MSI demonstrates how to install Ryzen 7000 Zen 4
AMD showed the Zen 4 architecture Ryzen 7000 series processors at the Taipei Computer Show yesterday, and each board manufacturer also took out their X670E/X670 motherboards one after another. MSI even uploaded an AMD’s Ryzen 7000 Zen 4 AM5 CPU installation tutorial, so that we can directly see what the new AM5 interface and processor look like.
The processor used by MSI is an engineering sample provided by AMD. From the OPN code, it should be a sample of 16 cores and 32 threads. It can be seen that there are quite a lot of capacitors on the front of the processor. In layman terms, Zen 4 processors will no longer have pins, but contacts since the pins are now inside the socket. The installation method of the CPU is similar to that of the Intel LGA 1700.
In addition to changing the AM5 socket from Socket to LGA, the middle of the socket is no longer hollowed out to leave the capacitor position. The pins on the base are clearly divided into upper and lower halves, and it is obvious that the pin orientations on both sides are different.
The radiator hole spacing and the original fasteners on the motherboard are the same as the current AM4. MSI directly used an AMD Wraith Prism cooler on it during the demonstration, indicating that the existing AM4 cooler can be directly used on the future AM5 motherboard.
