Fierce competition between Intel and AMD has pushed prices for many CPUs well below $100, making a processor upgrade more practical for older PCs. Three scenarios make a CPU upgrade worthwhile: Moving ...

AMD said Thursday that it will continue to use its AM4 processor socket straight through its next generation of Zen 3 processors, fulfilling the pledge it made to continue the socket through 2020. AMD ...

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

I have an HP Pavilion ze5501US notebook, which utilizes a 2.30GHz Mobile Intel Pentium 4. Per CPU-Z it's a Northwood model, socket 478 mPGA, 0.13 um. Sorry I don't have its S-code and manufacturing ...

Intel released a "reduced load" variant of the ILM with Arrow Lake that mostly resolved the problem, but it was optional. It looks like Intel is releasing another variant of the ILM with Nova Lake, ...

Prominent leaker Jaykihn has claimed that Intel's upcoming LGA 1954 socket will support not only Nova Lake processors, but ...

Just curious if it's possible to replace the actial socket on a motherboard. Specifically, it's a Socket A Abit KT7. My brother was upgrading his processor, and when he went to mount the heatsink the ...

But will it outlast the AM4 socket?

AMD has announced an extension of its AM5 platform roadmap, confirming that new processors compatible with the socket will continue to be released through at least 2029. The updated commitment was ...

Leaked plans for Intel’s upcoming LGA1700 socket show a radical departure from the design the company has used for the past several generations. The new V0 socket design isn’t compatible with ...