Noctua announced yesterday that it will provide mounting upgrade kits to those consumers utilizing the Intel LGA1700 platform free-of-charge. This move allows those customers that are utilizing existing CPU coolers for the new 12th gen Intel Core CPU Alder Lake-S series to be able to keep using those coolers and not have to have a costly upgrade. In fact, Noctua will soon start adding the newer mounting kit to their existing line of coolers, with the exception of the NH-L9i low-profile cooling system, which will receive a dedicated revision to the line for the LGA1700 socket.
Noctuna’s NM-i17xx-MP83 and NM-i17xx-MP78 SecuFirm2™ mounting kits allow for users of Noctuna coolers that utilize a 78 to 83 millimeter pitch to have access to the new upgrade kit for the LGA1700. The SecuFirm2™ kits offer reliability, easy installation, and contact pressure that is synonymous with the Noctua brand. It will offer a “fixed-strut backplate” that will require no changes to be made to the normal assembly of the cooling system. Noctua will offer a motherboard list on their Noctua Compatibility Centre that will show the compatibility between their coolers and the new LGA1700 motherboards once they are made available.
—Roland Mossig, CEO of Noctua
Noctua’s chromax.black coolers will also see both the NM-i17xx-MP83 and the NM-i17xx-MP78 kits, but will be adorned in their signature solid black models.
In addition to offering the free-of-charge LGA1700 upgrade kits, they are also updating their current multi-socket cooling systems to be accessible for the new hardware changes. Any customers who recently purchased one of Noctua’s cooling systems, with the exception of the NH-L9i series, should see the new kit with their purchase.
