Your expensive Ryzen processor shouldn’t look like it survived a house fire, yet that’s exactly what happened to dozens of AMD AM5 users in 2025. Charred motherboards and burnt CPUs flooded Reddit ...

If your AMD CPU has bent pins, you may not be entirely out of luck -- even if the pins are smashed flat. Here's how we brought back two CPUs from otherwise-lethal injuries. Share on Facebook (opens in ...

Rumor mill: AMD's next-gen AM6 CPU socket will reportedly have 2,100 pins, a 22-percent increase over the 1,718 pins in AM5. However, despite the increased pin count, the two sockets are said to be ...