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Ah, EU regulations.
Some love them, some, namely non-EU countries and businesses, tend to loathe them.
CPU packaging has already been reduced a lot in recent years, but it’ll probably keep on going thanks to new regulations in the EU.
For CPUs specifically, that probably means even the current boxes will continue to shrink.
After all, a CPU isn’t very big, is it?
Curiously, some are leaning towards the in-box stock cooler becoming a relic of the past, too.
PC hardware companies have been extremely good at shifting to more sustainable packaging in recent years.
After all, you’re not buying the cooler, you’re buying the CPU inside.
The higher-end CPUs from Intel and AMD have already been shipping this way for a little while now.
What it will mean is the death of any special edition packaging.
It’ll likely get to a point where the box is little bigger than the CPU tray.
Hell, the box myRTX 4090 Founders Editionreview unit came in would probably fall foul, too.
