In Europe it's mandatory to always include all taxes in all prices for consumers. In Germany the standard VAT is 19%. 2999€ / 1.19 is, at the moment according to google, $2837.
But we're not quoting US prices here, are we? You might see it as a "best guess" at what a retailer in the US would charge but the fact of the matter is there is no US retailer so the $2800 comparison is completely made up. It's just lackadaisical reporting. At least you could have given the price of what it would cost if you had to buy it in Europe and import it to the US. Since it's over the $1600 limit you would have to fill out an import clearance from and pay 6% import tax, and since Anandtech is owned by Purch Group, Inc. we'll assume NY State Sales tax of 8.875% on top of that which would be, provided you could somehow get freight and insurance for free, at least $3167.
[According to Intel,] [Intel] only planned to sell the CPU to system integrators and only through a closed online auction.
[According to Intel, the Core i9-9900XE] was never meant to be mass produced or made broadly available.
"In fact, Intel said earlier this year" = Intel claimed, earlier this year
"In fact, Intel said earlier this year that the CPU was designed 'for the financial services industry' and was 'built with unique specifications and high frequency to meet the workload needs of this targeted industry'. Meanwhile, there are people from other market segments that could use the power of 14 cores running at 4 – 5 GHz as well, which is why makers of gaming high-end desktops buy them for their premium offerings. Therefore, it is not surprising that CaseKing is making these processors available: there will certainly be extreme enthusiasts and overclockers who would like to try out the ultra-rare Intel parts."
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Intel claimed, earlier this year, that the CPU was designed 'for the financial services industry' and was 'built with unique specifications and high frequency to meet the workload needs of this targeted industry'. However, there are people from other market segments who could use the power of 14 cores running at 4 – 5 GHz as well, which is why makers of gaming high-end desktops buy them for their premium offerings. Despite Intel's claims, these processors are now available for purchase, by consumers, via CaseKing. How surprising that is depends upon one's degree of cynicism.
Intel also change architexture to support more execution units in Sunny Cove.- one thing is change from 2 load and 2 store units and separated from 2 load and one store in Skylake. This sounds like to me that Intel work on Parnellism in Sonny Cove.
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GreenReaper - Thursday, April 11, 2019 - link
You have the currency conversion the wrong way around: €2999 is ~$3,380.Unless you're counting the impact of not paying VAT?
Thunder 57 - Thursday, April 11, 2019 - link
I was wondering about that as well. Also, "The primary Core i9-9900XE-based HEDT is used for gaming,...", 9900XE should be 9990XE.Ian Cutress - Thursday, April 11, 2019 - link
When quoting US prices, you never have sales tax included, as all retail US listings never have sales tax in the price.ajp_anton - Thursday, April 11, 2019 - link
In Europe it's mandatory to always include all taxes in all prices for consumers. In Germany the standard VAT is 19%.2999€ / 1.19 is, at the moment according to google, $2837.
SaturnusDK - Friday, April 12, 2019 - link
But we're not quoting US prices here, are we? You might see it as a "best guess" at what a retailer in the US would charge but the fact of the matter is there is no US retailer so the $2800 comparison is completely made up.It's just lackadaisical reporting. At least you could have given the price of what it would cost if you had to buy it in Europe and import it to the US. Since it's over the $1600 limit you would have to fill out an import clearance from and pay 6% import tax, and since Anandtech is owned by Purch Group, Inc. we'll assume NY State Sales tax of 8.875% on top of that which would be, provided you could somehow get freight and insurance for free, at least $3167.
Oxford Guy - Thursday, April 11, 2019 - link
[According to Intel,] [Intel] only planned to sell the CPU to system integrators and only through a closed online auction.[According to Intel, the Core i9-9900XE] was never meant to be mass produced or made broadly available.
"In fact, Intel said earlier this year" = Intel claimed, earlier this year
"In fact, Intel said earlier this year that the CPU was designed 'for the financial services industry' and was 'built with unique specifications and high frequency to meet the workload needs of this targeted industry'. Meanwhile, there are people from other market segments that could use the power of 14 cores running at 4 – 5 GHz as well, which is why makers of gaming high-end desktops buy them for their premium offerings. Therefore, it is not surprising that CaseKing is making these processors available: there will certainly be extreme enthusiasts and overclockers who would like to try out the ultra-rare Intel parts."
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Intel claimed, earlier this year, that the CPU was designed 'for the financial services industry' and was 'built with unique specifications and high frequency to meet the workload needs of this targeted industry'. However, there are people from other market segments who could use the power of 14 cores running at 4 – 5 GHz as well, which is why makers of gaming high-end desktops buy them for their premium offerings. Despite Intel's claims, these processors are now available for purchase, by consumers, via CaseKing. How surprising that is depends upon one's degree of cynicism.
Darcey R. Epperly - Thursday, April 11, 2019 - link
I take the 9980XE more L3 cache in total, more cores or better I wait for Sunny Cove, more L1 and L2 cache.HStewart - Thursday, April 11, 2019 - link
Intel also change architexture to support more execution units in Sunny Cove.- one thing is change from 2 load and 2 store units and separated from 2 load and one store in Skylake. This sounds like to me that Intel work on Parnellism in Sonny Cove.