Essentially, the new Ryzen 8000 HX series, known as Dragon Range Refresh, is quite similar to the “Dragon Range” Ryzen 7000 HX series that AMD launched in January 2023, and should sit below ...

AM5 (LGA 1718) is AMD’s upcoming socket for its next-generation Ryzen 7000 (Zen 4) series processors. Please refer to our socket compatibility overview in the Noctua Compatibility Centre (NCC ...

so we recommend sticking with the cheaper 600-series motherboards for 2024 at least. As was the case with Ryzen 7000, Ryzen 9000 is a DDR5-only platform, so your older DDR4 RAM won't work here.

Unlike the company's Fire Range and Ryzen AI 300 series, the new Ryzen 8000HX CPUs utilize the older Zen 4 architecture, with specifications closely resembling those of 2023's 7000HX lineup.