If you have an AM4 CPU, you might be wondering if it's time to upgrade whether to a newer AM4 CPU or one of the AM5 CPUs. Let's break it down to several different scenarios, and see where it makes ...

AM4 is the CPU socket that just refuses to die. Nearly a decade after first making its way into motherboards, AMD is still ...

AMD's new Ryzen 5 5500X3D is a budget gaming AM4 CPU for the Latin American market, and it's a surprise new Zen 3 X3D launch ...

When consumers with AM4 or AM5 motherboards come to upgrade, AMD maintaining socket longevity means they will only have to buy a new CPU to upgrade, rather than a full motherboard and memory.

This new Socket AM4 CPU could make 3D V-cache affordable, but its clock speeds are low, and international availability looks ...

With AMD's AM5 motherboard support for the best DDR5 RAM and PCIe 5.0 connectivity, upgrading from AM4 to AM5 or diving into AMD for the first time is a smart move for future-proofing.. For those ...

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor £533.98 CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler £79.95 Motherboard: ASRock X870 Steel Legend WiFi ATX AM5 Motherboard £259.00 ...

On a global scale, the split between AM4 and AM5 is not far off from 50/50." So, says David McAfee, AMD head of Client Channel Business, of AMD's current CPU sales (via TechPowerUp ).

When AMD formally revealed Socket AM5 for its next few generations of desktop processors, it made the bold statement that CPU coolers for Socket AM4 would be compatible with the new socket. By now ...

In the case of AM4, the first processors it supported were the likes of the Ryzen 7 1800X, an eight-core, 4.0 GHz CPU that was designed to work with DDR4-2666 RAM.