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The new design ensures no Gen5 lanes are sacrificed for GPUs and storage.

So, those upgrading from older DDR4 setups will have to splurge on new memory modules.

Intel Arrow Lake leak hints at more PCIe lanes and no DDR4 support

For reference, Z790 boards supported 5x USB 20G ports and 10x USB 10G and USB 5G connectors.

Other connectivity features include Wi-Fi 7 and Intel 2.5Gb LAN.

The leak also confirms rumors that Arrow Lake only supports Thunderbolt 4 and not the newer Thunderbolt 5 standard.