Intel has finally officially introduced and launched their 14th generation desktop processor chip series, Intel Raptor Lake Refresh, which is also in our opinion an open secret due to the leaks about it.
Even so, this series of Intel Raptor Lake Refresh processing chips can be seen as their most powerful CPU series, especially through their most powerful model, the Intel Core i9-14900K which comes with 24 physical cores and 32 power threads with a turbo clock speed of 6GHz shown on the performance cores of this processing chip model.
Intel's focus with this series of Raptor Lake Refresh processing chips seems to focus on increasing IPC (instructions per clock) which is seen to benefit the most in gaming performance in particular.
For those interested in going back to overclocking the CPU, the Intel Core i9-14900K processing chip in particular shows a 6GHz base overclocking capability, and with a better cooling system, it is expected to be overclocked even faster, going beyond 7GHz without issue.
The Intel XTU (Xtreme Tuning Utility) software is also seen using artificial intelligence to further facilitate the overclocking process that can be used for various purposes that require high processing power.
If memory overclocking support is also required, Intel also says that Intel XMP memory overclocking support now supports RAM speeds of up to 8000MT/s.
In terms of technology support, the Intel Raptor Lake Refresh processing chip is also seen to support existing technologies such as WiFi 6/6E, PCIe 5.0, Bluetooth 5.3. In terms of new technology support, this processing chip also supports future technologies such as WiFi7 and Thunderbolt 5.
In terms of motherboard support, since it still uses the LGA1700 socket, all motherboards with Intel 600 and 700 chipsets will be supported by this Raptor Lake Refresh processing chip.