Quote Originally Posted by suicidesspyder View Post
True imma wait for that price to come down cause wow 2k ouch
The only reason Intel would drop the prices of a particular CPU line is because AMD would offer competition in the area. Up until recently, when AMD released Ryzen, Intel hadn't dropped their CPU prices in probably 6+ years. Even then, the 7700K and 6700K are the exact same price ($340) even though the latter is from the previous generation.

Quote Originally Posted by Fat Tire View Post
Well AMD Threadripper's(16 cores) will come down as well. They say $850, but imo it will drop to the 400-500 ish range pretty quickly to grab market share.
You think AMD is going to sell a 16C/32T CPU for $400-$500 a few months after it's release? I don't think anywhere in the history of CPUs being sold to consumers has there ever been such a price cut like that before, and when a CPU goes EOL the price normally goes up as stock dwindles toward zero.

Here are some retail numbers from Intel's launches for the past several years:

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Intel Sandy Bridge/-E 1155/2011 (2011)
2600K - $317 (4C/8T)
2700K - $332 (4C/8T)
3960X - $999 (6C/12T)

Intel Ivy Bridge/-E  1155/2011 (2012)
3770K - $313 (4C/8T)
4960X - $999 (6C/12T)

Intel Haswell/-E 1150/2011-v3 (2013/14)
4770K - $339 (4C/8T)
4790K - $339 (4C/8T) (Devil's Canyon Haswell refresh)
5960X - $999 (8C/16T)

Intel Broadwell-E 2011-v3 (2015)
6800K - $1089 (8C/16T)*
6950X - $1723 (10C/20T)*

Intel Skylake 1150 (2016)
6800K - $340 (4C/8T) (launched at ~$430 with very low supply)

Intel Kaby Lake 1150 (2017)
7700K - $340 (4C/8T)

*prices were just slightly cut on these processors after AMD released Ryzen.
To my knowledge, none of the CPUs in the list above have dropped in price except for the two that have asterisks next to them. There may have been small 10% cuts here and there as new CPUs are launched, but that's hardly something to wait around for.

Now that AMD has showed up, yes, we're likely going to see some price wars between the two companies. In addition to that, Threadripper (Ryzen 9) is the name of a line of processors, not just one processor. There was a rumor floating around on the internet about a Threadripper CPU being priced at $850. Were they talking about the 10C, the top-of-the-line 16C, or one of the CPUs in between? It's anyone's guess.

TL;DR I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a 16C/32T CPU being priced at $400 in 2017.