Noctua today announced the availability of its new offset mounting bars for installing Noctua CPU coolers on AMD AM5 processors. By offsetting the heatsink 7 mm towards the south side of the socket, more pressure is applied right above the CPU's CCD(s). This improved contact exactly at the processor's hotspot can significantly reduce CPU temperatures with typical improvements in the range of 1-3°C.

"We have experimented with offset mountings ever since AMD introduced its first chiplet processors that had the hotspot shifted towards the south side of the socket, but on AM4, we only saw relatively small improvements in the range of 0.5-1°C", says Roland Mossig (Noctua CEO). "With the new AM5 platform and its different heat-spreader design, we managed to achieve typical improvements in the range of 1-3°C, so we think that this will be a very interesting performance upgrade for Ryzen 7000 users!"