AMD released some of the first details about its upcoming Ryzen 7000 processors, 600-series chipsets, and the new AM5 CPU socket earlier this week. We learned that Ryzen 7000 chips will perform at ...

ASRock claims that the reason some owners of its 800-series motherboards have found their new PCs unable to boot, or even damaging their CPUs, is because of debris in the socket. Reportedly, after ...

However, when counting the pins, you will realize that the 2011, 2011-1 and 2011-3 actually have different pin counts. As far as I understand, all these sockets fit physically with the CPUs, i.e. you ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. AMD's next-generation Zen 7 processors will be coming to the current AM5 socket according to new leaks, with 32 cores and 64 threads being on offer with ...

AMD is writing the book on socket longevity and it's doing it with AM4, which is approaching a decade of service. Just when you thought we'd seen the last hurrah for the aging platform when AMD ...

Intel's next gen CPUs are coming to gaming PCs soon, and we've just been given our first glimpse of the socket that will be used by the chips and their supporting motherboards. The new lineup of Intel ...

Leaked images of a purported Intel Granite Rapids Xeon 9000 CPU socket have been put under close scrutiny. It is estimated that the socket is a massive 1.7X larger than the current gen Intel Sapphire ...

TL;DR: Noctua confirms its CPU coolers compatible with Intel LGA1700 and LGA1851 sockets will also support the upcoming LGA1954 socket for next-gen Core Ultra 400 "Nova Lake" CPUs without requiring ...

Big quote: Intel's next desktop CPU platform could mark a turning point in how the company handles socket compatibility – a sore spot for many PC enthusiasts who have grown used to frequent ...

Hot Chips 25 was held August 24-26 on the Stanford University campus again this year, with many exciting and interesting presentations. I’ve noticed an overall trend with more focus being placed on ...