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Intel Boxed Core i7-6800K Processor (6 Cores, 12 Threads, up to 3.6GHz) USD $350.73 / AUD $475 Delivered from Amazon

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scotty on 31/05/2017 - 18:16 amazon.com (129 clicks)
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6 cores 12 threads? That's so yester-year. Maybe that's why they have been dropping in price. Cheapest so far according to Camel x3, you can get Core i7-6800K shipped from Amazon for USD $344.99 + $5.74 shipping, or around AUD $475 delivered. Same CPU sold for $549 currently at MSY/MWave/PCCG/CPL.

Specification:

  • 6 Core/12 Thread
  • LGA 2011-v3
  • 4 Channels DDR4 2400; one DIMM per Channel
  • 140W Tdp
  • Up to 28 Lanes PCIe 3.0

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  • Tacooo on 31/05/2017 - 18:23
    +1

    Jump on this before the bullshit Netflix tax starts in a month.

    • cdaddy on 31/05/2017 - 21:38

      Tldr?

      • Steptoe on 01/06/2017 - 02:39
        +1

        GST on all imports. No $1000 exemption.

  • ProspectiveDarkness on 31/05/2017 - 18:27

    Regular buyers keep in mind that X99 motherboards aren't cheap. I'm holding out on Coffee Lake for 6C/12T goodness.

    • KitchenSink on 31/05/2017 - 18:38
      +1

      Did you see they had just announced the newer Core X series starting from i5-x (4C/4T) all the way up to i9-x with 18C/36T!!! Plus new chipset X299 to go with it. And I type this on a dual core…

      The i9-X is $1999 USD!!!!! ouch

      But I hope these X series help drive down the current kaby lake line.

  • megadeth on 31/05/2017 - 18:38
    +1

    With 18 core CPUs introduced by Intel in Computex, think 6 core is due to become 'entry level' pretty soon…

    • alvian on 31/05/2017 - 18:57
      +1

      The top Xeon will have 28 cores and 56 threads.

      • [Deactivated] on 31/05/2017 - 21:47

        AMD Epyc will have 32 cores and 64 threads, at less power for the same or better performance than Xeon can do currently. I hope for a little price war. Lets see what happens.

        • slowmo on 31/05/2017 - 22:22
          +1

          does it still matter when people install windows on it?

        • [Deactivated] on 31/05/2017 - 22:24

          @slowmo: I don't see what Windows/Operating System has to do with it.

        • asa79 on 31/05/2017 - 23:45

          @slowmo: most install VMware and multiple windows under

    • Tacooo on 01/06/2017 - 12:06

      With multi-threading still being barely used I doubt that.

  • OzViper on 31/05/2017 - 18:49
    +3

    Pity most programs I use - (Lightroom and Photoshop) still don't fully utilize all these damn cores they keep coming out with.. :(

    • Unotifoso on 31/05/2017 - 19:24
      +1

      Just replaced my i7 with a Ryzen 1700 oc to 3.7 on stock cooler and can confirm exports are damn well brisk. The rest seems similar though. We can only hope, Adobe.

      • JetBombat on 31/05/2017 - 19:51
        +2

        Adobe will need its own AMD to kick its fat backside before it moves to do anything about it

    • roh008 on 31/05/2017 - 22:19

      That comment is soo true. I've yet to see all 4 cores run full tilt with many programs that are used on a daily basis - shame really.

  • maybe a bot on 31/05/2017 - 19:14
    +1

    how is this value? just get a Ryzen 5 1600 and it'll be matching this thing in single and multicore at a $299AUD price point with insanely cheap mobos

    • Unotifoso on 31/05/2017 - 19:24

      Single?

      • [Deactivated] on 31/05/2017 - 21:53

        Single threaded processes (which only utilise only one thread on a core at a time) vs other single threaded processes.

        • Unotifoso on 02/06/2017 - 07:40

          Yes yes. I was just being sarcastic. Ryzen 1600 is 10-20% slower IPC single core. I have the Ryzen 1700 and am acutely aware it's single IPC isn't any better than my 7 year old I7 2600k was.

        • [Deactivated] on 02/06/2017 - 07:55

          @Unotifoso: To be fair, there isn't much difference in Single Threaded performance between 2nd Gen Core and 7th Gen Core/Ryzen at stock speeds. But the power usage has gone down a lot. If you overclock (GHz for GHz) Ryzen would win

        • Unotifoso on 02/06/2017 - 09:50
          +1

          @The Land of Smeg:

          True but Ryzen does hit the OC ceiling at a lower GHz and the power usage increases exponentially to that point. I have mine OC to 3.7 on air with 3200c14 RAM and those temps/wattage/performance seems to be the sweet spot.

          To be honest I use Lightroom and Photoshop which are both pretty much hardware agnostic at this point. I went Ryzen more because it made me feel like a teen again. Going for the underdog with tinkering required and a bit of off-the-books performance and risk just seems all that more enticing.

  • f38r1 on 01/06/2017 - 01:10
    +1

    I got ryzen 7 1700x with less than that +/- AU$430. Performance about the same to say the least

    • tetsuma on 01/06/2017 - 08:13
      +1

      Hey there,
      I stopped following most of the Ryzen updates shortly after they arrived. Did major BIOS updates make it through to help single core performance?
      This is the sort of thing I remember reading, it would be great if Ryzen recieved patches for it:
      http://blog.logicalincrements.com/2017/03/amd-ryzen-7-1700x-…

      • Unotifoso on 02/06/2017 - 07:41

        Single core will always trail the matured Intel architecture in this generation. But successfully running 3200mhz RAM does reduce the gap. Most original reviews used 2400mhz RAM, so you have to dig for re-tests to get a good idea of what you can achieve.

      • f38r1 on 12/06/2017 - 17:32
        +1

        I heard ryzen single core performance still behind Intel. But I got good deal at the time (what comparable Intel can you buy with $430? ) and I don't really push my cpu to max. So yeah why not?

        Need to add here, finding AM4 brackets for the coolers was PITA. At that time no one has stock in Australia. Not too many choices with the mobo , and ram choices are relatively limited

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