New leaks regarding the upcoming AMD and Intel sockets
Last weekend was all about the CPU socket. According to leaks, Intel's Socket 1700 will be more rectangular instead of square and AMD is getting rid of CPU pins on the motherboard.
Rumour has it that AMD will use Land Grid Array (LGA) instead of Pin Grid Array (PGA) for the upcoming AM5 socket. This means the pins for connecting the CPU and the motherboard shift from the processor to the mainboard and AMD follows Intel's example to go with LGA.
AMD is said to use 1,718 pins, which is 18 more than Intel does in the upcoming Alder Lake S processors. According to the rumours, AMD is planning to introduce DDR5 RAM in the new socket. Unlike Intel, however, AMD is said to continue to rely on PCIe 4.0 for the AM5 socket. With Alder Lake-S, the competitor is supposed to use PCIe 5.0 for the first time. AMD is currently still working on the 600 chipset series for AM5.
When it comes to Intel, there aren’t only rumours regarding the pins, but also the height and shape of the base. According to Igor's Lab, the new Socket V (LGA1700) is said to be less tall than the current Socket H (LGA1200), resulting in less pressure on the socket from the cooling solutions – but also to a new shape of the mounting holes. According to the leaked slides, which you can view if you click the link above, these are more rectangular than Intel's former ones. This would make mounts for cooling solutions unusable. Consequently, manufacturers of coolers would have to create and sell new cooler mounts.
AMD's AM4 socket has been in use since 2017 and is thus very long-lived compared to Intel's LGA1200, which was only introduced in 2020 and is already being replaced again. In addition, AMD's new socket is connected with a motherboard and CPU change as usual. For Intel, there’s also a new cooler or at least a new mounting bracket. This means, upgrading would be associated with additional costs for the cooling solution at Intel.
Intel is also said to be working on Peltier cooling, as the leak suggests. Intel has already built such a cooler with Cooler Master for the LGA 1200 socket. It cooled the CPU very well under certain conditions, but wasn’t very energy-efficient. As always, these leaks should be taken with a pinch of salt.
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