There was a limited quantity initially and Intel had a bad yield on the chips which caused them to sell at a higher price point.

However, in recent weeks leading to the Holidays the Microcenters by me all showed 10+.. They were listed at $329.99 at that point. Then the closer it got to the Holidays I saw the price jack up again and poof all the chips were gone!

Chip is sitting at $379.99 and out of stock on their page.. Which is completely ridiculous and why I have refused to buy it..

After the initial rush for these chips were over I saw little reason to carry a price higher than the last gen since they honestly weren't that much better to justify the increase. Coupled with the high DDR4 price my plan is to wait it out..

 

Its in stock right now on Newegg for $419.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117559

 

Either Intel is playing mind games with us, or the 14nm yield must still be horrible (at least for good 6600k/6700k chips.)

 

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Originally Posted by ShortySmalls

Its in stock right now on Newegg for $419.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117559

That price is just bananas!!

I would wait for the next E line chip...

 

supply and demand. not enough cpu's and to many buyers. The prices will come down. Alot of people for that reason have been just going with x99 setup. If you nedd something now, go 5820k based on price / performance ratio.

 

Thanks for the responses, it makes more sense now.

I am itching to upgrade my Crosshair V Formula-Z and FX-9590 and I wouldn't mind going with a Z97 platform/4790K CPU since it can be had for very reasonable price but I also wanna play with the big boys and just go X99 chipset and quad-channel DDR4.