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Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs?

Posted by samzenpus on from the have-someone-do-it dept.

OceanMan7 writes "According to a story by Charlie Demerjian, a long-time hardware journalist, Intel's next generation of x86 CPUs, Broadwell, will not come in a package having pins. Hence manufacturers will have to solder it onto motherboards. That will likely seriously wound the enthusiast PC market. If Intel doesn't change their plans, the future pasture for enthusiasts looks like it will go to ARM chips or something from offshore manufacturers."

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  1. Betteridge's Law of Headlines by Raven42rac · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no"

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  2. Re:Even if this was true... by AdamBv1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh boy, I hadn't thought of that. I can just see a situation where you need to buy an i7 to get any motherboard with decent overclocking ability or other features when you would be far happier with an i5 and an extra $100 in your pocket. Intel and motherboard manufacturers working together like this could mean terrible things for home builder.

  3. Re:Even if this was true... by Old97 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What you are calling an "enthusiast" is what I would call "grandma".

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