One of the benefits of building an AMD PC is that the company has historically supported its processor sockets for longer ...

Something to look forward to: Intel has long faced criticism for frequently changing CPU sockets, making desktop upgrades more expensive and complicated. That trend could be about to change, however, ...

If you're a hardware enthusiast, you're probably already aware that Intel's Independent Loading Mechanism or ILM, which is the retention clamp that holds the CPU in the socket, can cause CPU warping ...

Having previously only committed to supporting AM5 until 2027, AMD has confirmed it will release AM5-compatible CPUs for ...

Rumor mill: AMD's next-gen AM6 CPU socket will reportedly have 2,100 pins, a 22-percent increase over the 1,718 pins in AM5. However, despite the increased pin count, the two sockets are said to be ...

Thanks to AM4's X3D CPUs, many gamers still don't feel left behind.

AMD has just quietly launched a new budget gaming CPU with 3D V-cache, and you won't need a brand new Socket AM5 motherboard to run it either. The new AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D has six cores and is based on ...

I want to be exited about this, but Intel refusing to comment on their platform's longevity several times and the rumours floating around that this will be a single-generation socket means there is no ...