MSI has published a video tutorial showing how to install a Ryzen 7000 series processor in an AM5/LGA1718 socket and then install a cooling system. Also seen in the video is a sample of a 16-core Ryzen 7000 chip.
The process of installing a chip into a socket is fundamentally no different from Intel’s. Everything is very similar: the processor is installed (special cutouts are provided in order not to confuse the position), it is pressed against the top by a frame and fixed by a lever mechanism.
The disadvantage of this approach is that you should be extremely careful not to bend the legs in the socket, because it is much easier to straighten the pins on the belly of the processor. As a plus, now the AMD processor will definitely not stick to the cooling system when removed.
As for the engineering sample seen, it is marked 100-000000665. Previously, 2 AMD engineers with “665” and “666” at the end of the marking have inherited the [email protected] Distributed Computing Network. 665 has 16 cores, which means it’s a Ryzen 9 7950X. The date of manufacture is also visible in the photo – 2021. This sample is far from fresh.
