Intel Core Ultra 7 260K Arrives Without an Announcement, Limited to Two Prebuilt Desktops

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An unannounced Intel CPU, the Core Ultra 7 260K, is now on sale, but only inside two of Newegg's in-house ABS gaming desktops: the Kaze II Aqua pairs it with an RTX 5060 for $1,699.99, while the Flux II Aqua steps up to an RTX 5070 for $1,999.99. Newegg confirmed the chip is exclusive to its ABS systems and won't be sold separately. Per Tom's Hardware, Intel has described it as a "limited-availability" SKU with no boxed retail version, and its specifications should appear on Intel's website within a few days. Going by Newegg's own buying guide, the 260K looks like a Core Ultra 7 265K with a slightly lower clock speed ceiling: it keeps the same 8P+12E core layout, 30 MB of L3 cache, 125 W base power, and DDR5-6400 support for up to 256 GB of memory, but the P-cores top out at 5.4 GHz instead of 5.5 GHz. That DDR5-6400 limit places it in the original Arrow Lake family rather than the Arrow Lake Refresh lineup, so it misses out on DDR5-7200 support and Intel's Binary Optimization Tool.

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Source: TechPowerUp · 11/13/2026 · View original source