Just repeating part of my post from another thread related to "scarcity" of Skylake (because it is relevant to the original post in this thread). Following is a quote from an article: Chipzilla might have caused slow PC sales at the beginning of the year to boost the price of its Skylake chips later.
A recent study shows that the slump in PC sales in the first half was deliberately made to help Skylake sell better since August..this will mean a low supply of Skylakes in the first half of 2016..
Intel is making piles from this..the suppliers have to buy it at any price. Particularly as Intel's only real x86 market, AMD, is having a bit of a snooze.
..All this gives a warning about what will happen if AMD goes under and Intel takes total control. Newegg USA seems to have I7-6700 (I don't know how a USA address affects an order from Canada -- e.g. duty). Newegg I7-6700 Page
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