Intel's recently discounted Core Ultra 7 265K & 265KF "Arrow Lake" CPUs are now available under $250 US at major US retailers.
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K & Core Ultra 7 265KF CPUs Now Discounted Below $250 US: K Variant For $239 & KF Variant For $229
Last month, Intel announced official discounts on its Core Ultra 7 265K & Core Ultra 7 265KF CPUs. The CPUs saw a price drop from their original MSRPs of $399 & $384 to $309 & $294, respectively. Meanwhile, we saw certain retailers spicing up the deals by offering bundle savings by including a 32 GB DDR5 kit in the package. The CPU additionally comes with two free games, Civilization VII & Dying Light: The Beast.
Now, retailers are offering a new wave of discounts on the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K & Core Ultra 7 265KF CPUs. These CPUs can now be obtained for $229.99 US for the "KF" variant and $239.99 US for the "K" variant. That's a 40% price discount on the "KF" and "K" variants, which is quite massive considering these chips launched just a few months ago.
- Core Ultra 7 265K CPU - $259.99 US (Amazon US)
- Core Ultra 7 265K CPU - $259.99 US (Newegg US)
- Core Ultra 7 265K CPU - $239.99 US (Microcenter)
- Core Ultra 7 265KF CPU - $229.99 US (Amazon US)
- Core Ultra 7 265KF CPU - $229.99 US (Microcenter)
Retailers such as Microcenter are still offering bundle deals which include the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K CPU, an ASUS Z890 AYW Gaming Wi-Fi W motherboard and a pair of G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32GB DDR5-6000 memory kit for $499 US, a $70 US savings versus what you were going to pay for them originally. The Newegg offer also includes a free memory kit with the 265K, the Patriot Viper DDR5 6400 16 GB kit.
While the rest of the Arrow Lake "Core Ultra Series 2" CPUs haven't seen any major price drops in the US, in the EU, we are looking at some new discounts on the entire lineup. The following are the prices for the chips at LambdaTek:
- Core Ultra 9 285K CPU - £481.18
- Core Ultra 7 265K CPU - £234.04
- Core Ultra 7 265KF CPU - £230.97
- Core Ultra 5 245K CPU - £218.46
- Core Ultra 5 245KF CPU - £219.58
This makes the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K/KF CPU a fantastic option for consumers in the sub-$250 US range. The CPU offers strong multithreaded capabilities and runs efficiently, but the overall gaming performance is definitely a downside to consider. AMD is working on adding more 3D V-Cache CPU options in the sub-$300 US segment soon, so that might make things on the gaming front a bit harder for Intel.
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