WYP
News Guru
AMD's AM4 socket has been pictured, showing a pin count of 1331 an increase of over 40% compared to AM3+.
Read more on AMD's AM4 CPU socket.
Read more on AMD's AM4 CPU socket.
AMD's AM4 socket has been pictured
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WYP
News Guru
I did count and do the maths to confirm it......
Doomslayer
New member
WYP
News Guru
You must have a lot of time on your hands :lol:
Or no life
Didn't take that long. Just count how many horizontally and vertically and then take away where pins are missing.
It is also kinda my job to have no life.
AlienALX
Well-known member
I used to hate AMD sockets. Can't tell you how many times I tried to remove the cooler and pulled the chip out by mistake 
Then some one told me to stress the CPU for a minute or two before you try and remove it. Bingo bongo, softens up the paste and a gentle twist and it's off.
Then some one told me to stress the CPU for a minute or two before you try and remove it. Bingo bongo, softens up the paste and a gentle twist and it's off.
Thelosouvlakia
Classy-Fried-Chicken
I used to hate AMD sockets. Can't tell you how many times I tried to remove the cooler and pulled the chip out by mistake
Then some one told me to stress the CPU for a minute or two before you try and remove it. Bingo bongo, softens up the paste and a gentle twist and it's off.
They don't mention this stuff on the manual, sadly...
Had the same problem when I was too afraid to remove the stock amd cooler (with the stock paste) off my cpu... :mellow::mellow::mellow:
Wraith
Bettyswollocks
Always used to give mine a twist then slight leaver to lift the cooler off, lost count how many times I've pulled the CPU out of a locked socket :lol:I used to hate AMD sockets. Can't tell you how many times I tried to remove the cooler and pulled the chip out by mistake
Then some one told me to stress the CPU for a minute or two before you try and remove it. Bingo bongo, softens up the paste and a gentle twist and it's off.
g0ggles1994
Active member
iirc AMD did say that all current AM3 coolers will fit on the AM4 socket without a problem or new mounting brackets. That being said some companies like Noctua will probably offer an AM4 upgrade kit to make current coolers fit.
dwatterworth
New member
Pcie lane comparisons will need to wait for price points. Myself, if it can finally meet or beat my O.C. 4790k, the i7 is demoted to htpc rig duty and AMD finally again moving forward. I've waited since G-D socket 940 for a decent offering. The blue drink is fine and all, but it's like buying a Nvidia card, you know at some point the creator has kicked a puppy. Meanwhile AMD is like my old project car '87 SPG, when it's running it's F'ing brilliant, when it's broke, you'll give your left nut to get it back in the game.
Doomslayer
New member
You do understand that AMD doesn't have a product which targeted at X99 so your kinda comparing the wrong items you should be comparing AM4 to Socket 1151.
Before anyone bites my head off i'm talking about in terms of Socket size.
Kourgath223
Member
So after a quick look it appears the Z170 and Q170 set of LGA 1151 motherboards support up to 20 PCI-E lanes. In that case it would mean that AMD's AM4 motherboards are little better then Intel's Z170/Q170 LGA 1151 motherboards when it comes to PCI-E lane support.
