Intel's upcoming Alder Lake CPUs are still a few weeks away from launching, presumably, but there is plenty of related hardware in the wild to keep the leaks flowing. The latest one is an actual photo ...

Computers have used socketed processors for most of the PC’s lifespan, with a few notable exceptions like Intel’s cartridge-based Pentium II and III aside. These sockets change every few processor ...

Igor’s Lab has provided some updates on Arrow Lake-S and its associated LGA 1851 socket, including 3D schematics of the CPU loading mechanism (bracket) and the chipset itself. Igor also unveiled a ...

Late last week, information appeared online suggesting that (surprise surprise) Intel was likely going to welch on its promise to retain LGA 1700 for three processor generations and that their ...

Spares for socket LGA 1700 / LGA 1800 are already selling online on a Chinese retailer website called Taobao. LGA 1700 is the next-gen socket for Intel's 12th gen desktop Alder Lake-S processors.

Upgrading your motherboard is never a painless affair. Ripping out the guts of your build and swapping them out with all-new parts is time-consuming, and it's also expensive when a new socket is ...

TL;DR: Intel is developing a new LGA 1954 socket for its 2026 Nova Lake-S desktop CPUs, featuring up to 16 P-Cores and 32 E-Cores. This marks Intel's third major socket change in recent generations, ...

Something to look forward to: Intel has long faced criticism for frequently changing CPU sockets, making desktop upgrades more expensive and complicated. That trend could be about to change, however, ...