Intel is reportedly launching new CPUs on a five-year-old socket to allow DDR4
Gigabyte says new Intel processors will arrive on the five-year-old LGA1700 socket in early 2027, and has updated the BIOS across its whole B760 and H610 lineup. The socket takes DDR4, which costs far less than DDR5 in a market where AI has pushed memory prices to records.
Gigabyte says new Intel processors will arrive on the LGA1700 socket in early 2027. That socket dates from 2021. The motherboard maker has pushed BIOS support for them across its entire B760 and H610 range.
The reason is memory. LGA1700 boards take DDR4 as well as DDR5, and DDR4 costs a fraction as much to fill a machine with. PC Gamer drew the connection and Engadget reported it.
AI demand has made memory the most expensive part of a PC. The crunch has already dragged DDR2, a standard from 2003, up 55% to 60%in a quarter. Now it is pulling a...
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