In short, all Noctua coolers and mounting kits that support AM4 are upwards compatible with socket AM5, except the NH-L9a-AM4 and the NM-AM4-L9aL9i. All Noctua AM4 mountings except the ones of the ...

all of which make it a much more viable and future-proof buy - as future-proof as one can get on the AM4 socket currently. The added stock cooler offering makes for a $20-50 haircut versus similar ...

AMD's Socket AM4 debuted eight years ago. In September 2016, AMD launched what turned out to be one of the longest-lasting modern platforms, which still receives support and new processors almost ...