Well, yeah, actually. See, this information comes to us by way of Igor's Lab, who broke the story along with sharing a couple of CAD diagrams of the AM5 socket and its retention mechanism.

The AM5 water block features EK-Matrix7 compatibility. The product deploys a modified Velocity² cooling engine optimized for AMD's Ryzen 7000-series CPUs. The AM5 motherboards now have an ...

However, with the AM5 Mycro Direct Die cooling block after delidding, the temperature remained below 63°C. To implement this cooling solution, users must delid their Ryzen 7000 series processors.

EK has built its new AM5 water block on its Velocity² platform, with Velocity² water blocks being a socket-specific, high-performance cooling engine with low hydraulic flow restriction.

Hardware cooling AM5 direct-die water block can lower Ryzen CPU temps by more than 25C You'll have to delid your CPU By Shawn Knight May 2, 2023 at 12:25 PM 7 comments ...