A Redditor was able to snag Intel's Core i7-12700K at a phenomenal price on a Walmart clearance sale, as the Alder Lake SKU was available for just $75.
Intel's Alder Lake CPUs Were Up For Grabs At Amazing Prices On a Walmart Clearance Sale, Core i9 SKUs For Just $175, Core i7-12700K For $75
It's quite interesting to witness occasions where consumers were able to buy a component at a bargain price, but it looks like this particular incident might be one of the best deals acquired by a consumer.
According to the Reddit user dekugon22, a local Walmart had a clearance sale going on, in which Intel's highly-rated Core i7-12700K was being sold off for just $75, marking a massive discount from its original $379 price tag. This deal translates into a whopping 133% discount, and, fortunate enough for the Redditor, he got the deal of his life.
Intel's Core i7-12700K, despite being almost three generations old, stacks up quite well against its modern-day counterparts. The processor features a total of 12 cores (8+4) and 20 threads (16+4), with a P-Core base frequency of 3.60 GHz, reaching up to 5.0 GHz of maximum boost frequency. It is comparable to the likes of Intel's Core i5-13600K, and, fortunately for the Alder Lake series, it isn't affected by troublesome instability issues, so the consumer made the right choice by getting the CPU under $100.
The Redditor claims that he also saw several other Intel SKUs being offered at bargain prices under the clearance sale, with Core i9 "unnamed' variants being offered for as little as $175 each. Retailers usually hold clearance sales in an attempt to clear off the inventory shelves for either a new release or just to rotate SKUs. In this case, maybe the mentioned Walmart was preparing for Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake-S desktop CPUs, or they wanted to get rid of Intel CPUs in order to stay away from all the trouble.
Such deals are difficult to encounter on online platforms, given that you'll likely face huge competition if Intel's Core i7-12700K appeared magically for $75 on the internet. The best bet here to get such a deal is to look out for local stores and maybe capitalize on a clearance sale. Who knows, maybe you might find a better deal...
About the author: Muhammad Zuhair is a hardware and technology reporter for Wccftech, specializing in the semiconductor industry and the complex interplay between technology, manufacturing, and geopolitics. His coverage focuses on the corporate strategies and technological roadmaps of industry giants like TSMC, NVIDIA, Samsung, and Intel. Zuhair's expertise lies in deconstructing complex topics such as fabrication nodes (e.g., 2nm process), the economic impact of policies like the CHIPS Act, and the strategic development of AI infrastructure from NVIDIA, AMD and Intel.
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