Noctua, an Austrian model specializing in processor cooling, has taken just a little tour. Indeed, our colleagues at Akiba PC Hotline have observed that the NH-U12A is already LGA-1851 appropriate. As a reminder, that is Intel’s future socket for Arrow Lake-S processors.
Noctua NH-U12A: already next-gen appropriate!
If this compatibility is sweet information, we will’t say we weren’t anticipating it both. Indeed, the LGA-1700 and LGA-1851 are two sockets that share very related dimensions, as we talked about right here. The dimensions of this future socket are 37.5×45 mm, whereas solely the peak modifications. The latter modifications from 6.73-7.4 mm to six.83-7.49 mm, due to some modifications linked to the IHS.
However, these few variations will not be sufficient to make Noctua heatsinks incompatible. The handbook states that you simply solely want to make use of the identical {hardware} because the LGA-1700 to mount your heatsink on the LGA-1851.
All that is still now’s for the corporate to replace its information sheets. The remainder of the vary ought to provide no resistance. The identical goes for the corporate’s low-profile followers, such because the NH-L9i, now obtainable within the LGA-1700 model. If we observe the logic, mounting it on the 1851 shouldn’t be an issue both.
Finally, we’d wish to level out that Noctua isn’t the primary to have {hardware} appropriate with Intel’s future platform. No, final July we instructed you about Cougar’s Poseidon Elite AIOs, that are additionally appropriate. Now that the information is out, it’s seemingly that different manufacturers will likely be unveiling their compatibility within the coming days!
