After Noctua, Arctic also wants to offer assembly kits for its CPU coolers in order to make them compatible with the new LGA 1700 socket for Intel Alder Lake-S. If you present a proof of purchase for the processor, the upgrade kit should be available free of charge.
With the LGA 1700 socket, not only the number of contact areas in the CPU socket changes, but also also the hole spacing for mounting coolers. So that existing cooling solutions can continue to be used, Noctua announced free upgrade kits for its range of coolers a month ago.
Arctic announces (free) Mounting kits to
The Arctic company is following this example and has announced LGA 1700 assembly kits “for all Freezer 34 models, the entire Liquid Freezer II series, the Freezer 50 as well as Freezer i13 X and Freezer i13 X CO” for mid-October. In the Arctic webshop, the sets should be “available for a service fee of € 5.99”. However, there is also the option of receiving the set “completely free of charge” “on presentation of a corresponding processor receipt”.
In future, most of the manufacturer's current coolers will be delivered directly with the respective assembly kit for LGA 1700. In the case of new releases such as the Freezer i35 A-RGB, which is expected “at the end of October”, there will be compatibility with Intel Alder Lake-S ex works.
New boxed coolers
Of course, the boxed coolers supplied with Intel in the retail packaging of the CPUs are also necessary due to the socket change at Alder Lake. Just recently, a photo of a presentation was published that allegedly shows Intel's next generation boxed cooler for the 12th generation Core based on the Alder Lake hybrid architecture (details). As a result, Intel will rely on RGB LEDs in the future, but will stick to the push-pin installation method.
That it will not be long before Intel's new CPU generation appears, indicate the first listings in the trade. Together with the processors, the matching motherboards with chipsets from the 600 series are to be expected.