In a surprise move, Intel announces plans to phase out boxed versions of its enthusiast-grade 13th New generation core “Raptor Lake” processor. Intel plans to stop shipping these desktop CPUs by late June, according to a product change notification (PCN) issued by the company last month.Instead, Intel’s existing boxed 14-seriesth The new generation of Core processors are based on the same “Raptor Lake” chips and generally offer higher performance at a similar price.
Intel customers and distributors interested in obtaining boxed version 13th Orders for the new generation Core i5-13600K/KF, Core i7-13700K/KF and Core i9-13900K/KF/KS “Raptor Lake” processors with unlocked multipliers should be placed by May 24, 2024. The company will ship the devices by June 28, 2024. Meanwhile, PCN did not mention any change in the availability of pallet versions of these CPUs, which are sold to OEMs and wholesalers.
Intel Box 13 to be discontinuedth The first-generation Core processors are the company’s current 14th The next generation line, “Raptor Lake Refresh,” is largely a redesign of the same chips at slightly higher clock speeds.Case in point: All of the discontinued SKUs are based on Intel’s B0 Raptor Lake chips, which are still used in 14 of its productsth Follow along. So Intel isn’t stopping production of any Raptor Lake chips; it’s just that the number of retail SKUs is decreasing.
As stated in our 14th Generation Core/Raptor Lake Refresh review, 14th generationth Gen chips basically reach 13th One generation of same-class redundancy, delivering better performance at every level for the same price tag. Since nearly all current-generation motherboards support both generations of chips, Intel apparently sees no reason to keep older, slower SKUs on the same chip.
Interestingly, the retirement of the Audiophile 13th Before Intel discontinues older 12th-gen Core chips, a new generation of Core chips is comingth Generation Core “Alder Lake” processors. 12th To this day, Gen chips are still available in both boxed and tray versions, and the Alder Lake chips themselves are still widely used across multiple product lines. So while Alder Lake shares the same platform as Raptor Lake, chips based on that don’t become as redundant as the 13.th Gen Core chips have it.
Ultimately, Intel seems intent on consolidating and simplifying its boxed retail chip offerings by eliminating near-duplicate SKUs. For PC buyers, this could present a small deal opportunity as retailers work to offload the remaining 13 computers.th A generation of enthusiast chips.