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Arctic CPU coolers to get free mounting kit upgrades for Intel LGA 1700 socketOf Alder Lakes in the world
Of Alder Lakes in the world
We haven’t seen much ofIntelAlder Lake so far, despite being set for release in a matter of weeks. One thing wedoknow is that like the majority of Intel’s last few chip family releases, the desktop contingent of these 12th-gen processors will need a brand-new motherboard socket: LGA 1700.
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Arctic’s Liquid Freezer II Series, Freezer 50 and Freezer 34 eSports series are all upgradable with the LGA 1700 kit, so if you own one, you’ll be able to apply to receive the requisite bits and bobs free of charge. From mid-October, possibly hinting at an Alder Lake release date, the LGA 1700 upgrade will also be available from Arctic’s online store for €5.99 (about £5 / $7).
There’s alreadya formthat owners of the supported coolers can use to claim their free upgrade, though in addition to requiring proof of purchase for the cooler itself, the form also wants proof of purchase for an LGA 1700 chip or motherboard. Maybe just bookmark it for now.
Arctic isn’t the first CPU cooler manufacturer to promise anti-obsolescence upgrades ahead of the Alder Lake launch. Last monthNoctua did the samefor a range of its coolers, as well as offering a paid-for option for those who lack proof of purchase or just don’t want to wait around for a successful application. Both Noctua and Arctic have also committed to adding LGA 1700 mounting hardware to both upcoming coolers and their existing product lines. Well done, both.
Hopefully, Alder Lake will produce the kinds of performance gains in games that will make it worthwhile to upgrade in the first place. Intel’s 12th gen architecture uses a ‘hybrid’ design containing both big, performance-focused cores and small, power-efficient cores that Intel has said could make it easier to allocate the workload. For instance, the big cores might handling gaming duties while the small cores take care of running Discord or recording software.
Improvements to IPC (instructions per clock, essentially how many tasks a CPU can complete in every cycle) could also force your way to higher frame rates, in theory. We’ll see if any Alder Lake chips can hang with thebest CPUs for gaming, probably in the next month or two.
