Just got my i5-2500k too. Nearly all the store in Lowyat ran out of i5-2500k and no more i7-2600k. Moreover damn ASUS raise the motherboard price so much.
It seems no one are sure when they will restock the processor and there is a high chance they will raise the price for the processor. =.="

I doubt there is anymore i5 2500k and i7 2600k in Lowyat. When I bought 2500k last Sunday, only 2 more i5 2500k left and no more i7 2600k. Most of the seller are unsure when the stock will arrive but some told me the stock will arrive after CNY with a revised price.

Of course, nothing is certain in the consumer electronics market. Try hunt around. Maybe you will be lucky.

Good Luck to your brother.

That day I visited 3 ViewNet stores and all of them told me they have stock. Until they really check their inventory then only tell me no stock.
Hence, no guaranty there. Really depends on your luck.

Some idiots from other stores lied to me i5 2500k no yet out and persuaded me to buy i5 2400. Luckily I did my homework. I really wanted to say f**k y*u at their face.

If you want it then go grab it, why post this reply to him?

One of the seller speculated higher price after CNY. Or maybe she were there to lure me to buy from her.

I hope you are right. If Intel plans to raise the price, then the dealers will have little choice but raise theirs too.

Wow. Really a rip off.

In the other hand, you might be able to make some profit by shipping a bulk of processors from Malaysia.
Go check Australia taxation rule. Maybe you can get some side income.

Is not that bad. Just like what k!nex said, it may not happen. If intel can flood enough Sandy Bridge processor to the market which usually is the case, then no need to worry lo. Intel intend to promote sandy Bridge after all.