Released in March 1994, Socket 5 was primarily designed for second-gen Intel P5 Pentium processors. However, it was also ...

F or some, installing a CPU is one of the easiest parts of building a new PC. For others, it can be nerve-wracking, especially if they're doing it for the first time. While the ba ...

A Reddit user experienced a concerning problem with AMD's best CPU, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. The chip seems fried, and the PC won ...

it is not the only motherboard vendor mentioned by Redditors suffering CPU failures. By the same count, 16 9800X3Ds have gone pop in Asus boards, five in MSI sockets and a single solitary CPU in a ...

So why are motherboards so technically irksome? It’s because as far as hardware goes there’s a lot riding on them. They have ...

A shipping manifest suggests Intel Core Ultra Nova Lake CPUs use a new LGA1954 socket, and won't work with LGA1851 Arrow Lake ...

But you'll need to be doubly sure you've got the right motherboard socket for whatever CPU you go for. For example, AMD CPUs can't be used for Intel motherboards, and the same goes for the other ...

While Intel has not confirmed any details, this shift suggests that users who adopt Arrow Lake may find themselves needing a ...

you will need a motherboard that uses the new Intel LGA1851 socket, as the LGA1700 motherboards for Intel’s last three CPU generations won’t work with the new chips. Our top choice here is the ...

If you've been thinking about building a new high-end AMD system—or upgrading an older AM5 rig—now's a great time. Amazon ...

Sometimes, the CPU has even exhibited burn marks on the underside and in the CPU socket. But in each case ... Although other motherboard brands have been implicated in this issue, ASRock ...