The bottom line is this: if your heatsink or liquid cooler has its own backplate, don't use it with Socket AM5. If your heatsink is AM4-compatible and doesn't use a custom backplate, then it is ...

This CPU Fan mounting bracket is designed to replace hardware heatsink mounting hardware for your motherboard. Good heat dissipation to ensure the normal operation of the CPU. Notice!

You'll need to get yourself a good CPU cooler. advertisement. XDA Developers. Best coolers for AMD AM5 PCs in 2024. ... and so most AM4-compatible brackets will work on an AM5 motherboard ...

Noctua's latest AM5 mounting bracket is offset by 7mm. That might not sound like much, but it's importantly the exact distance required to set the cooler more centrally over the hottest and most ...

The retention bracket on AM5 is also much more robust. Many users have inadvertently pulled an AM4 Ryzen processor out after finding it stuck to their CPU cooler with thermal paste, thanks to the ...

The NH-L9a-AM5 chromax.black is an all-black version of Noctua’s award-winning NH-L9a-AM5 low-profile quiet CPU cooler for AMD AM5 based HTPCs and Small Form Factor (SFF) builds.