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Intel LGA9324 leak reveals colossal CPU socket with 9,324 pins for up to 700W Diamond Rapids Xeons

An alleged picture of the socket that is expected to host Intel's next-generation Diamond Rapids (Xeon seventhgeneration) family of server CPUs has emerged, as spotted by HXL on X. The LGA9324 socket ...
PC Gamer

Not just crumbs in the CPU socket: Over 100 AMD 9800X3D chips are now reported to have gone pop and the most by far have died in ASRock motherboards

Update, April 2, 2025: AMD has given us a statement regarding the reportedly dead Ryzen processors, and we are pursuing further clarification from AMD. The statement notes that after an investigation ...
Digital Trends

Intel’s LGA CPU sockets explained

Computers have used socketed processors for most of the PC’s lifespan, with a few notable exceptions like Intel’s cartridge-based Pentium II and III aside. These sockets change every few processor ...