kinggremlin :
thently :
Lol and the 2700x is on sale for 299
https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-Processor-Wraith-Cooler/dp/B07B428M7F/ref=pd_rhf_dp_s_zg_dy_0_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07B428M7F&pd_rd_r=534727ea-a7b7-43c9-9a77-3a6efdce6430&pd_rd_w=hMxZD&pd_rd_wg=W0A2B&pf_rd_i=desktop-rhf&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=4022e0f2-c06e-4e9e-bb48-d7486d1197f7&pf_rd_r=242WJ295ACRXQAKJZ7BE&pf_rd_s=desktop-rhf&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=242WJ295ACRXQAKJZ7BE
Why is that funny? AMD can't even sell their chips at MSRP when Intel is struggling to meet demand and getting crushed in the press. That shouldn't be funny to anyone. Wasn't competition from AMD supposed to lower prices?
It was but the competition is not 100%. AMD is good but to really get prices to lower they need K8 like performance. It was very dominant. Right now in a per clock they are not. They are per core since they offer more cores per dollar but if you compare similar core counts Intel edges ahead which allows Intel to keep their price advantage.
If, and I say if as it is unknown till it releases, AMDs "7nm" CPUs can out edge Intel in performance that would be competition worthy of price drops.
However if we look at the past, when AMD was in the performance lead they did not keep the same lower prices. In fact their pricing was higher. Even after Core 2 they were still higher overall.
Until then it looks like everything is going up. RAM, for not reason other than stupid reasons, CPUs. Next they will make up a NAND shortage again to hike those back up.