[rubbingalcohol]

I don't really see how the pricing is ridiculous though. They're still way cheaper than what Intel charged for the same cores a year ago, and they have more cores than Intel can even offer on their best workstation chips. If you compare against 28 core Xeons, the new Threadrippers are a downright bargain.

[vbezhenar]

They increased pricing by $100/$200 for 24/32 core CPU since last year. May be it's not ridiculous, but they are not undercutting anymore.

[aoeusnth1]

They are undercutting - on perf/$. The difference in sticker price you pointed out is only there because there is no comparable intel part (under $3000 at least)

[bitL]

I meant in comparison to what we were used to. Now a semi-decent TRX40 board is $700, entry-level TR3 is $1300. Top-end x399 board is $550, entry-level TR is $250. There was a huge jump in prices compared to previous generation of HEDT.

[kllrnohj]

The price jump was +8% for 24 cores and +11% for 32 cores. It wasn't really a "huge" jump. The reason it seems so much more expensive is because the cheaper SKUs were simply removed instead of replaced.

And entry-level TR was never $250. That's the EOL "we need to dump old inventory" fire sale price.

[barkingcat]

This comment doesn't make sense. You're getting more cores than previous generation of HEDT, and the equivalent Intel processors aren't cheaper at all.

This is a new market segment. If you want a fast cpu, the Ryzen 7 and 9 series are completely fine if you want that price range!

The exact same price range as you're used to still exist.

On the other hand, people have been used to paying exorbitantly for Xeon processors, like 2000-5000 per cpu, so this is a breath of fresh air.

[pitaj]

Board cost is due to PCIe4 support mainly