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I agree i5-12600K is the best Intel desktop processor in it's price range for sale right now, this CPU would also force AMD to lower their prices. We should thank Intel for putting this out at this price, otherwise AMD/TSMC would have kept their prices higher.

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I don't see why AMD would lower prices much. Almost every chip on display will sell anyway.

If I had to guess, AMD is going to wait and see if there's any reasonable volume that goes into the channel.

If Intel manages to get a lot of I5s out in the wild, then AMD could decide to drop prices. That scenario could have an impact on negotiations with ODMs and System manufacturers too. Keep in mind that most quoted OEM prices you see for CPUs mean about as much as a quoted Invoice price on a car.

They already lowered prices today at Microcenter.

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/comments/qn4y1h/cpu_m...

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