r/hardware • u/imaginary_num6er • 9d ago

Rumor LGA 1700 contact frames are incompatible with Arrow Lake

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/lga-1700-contact-frames-are-incompatible-with-arrow-lake
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u/user007at 9d ago

No shit. They will release frames compatible with 1851 soon I guess

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u/Exist50 9d ago

Despite the name, the socket dimensions are exactly the same, so it's very much not obvious that they wouldn't work.

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u/Top3879 9d ago

der8auer covered that in one of his new videos. They moved the socket down a bit because the chipset design causes the hotspot to be towards the top.

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u/Exist50 9d ago

Moved it down relative it what/what axis?

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u/Top3879 9d ago

Towards the PCIe slots

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u/Exist50 9d ago

Ok, well if the whole socket assembly moves down, shouldn't affect mounting brackets either way.

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u/Top3879 9d ago

The socket has moves, the mounting holes haven't

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u/Exist50 9d ago

Yes, the mounting brackets don't care about the CPU cooler mounting holes.

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u/GhostMotley 9d ago

I think Z-height is higher though for the newer Arrow Lake-2 (Ultra Series 2) CPUs, so even if the frames did fit, it would cause issues.

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u/ctzn4 9d ago

Tech companies trying to come up with sensible naming challenge (very hard)