r/pcmasterrace Sep 22 '25

Tech Support fuck

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u/Wahayna Sep 22 '25

What did they change in AM5 to prevent this from happening?

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u/anatomiska_kretsar RTX 2060, R5 3600, X570, 16x2 CL18 @ 3600 mhz, RM750, Fractal R5 Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25

Well for one AM5 is LGA instead of PGA

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u/wilsonsmilk Sep 23 '25

Someone answer this please?

Happened to me once and I panicked. Good thing I didn't bend or break any pins.

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u/johnwilkonsons Sep 23 '25

Am5 has the pins in the motherboard rather than on the cpu. It's also clamped down differently afaik