Of course, having such socket longevity is mostly only good for AMD, as well as motherboard and cooler ... the CPU, is very small—it's a niche market, even amongst PC gamers. I'm certainly ...

We'll split this piece up into four parts that cover the four major components of the Ryzen 7000 launch: 1 ... Intel's LGA 1700 socket, AMD has been able to keep the dimensions of its CPU packages ...

Your existing cooler ... 1 on your processor – the triangle is much bigger on AMD CPUs than on Intel ones, but it will be there somewhere. There will be a corresponding triangle shape in the CPU ...

Intel's hybrid CPU design might start to lag behind AMD's simpler but more effective architecture And now I'm wondering if that's why we've seen the Ryzen 7 9800X3D ahead of either the Ryzen 9 ...

I've recommended AMD ... 1:1 DDR5-6000 EXPO profile where possible to stay in the performance "sweet spot." MSI MAG X670E Tomahawk Wi-Fi PCIe Gen 5 support for expansion cards and lightning-fast M.

When AMD formally revealed Socket ... and it is very easy for the CPU to slip partially out of the socket while you're fumbling around installing the cooler. This could damage the CPU, the ...

All three are designed for AM5 socket motherboards, generally cross-compatible with AM4 CPU cooler brackets ... over from AMD Ryzen 6000-series mobile processors. While I'm providing an outrageous ...

The 8700G, though, can be kept cool and quiet just with the simple cooler AMD supplies with the CPU – there's no need ... achieve 49fps average and 38fps 1% lows in Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3) when ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. AMD is launching its first Zen 5 desktop processors in July, with ...