A new unannounced Intel CPU, the Core Ultra 7 260K, is now on sale, though only inside two of Newegg's in-house ABS gaming desktops. The Kaze II Aqua pairs it with an RTX 5060 for $1,699.99, while the Flux II Aqua steps up to an RTX 5070 for $1,999.99. Newegg confirmed the chip is exclusive to its ABS systems and won't be sold separately. Per Tom's Hardware, Intel has since described it as a "limited-availability" SKU with no boxed retail version, and its specifications should appear on Intel's website within a few days.

Going by Newegg's own buying guide, the 260K looks like a Core Ultra 7 265K with a slightly lower clock speed ceiling. It keeps the same 8P+12E core layout, 30 MB of L3 cache, 125 W base power, and DDR5-6400 support for up to 256 GB of memory, but the P-cores top out at 5.4 GHz instead of 5.5 GHz. That DDR5-6400 limit places it in the original Arrow Lake family rather than the Arrow Lake Refresh lineup, so it misses out on DDR5-7200 support and Intel's Binary Optimization Tool as well.Early listings were a bit messy, with parts of Newegg's pages calling the chip the 260KF, which would normally mean no integrated graphics, and one spec field showing a 5.2 GHz boost, though the Flux II page now lists 5.4 GHz. Nobody has published benchmarks yet, but on paper, performance should land within a hair of the 265K. DIY builders can't buy it anyway, and the 270K Plus remains the more interesting Intel option if you're going down that route.