With AMD's 2nd generation Threadripper out in the wild, the company has decided to slash prices of first gen parts. So far only the 32-core 2990WX and 16-core 2950X have been unleashed, while the 12 and 24-core versions will arrive in about two more months.

In the meantime, AMD quietly reduced the Threadripper 1920X's SEP, short for "Suggested E-tailer Price," down from its launch price of $800 to just $400. On paper, for $400 a 12-core/24-thread high-end desktop processor is an incredible buy. To help put this into perspective, you can expect to pay roughly the same amount for Intel’s Core i7-7800X, which has half as many cores. Meanwhile, Intel’s 10-core 7900X still costs $1000, so at least when compared to Intel high-end desktop offerings the 1920X is an insane bargain.