The motherboard is one of the longest-lasting components of any build. If you think about it, the only time you upgrade your ...

New chips often require a new socket but in previous years, AMD often had several in the market, all at the same time (e.g. AM1, FM2+, AM3+). Replacing all of those was AM4—a square socket ...

AMD's Socket AM4 debuted eight years ago. In September 2016, AMD launched what turned out to be one of the longest-lasting modern platforms, which still receives support and new processors almost ...

The potential Intel Coffee Lake motherboard incompability comes with AMD confirming that its AM4 sockets will be compatible not only with its current Zen CPU architecture, but also with its ...

In short, all Noctua coolers and mounting kits that support AM4 are upwards compatible with socket AM5, except the NH-L9a-AM4 and the NM-AM4-L9aL9i. All Noctua AM4 mountings except the ones of the ...

When you buy a CPU, it will be labeled with a series of letters and numbers such as "LGA 1700" or "AM4." This is the socket name the CPU has, telling you which motherboard chipset it's compatible ...

Intel Nova Lake S processors will seemingly pair with a new socket, namely LGA1954, replacing current generation LGA1851 ...