i7-4790K CPU US $316.35 (~AU $440) on Amazon (US $270 with AmEx ~ AU $386)

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luker9001 on 25/10/2015 - 14:35 amazon.com (216 clicks)
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Handily beats out the current eBay deals. Skylake is becoming more prevalent, but this still wins out on price/raw performance.
Can be brought down to ~AU$374 by buying Amazon Gift Card/Credit with a no conversion fee card then selecting Amex when buying the actual item. (Trick found in comments of another thread, I don't take credit for it)
There is a delay in getting the gift card and there's a risk of it running out of stock while you're waiting. (It was out of stock yesterday.)

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• truemonolith on 25/10/2015 - 14:53 Comment score below threshold.
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    anonymousthing on 25/10/2015 - 15:01

    +2

    I believe that is what he has advertised? i7-4790K?

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      truemonolith on 25/10/2015 - 15:04

      -2

      Misread, he said skylake is becoming more prevalent, not that this is skylake.

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        TheMoDz on 25/10/2015 - 17:37

        +1

        No, this is actually Devil's Canyon

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    Raynes on 25/10/2015 - 15:02

    +2

    ???

    Where does the post say this is Skylake?

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      hollykryten on 25/10/2015 - 15:12

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      No where.

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    hollykryten on 25/10/2015 - 15:06

    +4

    Classic example of some one misreading and then making a fool of oneself.

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  truemonolith on 25/10/2015 - 15:05

  +1

  Side note:

  The Skylake is about $455 on Amazon right now if you pay with amex. The next cheapest i've seen is about $512.

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  tko6070 on 25/10/2015 - 15:23

  useful if you have a 1150 socket, If buying a new CPU and motherboard I'd go with the I56600k and overclock to 4ghz~

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    gomertose on 25/10/2015 - 17:19

    You'd have to wait another 50 generations for that CPU.

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  ThePensioner on 25/10/2015 - 15:45

  Hey guys, this seems great, but how can it be used productively?

  I made a thread here: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/128282#comment-3146306

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    ozhunter on 25/10/2015 - 15:56

    It can be used productively if you use cpu intensive software. It speeds up the process so you don't have to wait as long.

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      ThePensioner on 29/10/2015 - 22:33

      Thanks, but what are some productive tasks that can be done? Something other than gaming? Be great if the PC could generate something during the night…

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        ozhunter on 30/10/2015 - 04:08

        Well as you said, you already made a thread for it, no reason to continue it here.

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  cozmo on 25/10/2015 - 16:11

  +2

  Still love that I only paid $355 delivered for this CPU

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  baz3189 on 25/10/2015 - 17:08

  Good price at the moment given the exchange rate. Still thankful I managed to grab a 6700k a month back during the eBay 20% off deal for $429

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    nfr on 25/10/2015 - 19:14

    What mobo are you using with it?

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  strat on 25/10/2015 - 18:22

  +3

  still rocking a 2600k @ 4.5Ghz

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    Tnetennba on 25/10/2015 - 23:26

    Same here (not overclocked as much) and she's still a beast! Definitely going with another i7 build when this one eventually dies. Somehow feels like new, yet it's over 4 years old now.

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    codhopper on 26/10/2015 - 07:13

    I am still rocking the i7-920, stock. Feels like I can't justify an upgrade yet.

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  terrys on 25/10/2015 - 21:00

  Curses! Grabbed a desktop sporting an I5 4430 last week for $138 - and passed it on. This bit of crafted sand would have doubled the performance and set me fairly right for some time @ well under a grand…

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  luker9001 on 25/10/2015 - 23:49

  It's now "Exclusively for Prime Members". I presume most of us will be able to just get the free trial as we wouldn't have needed it before.