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Cale Hunt

"Raptor Lake will continue to be abundantly available": Intel exec makes a case for its older chips as RAM prices soar, but are they actually worth buying in 2026?

Intel Core i7-13700K.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, due to the state of the PC gaming hardware market, Intel has clarified that it doesn't have plans to retire production of its 13th and 14th Gen Core processors.

In an interview with Club386, Intel VP and GM of Intel's Enthusiast Channel, Robert Hallock, revealed that the company's Raptor Lake chips are "not going away any time soon," and that the aging hardware remains "a big part of our strategy."

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