I think it's pretty obvious why it's going to be popular. Most of the Intel enthusiast buyers are already on the LGA 1700 platform so it's just a CPU drop in for them which is a no brainer.
For entry level and mid-level buyers raptor lake chips like the 13100, 13400, and 13600 will offer good bang for your buck especially paired with cheaper DDR4 ram and discounted 600 series B boards
If anything meteor lake is probably going to be the one that most people skip (enthusiasts already have a stable platform and low to mid level will chase the bang for your buck and not the latest and greatest)
a no brainer? its another 350 to idk 800? dollars for a minimal upgrade.....I mean I guess if money is 100% not a factor but who whom is that the case?
I mean sure I have a 12600k now and IF in the far future I can get a 13900k for like 100 - 150 bucks I might get it...though chances are by that time we will have moved up so much in performance per watt that it would be a much better choice to just upgrade.
Its kinda like how SLI / Crossfire was rather silly back in the day and everyone said to just get a single newer gpu then another older gpu.
Meteorlake has been ermm hyped by intel since before alderlake was even out and you still see new information floating about on it, raptorlake is the boring more of the same update but meteorlake seems to be genuinely a step forward.
also I dont understand how you can make that last remark about meteorlake but then now see that that applies way more logically to raptorlake.
yes, a year from now, I just dont understand why you would jump onboard now when you havent for alderlake...
Why would anyone buy 14th-gen if there will be 15th-gen
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Like I said already, meteorlake seems ot genuinely be an evolution, raptorlake is more of the same that alderlake already is, so why opt in now when you havent done so already for alderlake.
Its kinda the same with Intel ARC, why would you get intel ark soon tm with the new stuff from AMD and Nvidia around the corner, you waited this long already for a new gpu that the A770 would even be an interesting upgrade for you....so why would you get that now with indeed something probably much better on the horizon.
I guess... but DDR5 is becoming faster and cheaper so idk if you want to buy that.
I have ddr4 with alderlake and its fine but there is a sense of it being old now.