so do yall think the chip sets z170 and x99 price will come down? 
Hi Bortas1,
Z170 prices IMHO will most likely stay pat for some time to come but as for X99 prices it will depend on when\where in the cycle you buy relative to how the market goes......
X99 has been out for a while now and X99 prices were initially higher than everything until Skylake came out (Z170) and started to gain traction then some retailers started to lower some X99 product prices to make it more attractive vs Skylake (my recent upgrade of my box was a direct example of what I'm getting at as Newegg dropped the price of the X99 upgrade package that I had picked out vs the Skylake upgrade package that I had picked out by a large enough of a discount for me to move on it).
But this is an example pricing comparison between the 2 latest Intel platforms.........which in reality won't really mean a lot as general pricing is concerned, especially lower pricing. You may have noticed that the very same X99 parts are being touted again in advance of the upcoming release of Intel's Broadwell-E CPU's which will certainly affect X99 pricing again...most likely moving upwards on any NEW X99 mobos coming out w\ Broadwell-E branding associated w\ them-not necessarily the EXISTING X99 mobos already out (this is what I mean by when\where in the cycle you buy a X99 part).
There could be some lower price movement in the lesser featured Z170 parts and X99 parts already out that retailers may have overstocked but will these parts provide what consumers really are looking for and want from these platforms?
I think that the real test time will come in 2017 when AMD hits the market in full w\ Zen to provide a full contrast.....provided that the AMD parts meet\exceed the performance\price expectations. It is then that we may see some real price change w\ Intel Z170 and X99 parts that will be much more consumer favorable, IMHO.
So in short I would say in general to wait for 2017 unless you have more pressing reasons to upgrade earlier.
Hope this helps.
