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Production of DDR4 memory and motherboards is restarting amid unprecedented memory shortages — PC industry preparing for a world without DDR5

Intel continues to sell its Raptor Lake and Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs, as well, and the company told Tom’s Hardware it “will continue to make sure that there are products which can take care of older memory technologies.” One motherboard vendor said it was specifically ramping production of LGA 1700… …

Jun 4, 2026 · Paul Alcorn
tomshardware.com › pc-components › cpus

Intel reportedly preparing surprise return to DDR4 systems with 'Raptor Lake Next' — LGA 1700 platform apparently slated for first half of 2027, takes a page from AMD's book by extending budget platform longevity

… Bartlett Lake chips are socket-compatible with Raptor Lake platforms, though not supported through software. Nonetheless, some enthusiasts have managed to get Bartlett Lake chips working on consumer 600-series and 700-series motherboards. …

Jun 13, 2026 · Jake Roach
tomshardware.com › pc-components › power-supplies

ATX12VO V3 standard shrinks the connector and maximizes power efficiency — new 8-pin connector also brings smarter power supply monitoring

… According to Intel’s internal testing,, a conventional multi-rail design consumed around 1.29X more power at idle and 1.12X more power during benchmark workloads than the ATX12VO V3 reference platform. The slides also highlight a change in the motherboard power connector. …

May 30, 2026 · Kunal Khullar