Intel’s Raptor Lake Is Coming Back — and This Time, It’s Betting on Your Old RAM (opens in new tab)

Intel is preparing to launch a third Raptor Lake refresh called 'Raptor Lake Next' in early 2027, targeting the LGA1700 socket and DDR4 memory as sky-high DDR5 prices keep millions of PC builders locked into older platforms. The move mirrors AMD's own nostalgia play and signals that Intel's budget CPU strategy for the next two years is less about new silicon than about keeping existing hardware affordable.