AMD is writing the book on socket longevity and it's doing it with AM4, which is approaching a decade of service. Just when you thought we'd seen the last hurrah for the aging platform when AMD ...

In the world of tech, sockets, standards, and specs evolve by the calendar quarter. Yet, in the same world, AMD's AM4 platform has stood tall for nearly a decade, and it is a marvel to see it going ...

AMD's new Ryzen 7 5700X3D processor features 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 4 CPU architecture, the same as the higher-end Ryzen 7 5800X3D, but with lower boost CPU clock speeds. The new ...

AMD has just dropped yet another Socket AM4 CPU, breathing yet more life into the aging platform. The new AMD Ryzen 5 5600F has just been launched nine years after AMD first introduced Socket AM4 in ...

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As for the current AM5 socket, AMD officially announced that it was extending its support to at least 2029—it was originally ...

Upgrading a CPU has always felt like a rite of passage for PC enthusiasts, whether it's for a fresh socket, a new architecture, or for a few extra frames. But in 2025, that instinct doesn't always ...