Noctua Announces Free-of-Charge Mounting Upgrades To Support Intel LGA1700

Noctua today announced that it will provide free-of-charge mounting upgrade kits for Intel’s upcoming LGA1700 platform, enabling customers to keep using existing CPU coolers on the new 12^th generation Intel Core CPUs (Alder Lake-S). Additionally, most of Noctua’s current multi-socket cooler models will soon include LGA1700 mounting hardware and the popular NH-L9i low-profile coolers will come in new, dedicated LGA1700-revisions.

“We have offered free-of-charge mounting upgrade kits to our customers ever since AMD introduced AM2 in 2006, and we’re proudly continuing this tradition with Intel’s upcoming Alder Lake-S processors and the LGA1700 socket. Customers will be able to upgrade most Noctua CPU coolers since 2005 at no additional cost, so even 15-year-old coolers can be used on the latest processors!”

says Roland Mossig (Noctua CEO)

Noctua NM-i17xx-MP83 and Noctua NM-i17xx-MP78

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The new Noctua NM-i17xx-MP83 and Noctua NM-i17xx-MP78 SecuFirm2™ mounting kits will allow Noctua coolers with both 83 and 78mm mounting pitch to be upgraded to LGA1700. True to the SecuFirm2™ tradition, the kits combine outstanding reliability, optimal contact pressure, and easy, straightforward installation with a fixed-strut backplate that doesn’t require any pre-assembly or adjustment. Detailed motherboard compatibility lists that indicate which coolers are compatible with individual LGA1700 motherboards will be provided in the Noctua Compatibility Centre (NCC) once the motherboards become available.

Noctua NM-i17xx-MP83 chromax.black and Noctua NM-i17xx-MP78 chromax.black

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For our chromax.black line coolers, both the NM-i17xx-MP83 and the NM-i17xx-MP78 will also be available in all-black editions. All kits will be available free of charge via Noctua’s website once LGA1700 CPUs and motherboards start selling. A proof of purchase of both an eligible Noctua CPU cooler and either an LGA1700 CPU or an LGA1700 motherboard will be required. Depending on the country, express shipping options may be available but will be subject to service charges.

Alternatively, customers who need the kits urgently will be able to purchase them on Amazon starting in mid-October for a suggested service charge of $7.90.

In addition to the free mounting upgrade kits, Noctua is in the process of updating most current multi-socket coolers to include LGA1700 mounting hardware. For some models, the updated coolers are already shipping, so customers who buy new coolers will soon receive units that include LGA1700 mounting parts. Other models will be available in the updated variant shortly. Customers who still receive models without included LGA1700 mounting can always get the free upgrade kits in order to make their coolers compatible with the new socket. An approximate timeline detailing which model will be updated here.

Mounting Upgrade Kit Compatibility

NM-i17xx-MP83 (83mm mounting pitch)	NM-i17xx-MP78 (78mm mounting pitch)
NH-D15	NH-U14S
NH-D15 chromax.black	NH-U12A
NH-D15 SE-AM4	NH-U12S
NH-D15S	NH-U12S chromax.black
NH-D15S chromax.black	NH-U12S SE-AM4
NH-D14	NH-U12S redux
NH-D14 SE2011	NH-U9S
NH-D9L	NH-U9S chromax.black
NH-C14	NH-L12S
NH-C14S	NH-L12 Ghost S1 Edition
NH-C12P
NH-C12P SE14
NH-L12
NH-U12
NH-U12F
NH-U12P
NH-U12P SE1366
NH-U12P SE2
NH-U9
NH-U9F
NH-U9B
NH-U9B SE2
NH-L9x65
NH-L9x65 SE-AM4
NH-P1

Due to severe compatibility restrictions, there will be no upgrade kit for NH-L9i series coolers. Instead, Noctua will introduce new, dedicated revisions for LGA1700 both of the regular NH-L9i and the chromax.black version. The new NH-L9i-17xx and NH-L9i-17xx chromax.black will be officially released in October.

Links:
Noctua NM-i17xx-MP83
Noctua NM-i17xx-MP78
Noctua NM-i17xx-MP83 chromax.black
Noctua NM-i17xx-MP78 chromax.black