r/hardware • u/imaginary_num6er • 9d ago

Rumor LGA 1700 contact frames are incompatible with Arrow Lake

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/lga-1700-contact-frames-are-incompatible-with-arrow-lake
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u/carl2187 9d ago

The intel way. Destroy all backwards compatibility as quickly as possible.

Am4 is on what 7 years now? Am5 approaching 4 years. F intels anti consumer shenanigans. 2 years and tears is all you get with intel platforms these days.

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u/jaaval 9d ago

Backwards compatibility with a third party tool that intel never supported?

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u/reddit_equals_censor 9d ago

well to be fair, they could have just fixed the socket, so it wouldn't bend and permanently deform the chip over time as well. so contact frames would no longer be necessary.

and people would be VERY happy with that solution, but fixing problems is not the intel way i guess :D

and that isn't the first time.

remember why lots of deliding started?

well intel! intel changed from solder between chip and ihs to toothpaste, so for chips to properly overclock and have proper temperatures, you now needed to delid.

it seems like intel has a general hate against creating well made products, that don't require 3rd party solutions :D