toy with i think.

zelnepgood to know, because I need and want upgrade and was entertaining idea about i9-9900k or i7-9700k and was like: "ok, I know Ryzen 2700X is and will be better value, but I will wait for these intel reviews and see how I feel about it" but now ( from all I red in last few weeks) - thx intel for making this choice much more clear and easy now :rolleyes:. now the only question for my upgrade "problem" is: can I wait for Zen 2 (can we peak a Epyc benches soon and conclude something how good Zen 2 will be?) or to grab 2700X now?