A 32GB DDR5-6000 kit sold for under $90 in early 2025. By early June the cheapest one on the shelf cost $375. That number explains why both x86 vendors are now selling processors designed to work with the memory and motherboards their customers already own, and why reports out of Computex in June put a third Raptor Lake refresh on Intel's 2027 roadmap. Raptor Lake Next, as the leaks call it, would land on the LGA 1700 socket in the first half of 2027 with DDR4 support intact. Intel has declined to comment on it.Why Raptor Lake Is Coming Back To LGA 1700Raptor Lake Next carries Core 200 branding, sits on the socket Intel introduced with Alder Lake in 2021, and arrives some months after the first Nova Lake chips reach retail at CES 2027. Tipster Jaykihn, a reliable source on Intel roadmaps, puts the family across Core 7, Core 5 and Core 3 tiers, topping out at 20 cores with the 8 P-core configuration retained, plus a 10-core 65W part carrying 24MB of L3 cache against the 20MB the earlier 10-core silicon shipped with. Desktop parts run at 125W and mobile HX parts at 65W.About The AuthorAt heart, I am a storyteller drawn to the watershed moments that bend the technology landscape. I braid narrative with data, humanise statistics, and trace the arc from first spark to world-changing impact. My reportage, features and reviews are witty, sardonic, visual and vivid, using anecdote to illuminate rather than eviscerate.
Intel May Revive DDR4 CPUs In 2027 As DDR5 Prices Stay High
Intel is reported to be preparing Raptor Lake Next, a third refresh of its Raptor Lake processors on the LGA 1700 socket, for the first half of 2027. The chips would support DDR4, which stays cheaper than DDR5 after AI demand pushed memory prices up. Intel has declined to comment.
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