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Re:Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake review: Is the desktop CPU ... by mohaine on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @02:01PM (#13311956)
To make it worse, they switched up the OEM model numbers to be unique so you can't tell for sure that the $300 dell cpu upgrade is really only switching out a $100 for a $250 one.
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Re:Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake review: Is the desktop CPU ... by sfont on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @02:52PM (#13312416)
If you're not familiar with http://ark.intel.com it lists all the specs and the recommended price.

Picked a random Dell and see they are charging $66.30 to upgrade from a $117 i3 to a $192 i5. I'm not sure where the unique SKU idea comes from. They've always had some chips that are retail packaged and others that are only available in trays for OEMs.

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