Some people immediately after the announcement of AMD Ryzen processors found confidence in the imminent decrease in prices for Intel Broadwell-E processors. Fortunately, one of the online stores even showed generous discounts. Intel representatives , denied the company had plans to reduce processor prices in the foreseeable future, and the PCWorld site tried to raise this issue again in its investigation concerning some misconceptions about AMD Ryzen processors.
First, colleagues asked Intel representatives, and they confirmed that news reports about the impending price reduction "were inaccurate." Secondly, the specificity of the Micro Center store, which demonstrated the most "generous discounts" on Broadwell-E after the release of Ryzen, allows to assert that this seller is ready to go to dumping in the processor segment in order to increase the turnover of other goods by attracting buyers. In addition, the amount of discounts is greatly exaggerated by the store itself - all of these Intel processors have long been sold at lower prices in other outlets, and if Broadwell-E and became cheaper after the release of Ryzen, then only a dozen or two US dollars. Note that at the time of publication of this material, the official price list of Intel on the manufacturer's website contained prices for processors that have not changed since the third of January this year.
Interestingly, the authors of the investigation still do not rule out that Intel will lower the prices for its processors, but such measures may have to do with the expansion of the Ryzen processor range, and not the exception of the older models with eight cores. As we know, Ryzen 5 models will be available only in mid-April, so Intel will have to wait for the next quarter, if any, to respond.
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