The chip giant has discontinued the boxed Intel Core Gen 13 K series processors, i.e. the Raptor Lake CPU family, which comes with an unlocked multiplier and supports overclocking. The cease-and-desist order took effect on March 21, although Intel will continue to accept orders until May 24and the last unit shipments will take place on June 28.

The list of affected processors includes all Intel Core Gen 13 K series models, including “KF” and Intel Core i9-13900KS variants, which is a higher frequency version of the Intel Core i9-13900K. We are talking about models in a box because those are the ones sold in the retail channeland Intel also has boxless versions that fall short of said channel and are aimed at device builders.

Basically, the rest of the models that are part of the Core Gen 13 Raptor Lake family were not affected, so the delivery should continue as usual for some time. These models are more affordable, but in terms of price/performance ratio, they are in a somewhat complicated position due to the good value that Core Gen 12 offers in this sense.

It is important to remember that this interruption process This does not mean that the affected processors will stop being available overnight.nothing could be further from the truth, this means that Intel will no longer supply additional units and they will remain in stock until the current units are exhausted.

Consider, for example, what happened to the Intel Core Gen 12 Alder Lake processors, which They are still available in stores at very interesting pricesand this situation does not appear to be changing in the short or medium term. However, it is impossible to predict how this will affect the price of the Intel Core Gen 13 K series in the long term. The most logical thing would be to make them cheaper and cheaper, but everything will depend on demand.

If you are wondering why Intel made this decision, the answer is very simple, because it has Core Gen 14 in the marketwhich are the ones getting all the love from the chip giant, even though they’re basically nothing more than a simple Core Gen 13 refresh, and as it starts preparing the channel for the next arrival of Core Gen 15generation, also known as Intel Arrow Lake, which will mark the debut of a new socket, LGA-1851.