A smart trick to secure metal frames is to properly align the parts, use tight fasteners or clamps, and reinforce the joints ...

AMD's Socket AM5 is a notable improvement over Socket AM4 in that it's impossible (or at least, much more difficult) to accidentally yank your CPU out of the socket when you're changing heatsinks.

I hadn't ever heard of them being needed for AM5 but they were useful for higher end Intel parts. Yeah. I heard they keep the more rectangular Intel parts from flexing when clamped down so you get ...