Raptor Lake will continue to be abundantly available.<\/p>\n
\u201cRaptor Lake is a big part of our strategy \u2013 I want to be very clear about that,\u201d says Hallock. \u201cIt\u2019s still really, really good, even with multiple generations of hardware from other vendors coming after it, so it\u2019s not going anywhere. I want people to understand that Raptor Lake will continue to be abundantly available.\u201d We ask if that means we\u2019ll see a boost in production of popular chips such as the Core i5-14600K<\/a>, to which Hallock says he \u201ccan\u2019t talk about supply or demand,\u201d but he did hint at what might be to come in the motherboard world.<\/p>\n Hybrid DDR4\/DDR5 motherboards<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019ve also seen some new motherboard announcements that support both DDR4 and 5 on Raptor Lake, as kind of like a bridge between worlds for people,\u201d says Hallock. \u201cThat is reflective of our overall confidence and expectations.\u201d We have indeed spotted this trend, particularly when it comes to budget motherboards. For example, the ASRock H610M Combo II<\/a> was launched in March and offers one DDR4 slot, as well as two DDR5 slots. <\/p>\n You\u2019ve seen some new motherboard announcements that support both DDR4 and 5 on Raptor Lake\u2026 That is reflective of our overall confidence and expectations<\/p>\n That\u2019s a bit of a weird setup, though, as it means you can\u2019t run your DDR4 RAM in dual-channel mode. What we\u2019d really like to see are some boards that offer two DDR4 slots and two DDR5 slots, perhaps with a Z790 chipset to boot. Could we see more of these hybrid motherboards arriving to build that bridge for upgraders? <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s hard to say,\u201d considers Hallock. \u201cFor a lot of motherboard makers, it comes down to where they want to play and what their opportunities are.\u201d As an example, he asks, \u201cIs there a segment of the market that some of the bigger motherboard ODMs [original design manufacturers] are not serving that a smaller, scrappier player could come in and fill with a unique board design? You know, I can\u2019t speak for their business plans. But that is one example of what we\u2019re seeing in the market.\u201d<\/p>\n What we\u2019re taking from all this is that Intel is clearly aware of the situation with RAM prices, and that there\u2019s still a lot of demand for CPUs that support DDR4 memory \u2013 it looks as though Raptor Lake is still going to be around for a good while yet. We\u2019ve listed the Core i5-14600K in our guide to buying the best DDR4 CPU<\/a>, but it\u2019s increasingly hard to find in stock, particularly at a reasonable price. <\/p>\n Hopefully, we\u2019ll see that situation change over the next few months, with both Intel and AMD providing decent stock of DDR4-compatible CPUs. We really like Intel\u2019s new chips, such as the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus<\/a>, but it\u2019s a hard sell when 32GB of RAM costs more than the CPU itself. If you do already have some DDR5 RAM handy, and you\u2019re looking to upgrade your processor, check out our guide to buying the best CPU<\/a>, so you can find the right chip for your needs and budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Intel may have only just released its latest Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs, but in the wake of outlandish…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[62045,85,9797,46,180969,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-377598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-cpu","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-intel","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-raptor-lake","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Intel-Core-Ultra-9-285K-and-Core-i9-14900K-1-1200x800.jpg\")
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