Noctua NH-U12A Mounting Kit Updated with LGA-1851 Socket Support

[T0@st]

The latest retail batch of Noctua's NH-U12A single-tower CPU coolers has been photographed sporting updated packaging and containing a new set of mounting brackets. Japan's Akiba PC Watch reported on new stock of Noctua's popular (and well reviewed) NH-U12A cooler sitting on shelves at Tsukumo Computer's flagship store in Akihabara, Tokyo. Their article pinpointed Socket LGA-1851 compatibility listed on the revised retail box, and documented within new installation instruction steps. They noted that: "according to the manual, the mounting bar and spacer for fixing the CPU cooler are shared with the existing LGA-1700 (kit)."

Noctua has not updated its NH-U12A product page or compatibility centre pages with these revisions, but Tom's Hardware did pick up on the NH-D15's overhauled entry: "now listed as having SecuFirm2 mounts compatible with Intel LGA-1851." The Austrian computer hardware manufacturer seems to pride itself on its preparedness well in advance of a forthcoming new CPU range—Akiba PC Watch cheekily observed: "it is currently unknown when CPUs and motherboards compatible with LGA-1851 will be released." Intel's 15th Gen Arrow Lake S is presumably the main candidate lined up to adopt LGA-1851—technical specifications were uncovered back in June time.



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[Chrispy_]

This might be the first time in two decades that I'm looking forward to a new socket from Intel; LGA1700 is faulty by design.

In saying that, after mainlining Intel at work for something like 10 years straight prior to Ryzen's launch, it sure is nice to have AM4 which is still supported with decent, competitive processors today, despite being 7 years old at this point. LGA1700 isn't even two years old yet and it's probably going to get dropped quickly after a lukewarm 14th-gen that is nothing more than a mild rebranding of the 13th gen parts for LGA1700.

 

[P4-630]

As this