[ELI5] The difference between an AM4 and AM5 motherboard?

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I’m trying to put together a build for my first gaming desktop and I don’t quite understand the intricacies of a motherboard. AM4 is the current standard but AM5 is either out or coming out and I can’t figure out what would be better for me.

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You know how our computer has different parts, like a brain, a heart, and other important parts? Well, one of those parts is called the motherboard. It’s like the computer’s backbone, because all the other parts connect to it.
Now, some motherboards are made for one kind of brain, while others are made for a different kind of brain. And that’s where the AM4 and AM5 come in. They’re just different types of motherboards that work with different kinds of brains, sort of like how some toys need AA batteries and others need AAA batteries.
So, just like we have different kinds of shoes for different occasions, computers have different kinds of motherboards for different kinds of brains.

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