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The Ryzen 7 1800X, the Zen flagship was $499. The Ryzen 7 2700X, the Zen+ flahsip was $329.

That was a 34% decrease in cost for comparable models after 1 generation. If that trend follows then the comparible Zen2+/Zen3 model will only be around $500. So, hopefully you just need to wait a year.

[paulmd]

The 2700X price cut occurred in the context of Intel releasing a 6C12T processor for $350 that kept up with AMD's $500 processor. i.e. very close in multithreaded performance and easily beating it in single-thread.

That's not going to happen this time around. Intel doesn't really have a response to 16C consumer processors. Best thing they can do is release the 10C chip they're working on... probably at $500 again. And they will be behind the 12C version that AMD has at $500 already.

The only similarly aggressive move that Intel could even make would be to drop 10C to the $350 segment (perhaps with Hyperthreading disabled), which would be a massive blow to their margins.