Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs?

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Posted by samzenpus on Monday November 26, 2012 @04:33PM 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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Betteridge's Law of Headlines (Score:5, Funny)

by Raven42rac ( 448205 ) * writes: on Monday November 26, 2012 @04:46PM (#42097633)

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

Re:I just can't live without a ZIF socket. (Score:4, Funny)

by MrEricSir ( 398214 ) writes: on Monday November 26, 2012 @04:55PM (#42097789) Homepage

Lack of modular parts means lack of choice when building or buying systems.
Are you one of those people who pines for the old days when you had to buy a separate coprocessor and cache memory along with your CPU and motherboard?

Re:Even if this was true... (Score:5, Funny)

by AdamBv1 ( 1382569 ) writes: on Monday November 26, 2012 @05:10PM (#42098019)

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.

Re:Even if this was true... (Score:5, Funny)

by HornWumpus ( 783565 ) writes: on Monday November 26, 2012 @05:40PM (#42098539)

I faith healed a holy rollers PC once. (while reconnecting the cable as they were distracted)

Re:Even if this was true... (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday November 26, 2012 @05:48PM (#42098631)

Sure you can, but why would you?. I have no need in my hoe life to keep older hardware creaking along, taking up space, heat, and power. When a homebuilt box has a serious problem and it's "old", I'm starting over on the next build. Sure, salvalging a part here or there for the new build is nice, but it's just not that important really.
Well, sure, hoes have different priorities...

Re:Even if this was true... (Score:5, Funny)

by Gilmoure ( 18428 ) writes: on Monday November 26, 2012 @05:58PM (#42098795) Journal

Nope, the only true enthusiasts are those that play x86 binary games that require the latest developer release video card boards, whose machines are overclocked through the use of liquid helium. Which may explain their high squeaky voices.

Re:Even if this was true... (Score:5, Funny)

by Old97 ( 1341297 ) writes: on Monday November 26, 2012 @06:12PM (#42099017)

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

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Betteridge's Law of Headlines (Score:5, Funny)

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