- Intel has a brand new ‘Gamer Days 2025’ promotion operating till September seventh
- You get Battlefield 6 free of charge with sure CPUs or prebuilt PCs
- There are additionally some chunky reductions available with some CPUs
Intel’s newest angle to attempt to shift extra of its desktop processors is a promotion tied in with Battlefield 6.
Wccftech studies that Intel has kicked off its ‘Gamer Days 2025’ marketing campaign – operating by till September seventh – which includes some beefy reductions on a few of its CPUs (in addition to prebuilt PCs containing these processors). Nonetheless, the large draw for a lot of would be the free copy of Battlefield 6 that is bundled with this supply.
To pick some examples from the present era of Arrow Lake CPUs, the flagship Intel Core Extremely 9 285K has been decreased by 12% on Amazon (so within the US it is $530 as a substitute of $600 now), plus that Battlefield 6 freebie. The extra mainstream Core Extremely 7 265K processor is the actual attraction right here, although, with a reduction of 36% at Amazon at present (which means a discount from an MSRP of $399 all the way down to $259).
This is not nearly Arrow Lake, although, as some previous-generation chips are additionally decreased. These embody the Intel Core i5-14600K which is at present out of inventory at Amazon within the US (however is all the way down to $150 at Newegg after a reduction code is utilized, a critically tempting proposition at that worth stage).
In whole, there are virtually 20 processors concerned on this promotion on Amazon, and PC builders corresponding to CyberPowerPC and Origin are within the combine on the subject of the prebuilt rigs included within the supply within the US (or there’s the likes of Scan and Overclockers within the UK).
Evaluation: heavy hitter of a freebie is required
Battlefield 6 represents $70 of worth within the US, so in case you had been intending to purchase the sport anyway, grabbing one in every of these CPUs with that outlay knocked off leaves them fairly low-cost certainly in some instances.
The worth cuts in themselves are good, however it’s the sport supply that is doing numerous the heavy lifting right here, as we have already seen these sorts of reductions for Intel chips – even the current-gen fashions.
Or I ought to say particularly the current-gen Arrow Lake CPUs, as these are quite lackluster by way of their gaming efficiency, so Intel wants assist getting some gross sales momentum behind them. That goes for past-gen chips, too, which have the shadow of earlier stability points nonetheless hanging over them – shoppers aren’t going to neglect that episode in a rush.
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