Intel i9-9900k pricing

[The Original Ralph]

intel shows a $488-$499 MSRP on it's spec sheet. Newegg has it at $588 on a pre-order basis.

I haven't built that many rigs (3) in the past 4 years, but i don't recall seeing that big a bump on intel's MSRP at introduction time. What are the expectations that it'll come down by Jan/Feb 2019?

any opinions?

 

[Matt_150]

From everything that I have heard the $488-$499 price is bulk order pricing. Only time will tell of course.

 

[SkyBill40]

Expectation it'll come down? Realistically, I don't see that happening; on the contrary, I suspect it'll actually creep upwards and over $600 before you know it.

 

[SgtScream]

I was watching a YouTube video and the $488 was the price for a lot of 1000 CPU's for large vendors. The price most likely going to stay higher than that.

 

[The Original Ralph]

From everything that I have heard the $488-$499 price is bulk order pricing. Only time will tell of course.

thanks - just went and rechecked intel's site, the way they titled it it appears to indicate MSRP (to me) but when you clik on the question mark, it indicates price is for bulk 1,000 unit quantities

so it looks like $588 is the MSRP

still, i think i'll wait till 2019 to see if i can't catch a promo sale, newegg, amazon or jet.com - i scored my 5960x $200 off and have never seen it for the price i caught it at, since

 

[The Original Ralph]

well, decided to pull the trigger today - Amazon has it for $529.99 (pre-order price), basically $50 off newegg's price

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005404P9I/?tag=tomshardware_deals-20

Toms front page had it listed on their "Best Hardware Deals Right Now" https://www.tomshardware.com/news/best-deals,30458.html

 

[mjbn1977]

When the 8700k came out I pre-ordered it for $395.00 at B&H. The official Intel bulk "recommended customer price" for 1000pc. was $359 back in October 2017. That translates to about 10% markup for the retailer. If its similar this time around, the retail level price should be around $537.00. this would be a 10% markup from the $488 Intel RCP price. $585 would be about 20% markup what is still not unrealistic. I think we will see prices in that region as soon as it is available.

The Amazon pre-order price is awesome. They not even make a 10% margin.

 

[The Original Ralph]

actually, a tip to others who may not be aware - amazon offers a chase visa credit card, that when used on amazon give 5% in points, so basically 30 days from now i'll see an additional $26.50 in credit to be used on other purchases

basically, i got the cpu for $501.49

 

[urbanman2004]

AMD anyone?

 

[SgtScream]

R7 2800(x) anyone?

 

[The Original Ralph]

i mentioned this in the other 9900k thread, so i'll mention here - Amazon has another offer for business account owners (and converting your consumer acct to a business acct is a 5-10 minute affair, no fees or obligations. But for business account owners who are also Prime acct holders, if you apply for and approved for an Amer Express card, it means a free $125 gift card.

I read the Terms and Conditions of both Amazon and Amer Xpress and they were actually fairly brief (under a page each) and no fine print legalese. No annual fees on the card, no obligation to use the card - yes, the interest rate felt high, but i won't be using it

Last time Amazon did this, on the consumer side, it was a $50 gift card offer for opening a Visa credit card. I did it, never used the card, and after a year contacted Chase to cancel the card.

the $125 gift card is already in my acct, so as soon as the cpu is in, that gift card goes toward it

fwiw

 

[valeman2012]

There a shortage going on causing it go high and possible unnecessary Trump Tariffs also caused to go high also.

 

[The Original Ralph]

Trump's tariffs haven't gone into effect yet - Wall Street Journal had an article on this

pricing is all Intel and the shortage