Intel Announces Core Ultra 7 270K Plus at $299 & Core Ultra 5 250K Plus at $199

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Introduction Intel is announcing its official “Arrow Lake” refresh with the new Core Ultra 200S Plus Desktop CPU series. As the name suggests, these new models are based on the current generation Arrow Lake architecture, based on the LGA1851 CPU socket and motherboards. These are desktop CPUs and intended for the DIY market. In fact, […]

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So this gen brings:

Special "mechanical" features
Higher D2D speeds upto 900 MHz (wish they would mention Ring, NGU and D2D speed in Intel ARK)
Better IMC to support 7200 MT/s RAM at stock speed
CQDIMM quad rank RAM support (these are gonna be HEAVY!)
100 MHz higher boost speeds
An extra cluster of four E-cores
Intel Binary Optimization Tool to re-order instructions in game executables (and applications too?)

Did I miss anything?

Is this gen finally going to drop the prices on 14900KS?
 
I hope this means that 290K or 295K, whenever it gets released, has 10P+8E core configuration. They could also do 8P+20E but that's kinda boring and only useful for Cinebench etc.
 
I don't see a 285K refresh happening. 270K & 250K > binned 265K & 245K with adjustments. 285K was pretty much maxed out already. Nova Lake launching most likely 2027 at this point (rumors suggest) was intended end of year, that's the true generational release. ALR is just a refresh, not a new generation.
 
Some are speculating that Intel needs more time to bin more 290K CPUs. They have to be better than the average 285K bin. Also, it could be a trick to get enthusiasts to buy 270K on launch coz they've been starved for a new CPU for so long. Then release the 290K in May or June and get those same enthusiasts to get the 290K too. God knows AMD has sold a lot of 9950X simply due to releasing it earlier than 9950X3D. Also, I don't see how Intel can resist not having a halo CPU to bring in more dollars unless they re-certify existing 285K CPUs to have 7200 MT/s JEDEC RAM support and higher default D2D through BIOS updates. I really have a hard time believing that Intel will pass up an opportunity to make more money.
 
igor_kavinski said:
Some are speculating that Intel needs more time to bin more 290K CPUs. They have to be better than the average 285K bin. Also, it could be a trick to get enthusiasts to buy 270K on launch coz they've been starved for a new CPU for so long. Then release the 290K in May or June and get those same enthusiasts to get the 290K too. God knows AMD has sold a lot of 9950X simply due to releasing it earlier than 9950X3D. Also, I don't see how Intel can resist not having a halo CPU to bring in more dollars unless they re-certify existing 285K CPUs to have 7200 MT/s JEDEC RAM support and higher default D2D through BIOS updates. I really have a hard time believing that Intel will pass up an opportunity to make more money.
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If gas prices keep the climb it's going to impact literally everything else in the market. As such we will see increased costs for well everything. This will drive down the willingness of people to spend money on fun stuff.. like DIY systems. (Unless that's your bread and butter) Most folks are not as tightly woven into the PC market as we are and will just wait for the games to port to their phones.
 
Grimlakin said:
If gas prices keep the climb it's going to impact literally everything else in the market. As such we will see increased costs for well everything. This will drive down the willingness of people to spend money on fun stuff.. like DIY systems. (Unless that's your bread and butter) Most folks are not as tightly woven into the PC market as we are and will just wait for the games to port to their phones.
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Interesting how when gas prices came down the price of everything remained the same.

Either way, the PC market is cooked for the foreseeable future due to AI.
 
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