Monday, September 23rd 2024
Canadian Retailer Lists Intel Core Ultra 200 Series "Arrow Lake-S" Desktop Processors
Canadian online retailer ShopRBC put up listings of unreleased Intel Core Ultra 200-series "Arrow Lake-S" desktop processors. While the availability listed is zero, you can backorder these chips at the prices listed, so they are shipped when available. The flagship Intel Core Ultra 9 285K (8P+16E) processor is listed at CAD $852 (around USD $628). There is no "KF" variant of this part unlike with past generations of Intel flagship SKUs. The Core Ultra 7 265K (8P+12E) is next up, at CAD $589 (USD $435). Its KF variant, which lacks integrated graphics, is up for CAD $22 less than that (CAD $567 or USD $418).
Intel's middle-of-the-market part for this generation, the Core Ultra 5 245K (6P+8E) is next up, listed at CAD $450, or USD $331. You can back-order its KF variant for CA $23 less, at CA $427 (USD $315). The Core Ultra 200 "Arrow Lake-S" introduces the new Socket LGA1851, and so online retailers around the world should begin putting up compatible motherboards based on the Intel Z890 chipset, which is rumored to be the only chipset option available with these chips until Q1-2025, when Intel fleshes out the series with non-K SKUs and value chipsets such as the B860.
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Intel's middle-of-the-market part for this generation, the Core Ultra 5 245K (6P+8E) is next up, listed at CAD $450, or USD $331. You can back-order its KF variant for CA $23 less, at CA $427 (USD $315). The Core Ultra 200 "Arrow Lake-S" introduces the new Socket LGA1851, and so online retailers around the world should begin putting up compatible motherboards based on the Intel Z890 chipset, which is rumored to be the only chipset option available with these chips until Q1-2025, when Intel fleshes out the series with non-K SKUs and value chipsets such as the B860.
18 Comments on Canadian Retailer Lists Intel Core Ultra 200 Series "Arrow Lake-S" Desktop Processors
LGA1200 had nearly half this lifespan, being relevant for just 20 months. LGA1151 also didn't make it to 3 years.
However, lifespan isn't relevant. You build your PC for nearly a decade, not a couple months. The only relevant question is will that be any better than Raptor Lake.
I don't build my PC for nearly a decade (which I would consider 8-9 years as "nearly"). Many frequent upgraders don't see longevity beyond just 4-5 years of use.
Either way, in my personal opinion platform longevity is kinda overrated as most people don`t upgrade CPUs within the same platform.
Hopefully LGA1851 will be more of the same stability with a nice speed boost over my 12700k, which i will be certainly keeping.
I mean, if this GB leak is accurate, Arrow Lake has ~8% single thread advantage but otherwise is the same as the 14700K. That's not a lot of reason to upgrade an entire platform (time and $$) vs just buying the $350 14700K and popping it in to replace my 12700KF.
browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/compare/7341479?baseline=7944552
Hopefully at least they do the same for LGA1851 with 3 generations.
But even without that, no I'm not particularly worried. I know a lot of people with Intel 'gaming' or otherwise high-performance rigs (I'm a developer, so most people I know have a higher end PC) and don't know a single one who had this issue. I suspect one must have to have a high end motherboard/CPU *and* regularly put it under a lot of stress, to see this issue.
That said, I'll probably run the diagnostic on any CPU I buy, just to make sure they're not selling me someone else's return :
Edit: Initial Lunar Lake reviews are out. Pretty wicked, better than the leaks. Here's hoping Arrow Lake is better than the leaks too.
www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/15951/intel-processor-diagnostic-tool.html