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Thermaltake Cooler Confirms Existence of Nova Lake CPUs — And They'll Work With Your Old Cooler

In an update to the install guide for its Minecube 360 Ultra ARGB cooler, Thermaltake has inadvertently confirmed the ...
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Intel May Take A Page From AMD's Playbook With CPU Socket Longevity, Starting With Nova Lake

One of the greatest strengths of building an AMD-based machine in the last eight years has been AMD's fantastic support for Socket AM4. Socket AM5 looks much the same, with at least one more ...
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The challenges of AMD CPU socket longevity

AMD has supported the AM4 platform for almost a decade. I wrote "has" because the company continues to roll out new processors for the socket, allowing those with older AMD motherboards to continue ...
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Intel on next-gen Nova Lake CPUs: new LGA1954 socket, up to 52 cores, Xe3 GPU on Intel 18A

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan excited for next-gen consumer desktop CPUs with Nova Lake in 2H 2026: Intel 18A, up to 52 cores, new Xe3 ...
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The next Intel Core CPU socket will support four chip generations, says leak

Intel is reportedly planning to support four generations of CPUs with its forthcoming LGA1954 socket, ditching its previous strategy of only supporting one or two generations before gamers need to ...
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A new AMD Ryzen 5000 CPU just dropped, and Socket AM4 is now seemingly immortal

AMD has just dropped yet another Socket AM4 CPU, breathing yet more life into the aging platform. The new AMD Ryzen 5 5600F has just been launched nine years after AMD first introduced Socket AM4 in ...