Gigabyte's blog post says it will drop support for Intel's LGA1700 chips in early 2027, but it cannot put the cat back in the bag.

Gigabyte appears to have made an error last week in a post about Intel's upcoming LGA1700 chips.

Gigabyte seems to have made a mistake when posting about Intel's upcoming LGA1700 chips last week.

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Last week, Gigabyte suggested that Intel is working on a new wave of LGA1700 CPUs – possibly an update to Raptor Lake to support the enhanced DDR4 in these memory-constrained times. It's even been busy releasing BIOS files for the B760 and H610 motherboards to ensure full compatibility once these chips arrive, which is expected to be around "early 2027".

This week, Gigabyte removed all references to these upcoming chips, deleting the blog post and replacing it with one that isn't very clear.

Here's the takeaway from last week's Gigabyte blog post:

Built on the LGA1700 socket and expected to launch in early 2027, the new processors bring new performance to an established platform and GIGABYTE users can be ready from day one.

Gigabyte published a new blog post on the same topic on October 13th. It notes that Gigabyte has extended LGA1700 processor support on Z790, B760, and H610 motherboards, adding Z790 chipsets to the list.

Notably, this one lacks any explicit reference to future Intel chips:

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"[Gigabyte] today announced a new BIOS update that provides more comprehensive LGA1700 processor support across the entire Intel Z790, B760 and H610 motherboard series. This update extends compatibility with a wider range of processors on the LGA1700 socket platform, giving Gigabyte users more choice and growth."

Some jiu-jitsu press release going on here. It seems Gigabyte said something it shouldn't have said about Intel's new chips, and to correct its mistake, it now has to justify a bunch of new BIOS files that largely exist to support the new chips.

The BIOS files themselves give the game. Take the Z790 Aero G for example. It received a new BIOS update on September 29, 2026 with the note: "Preparing for future processor support".

I've looked at the MSI and Asus support pages for any indication of similar updates to their Z790 motherboards, but they haven't made any explicit mention of future CPU support.

However, it looks like the new LGA1700 chips are getting ready to launch in the new year. Intel said it plans to keep them around.

These are probably mostly updates to Raptor Lake, so new spins on the 14th gen chips. Intel likes to mix and match architectures sometimes though, like the Core i5 13400, which could be either Alder Lake or Raptor Lake.

Here's hoping Intel applies the same logic to these chips as it did with the Arrow Lake refresh, like the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus. Same chips, much lower costs.

Jacob has been writing about PC hardware and technology for over eight years. He earned his first byline on PCGamesN before joining PC Gamer. He spends most of his time building PCs, running benchmarks and trying to learn Linux.

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