in October 2021. Since then, we've had Core i5, i7, and i9 chips with P- and E-cores, plus low-end processors with just a couple of P or E-cores. With very little fanfare, Intel has launched a range of Raptor Lake CPUs . Intel is also offeringthat also have eight cores, but have smaller L3 cache sizes and slightly lower clocks than the aforementioned i9 chips.
Lastly, four Core i5 variants fill out the rest of the Raptor Lake embedded range—they all have 24 MB of L3 cache, but offer a variety of different clock speed and power limit configurations. The fastest is theKeep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsput one into a gaming PC, as they all use the standard LGA1700 socket.
At the moment, there's no word on how expensive Intel's E-less Raptor Lakes are and I've not seen any retailers offering them just yet. But if they're really cheap and you like enjoying the feeling of never knowing if your gaming PC isn't going to crash on you or not, then they could be worth a gamble.
He went on to do the same at Madonion, helping to write the help files for 3DMark and PCMark. After a short stint working at Beyond3D.com, Nick joined Futuremark full-time, as editor-in-chief for its gaming and hardware section, YouGamers. After the site shutdown, he became an engineering and computing lecturer for many years, but missed the writing bug. Cue four years at TechSpot.com and over 100 long articles on anything and everything.