Unlike the non-Plus variants, the Core Ultra 200S Plus CPUs are witnessing a good demand, but Intel just made them more expensive for the consumers. Intel Quietly Raised Core Ultra 7 270K Plus From $299 to $349 While Core Ultra 5 250K Plus Received a $30 Price Hike The recent price hike could raise the actual retail prices for these products, and this will position the Core Ultra 200S Plus chips in a more difficult position, given they are still not on par with the Ryzen 9000 series when it comes to sales. Launched nearly one year after the debut […]

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The Intel LGA 1700 platform was launched three years ago in 2021, and it has since seen a total of 3 generations of CPUs: Alder Lake (12th Gen), Raptor Lake (13th Gen), and Raptor Lake Refresh (14th Gen). We have seen at least three generations of motherboards, first with the 600-series, which had Z690 as the top SKU, and then two generations of 700-series based on the top Z790 chipset, which included a soft refresh for the 14th Gen lineup. In late 2024, Intel introduced its next-generation 800-series chipsets, and with the Core Ultra 200S CPU series, the company also […]

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You may have already seen our review of the new Core Ultra 5 250K Plus and Core Ultra 7 270K Plus CPUs HERE, in which case you have already seen a moment from our interview with Robert Hallock, VP/GM Enthusiast Channel Business at Intel. The time has come to grab a long drink and settle back for the whole conversation and we guarantee you will learn plenty about Intel's plans in 2026 and beyond.

While we were working on our reviews of the Core Ultra 200S Plus CPUs we were invited to interview Robert Hallock and Erin Maiorino, Director of CPU Technical Marketing in Client Computing Group. At this stage we knew the new CPUs were good, however our reviews hadn't been published so we took the opportunity to dig into some of the more unusual technical aspects of the CPUs.

We also figured it was a good time to ask Intel what went wrong with the original launch of Core Ultra 200S and to gently quiz them about the next generation CPU which is code named Nova Lake.

KitGuru says: Intel Core Ultra 200S Plus has delivered excellent results and today we learn why it took so long to finally come good.

Earlier this week, Intel rolled out new Core Ultra 200S Plus series processors. We've already reviewed them here at KitGuru, finding that they offer compelling performance for the price tag. Now, G.Skill is confirming that its overclocked XMP 3.0 DDR5 memory kits are validated to support the new desktop CPUs.

A number of G.Skill DDR5 memory kits will now carry the Intel XMP 3.0 badge, a distinction reserved for memory products that have obtained official Intel XMP certification. G.Skill has also certified DDR5 memory kits that feature an Intel 200S Boost badge, indicating that these kits can use XMP 3.0 to reach overclocked speeds up to 8000MHz.

Using an XMP 3.0 overclock profile, end users can easily overclock their memory with just a couple of clicks in the BIOS, without having to do any manual tuning. Certified products will work out of the box, removing any of the guesswork that can be involved with manual overclocking.

In the image above you can see a Memtest validation with G.Skill DDR5 memory running at an impressive 10,000MHz on an Asus ROG Maximus Z890 Apex motherboard and paired with an Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus CPU.

KitGuru Says: G.Skill has some of the most impressive overclocked DDR5 memory kits around and the same was true during the DDR4 generation.