When consumers with AM4 or AM5 motherboards come to upgrade, AMD maintaining socket longevity means they will only have to buy a new CPU to upgrade, rather than a full motherboard and memory.

Big Red recently dropped the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, which is its top ... Of course, if you have a motherboard with an AMD Zen 5 CPU socket, it won't be compatible with an Intel processor.

The AMD Ryzen 9 ... AM4 system. As an AM5 chip, you'll need to upgrade some major components, including motherboard and possibly RAM. You may like The 9900X remains the best value for money AMD ...

Both the Ryzen 9 ... motherboard. Similarly, these chips are built exclusively for DDR5 RAM and have PCIe 5.0 compatibility out of the box. If you're thinking of upgrading from an older AM4 ...

If you have a Socket AM4 motherboard, with any AMD Ryzen 1000, 2000, 3000, or 5000-series CPU, there's also a good chance you'll be able to flash your BIOS (the firmware on your motherboard ...

Similarly, the Core Ultra 9 ... motherboard to work – and these chipsets will not work with an older CPU. AMD takes a slightly different approach. AMD only just recently moved on from the AM4 ...

Every computer has a central processor or CPU ... use a different socket from those a few years ago. For example, if your gaming PC has a Core i5 10600K inside it, the motherboard that houses ...

The Ryzen 9 9950X was supposed ... It’s also the first CPU that’s built for Intel’s new LGA 1851 socket, meaning you’ll need a new motherboard to be able to use it. Intel is using its ...

The new flagship is the Core Ultra 9 285K ... the new socket maintains the same dimensions and cooler mounting hole spacing as LGA1700, ensuring continued compatibility with existing CPU coolers.

Still a CPU powerhouse in 2024 ... the Core i9-13900K uses an LGA1700 socket – something that’ll be a saving grace if you’re upgrading from an Alder Lake chip. Both CPUs also share the ...

If you bought an AM4 motherboard way ... s a full eight years on the socket, four years on the 5000-series architecture. With the new Ryzen 7 5800XT and Ryzen 9 5900XT, the AM4 socket might ...

Four years on and that same socket could house a Ryzen 9 5750X, with 16 cores ... That all said, it's not like you can use an AM4 motherboard from 2016 and fit an AM4 CPU from 2024—it simply ...