As an enthusiast, you have a great many concerns when moving to a new platform. One of those is what you'll need to do about cooling. Some hardcore types have hundreds of dollars invested in thermal ...

TL;DR: Intel's Nova Lake desktop CPUs, due in 2026, are rumored to require a new LGA1954 socket, replacing the current LGA1851 used by Arrow Lake. Despite that apparent need to change the motherboard, ...

Intel is rumoured to be implementing a new socket layout with Intel Comet Lake processors, putting an end to its current bout of cross-compatibility enjoyed across 8th and 9th Gen Coffee Lake ...

The launch of a new CPU can often range from being exciting, to the purely mundane in some cases. When that CPU is accompanied by an entirely new chipset, expectations are raised even further. One ...

TL;DR: Noctua confirms its CPU coolers compatible with Intel LGA1700 and LGA1851 sockets will also support the upcoming LGA1954 socket for next-gen Core Ultra 400 "Nova Lake" CPUs without requiring ...

Intel's next gen CPUs are coming to gaming PCs soon, and we've just been given our first glimpse of the socket that will be used by the chips and their supporting motherboards. The new lineup of Intel ...