Header image courtesy of ASUS – the upcoming ROG STRIX Z7890-I GAMING WIFI ALL CAPS EDITION*
With the imminent release of CPUs and boards based on Intel’s LAG1851 socket, (nearly) every cooler manufacturer has pumped out a press release announcing that all their LGA1700 compatible coolers can work on the new socket. Instead of posting all these, we’ve decided to just post a TLDR.
No surprise really though – Intel’s LGA1851 carries over the mounting hole locations and IHS height from LGA1700 – meaning that aside from the possibility of weird dimensional conflicts in some edge cases, all LAG1700 coolers will work with the new boards. This is a positive thing – Intel is well known for changing their cooler compatibility more frequently than their competitor! The only major change is an extra 151 pins to be wary of when installing the CPU.
UPDATE: Community member VegetableStu shared a video from overclocking legend der8auer, which shows the IHS on the review CPUs is a different shape to LGA1700, which makes it likely the consumer CPUs will have the same change. This means that LGA170p direct contact frames will not fit.
*NOT A REAL EDITION OF THIS PRODUCT, BUT ALL CAPS IN BRAND AND MODEL NAMES IS GETTING TIRING
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