Leaked images of a purported Intel Granite Rapids Xeon 9000 CPU socket have been put under close scrutiny. It is estimated that the socket is a massive 1.7X larger than the current gen Intel Sapphire ...

Intel won't be launching its new LGA1954 socket and next-gen Core Ultra 400 series 'Nova Lake-S' desktop processors this year, Zen 6 delayed, too.

However, when counting the pins, you will realize that the 2011, 2011-1 and 2011-3 actually have different pin counts. As far as I understand, all these sockets fit physically with the CPUs, i.e. you ...

Title pretty much sums it up. I'm not sure if this topic has been brought up before. I always wondered why chip companies gone from using a socket based processor (socker 5,7) to a slot based one ...

We thought that Intel's latest 14th gen CPUs would be the last ones to use the Intel LGA1700 socket, but it looks as though this veteran motherboard platform is getting a new lease of life, thanks to ...

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ASRock claims that the reason some owners of its 800-series motherboards have found their new PCs unable to boot, or even damaging their CPUs, is because of debris in the socket. Reportedly, after ...

In this guide, we'll show you how to fix bent CPU pins, as well as how to fix bent motherboard socket pins if you have an LGA motherboard. Bent socket pins are one of the main reasons for motherboard ...

The Thermalright Contact Frame is an accessory that helps Intel processors sit more evenly on the motherboard, reducing bending and improving cooling.