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Facing unending price increases for newer memory standards, Intel and AMD are enabling new CPUs to support older, cheaper DDR4 RAM. Gigabyte announced that two of its motherboard lines will support upcoming processors built on Intel's LGA 1700 socket, which originally debuted in 2021 and already supports DDR4. The move is aimed at giving budget-conscious PC builders a way to upgrade without paying inflated prices for newer RAM generations, reflecting broader market pressure from rising memory costs tied to the AI-driven data center boom.