I put the NEWEST CPU in the OLDEST Motherboard
Linus Tech Tips
Aug 22, 2026 17:00
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The AM4 platform refuses to die, spanning four generations of Zen processors. That got me thinking… Could the best upgrade you could make right now drop straight into the board that kickstarted it all back in 2017? To find out, we paired the oldest AM4 motherboard we could find with the newest AM4 CPU.
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