AMD: "Ensure that pin 1 of the processor lines up with the pin 1 insert on the processor socket of the motherboard" Intel: "Make sure that the socket notches align with the processor notches."
Unless AMD also has rotational symmetry, there's really no difference.
They need the same amount of alignment. You can't put an AMD CPU in 90 or 180 deg rotated.
... ??????????
It's. The. Same.
What on earth do you mean not as precise?!
What, lower tolerances??
The notches either fit or they don't.
Whether there's issues getting it to work like @allquixotic had, I don't know. But right now I'm talking about physical damage (see: bent CPU) from misalignment.
It's a plastic frame they give you to help you pick up the CPU without touching it, and helps with socket alignment (because it also wraps around the outside, so no need to even look at notches)
I was 99% sure that if I had applied another micronewton of force on the handle when slotting it down, it would've cracked the motherboard or broke the socket right off
@bwDraco I can honestly use "either it fits or it doesn't" to describe either process.
I got it slightly off when I first dropped it in. ... pretty obvious. Unless you happen to think a CPU with one edge higher than the other looks right.
(That was before I realised the install tool was meant to stay on. Now, Asus could've been clearer about that... but I'm not going to blame Intel for third-party instructions or lack of)
Actually, the Asus manual overall is a tad lacking :\
you wanna see hard install an intel without the lid on it, and with no clamp, because the clamp doesnt work without the lid. One move down, because once it is TIM stuck to the heatsink , any movement dislodges it again
