# I can't wait for Raptor Lake **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-wait-for-raptor-lake/971513 "2022-09-13T18:57:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-wait-for-raptor-lake/971513/1 "2022-09-13T18:57:22Z")
Should see them trickling out in less than a month. I have a thread about upgrading my 3rd Gen i3 before and I contributed to Ellis Dee’s thread and I decided to wait for Raptor Lake and now it’s almost here. I probably won’t get the i9 but rather the i7 (will the i7 be able to do 6 GHz?). Definitely a x700 board with PCIe5 and DDR5. Probably overkill today but I always build a rig that will last for years with minimal upgrades, usually more RAM and a better video card. My biggest concern is that I want to name my machine after the bald eagle (get it? a raptor!), “Aquila” is any eagle. “Haliaeetus” is more specific but still is more than a bald eagle. “Leucocephalus” aka white-head seems a little over-the-top. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-wait-for-raptor-lake/971513/2 "2022-09-13T19:21:32Z")
So Raptor Lake _isn’t_ a _Jurassic Park_ spin-off? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-wait-for-raptor-lake/971513/3 "2022-09-13T19:26:14Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > My biggest concern is that I want to name my machine after the bald eagle (get it? a raptor!), “Aquila” is any eagle. “Haliaeetus” is more specific but still is more than a bald eagle. “Leucocephalus” aka white-head seems a little over-the-top. Eagly the Eagle [![](https://static1.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Peacemaker-and-Eagly.jpeg) ](https://static1.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Peacemaker-and-Eagly.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-wait-for-raptor-lake/971513/4 "2022-09-13T19:28:23Z")
I was thinking maybe Eddie [![](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nintchdbpict000001126142-e1484567670275.jpg) ](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nintchdbpict000001126142-e1484567670275.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-wait-for-raptor-lake/971513/5 "2022-09-13T19:30:08Z")
Sam? [![](https://muppetmindset.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/28982-samtheeagle.png) ](https://muppetmindset.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/28982-samtheeagle.png) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-wait-for-raptor-lake/971513/6 "2022-09-14T19:17:50Z")
The specs for the first Raptors to be released just came out. [![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/irbdtZ3iq34P8kzYTYv49P-970-80.png) ](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/irbdtZ3iq34P8kzYTYv49P-970-80.png) Hard to say as more comes in and of course we don’t have pricing but as indicated the i7 is in a bad spot. Either save money with the i5 (or the i3 when those specs come out) or go with the performance of an i9.