Upgrading CPUs in office computers makes a great deal of sense given that while CPU technology has advanced greatly, other components live longer lives before they become obsolete. Upgrading poses a ...

Intel's first socketed microprocessors came in a dual in-line package (DIP) with 40 connectors. The i486 used a variety of sockets, but the most popular had 237 contacts. AMD's "Socket A" for the ...

On New Year's Eve der8auer published a video where he shared his analysis of the Coffee Lake controversy. In his signature style der8auer decided to look at the issue using a very hands-on approach, ...

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 ...

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 ...

More pins equals more performance, right? If so, get ready for AMD's next-gen AM6 CPU socket. According to a new AMD patent filing (via Bits and Chips), it'll have about 2,100 of the pointy little ...

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 ...

i just found a neat little trick... i have quite a little collection of socket 7 pentiums, and k6/k6-2 cpus, and admittidly some of the pins were bent on some of them. i used to painstakingly use a ...

I just finished replacing my CPU going from an AMD Ryzen 2600 to a Ryzen 3800X. I've always known AMD platforms to be a pain when removing the CPU, normally resulting in bent CPU pins. So, I decided ...

AMD is definitely going a different route for their next-gen Ryzen CPUs. A leaked render of the AM5 socket has surfaced, and it looks very similar to that of a typical Intel socket. And rightfully so, ...