Intel LGA1200 appears to be compatible with LGA115x coolers

Posted on Thursday, December 26 2019 @ 18:44 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

While Intel's next mainstream desktop processors will not be compatible with existing motherboards, it appears the size of the socket will remain unchanged. This piece of information hit the web via another leak provided by Twitter user momomo_us. As TechPowerUp reports the information indicates that you'll be able to use existing coolers with the LGA1200 socket.

. A picture of the land-grid of an LGA1200 package also leaked to the web, showing how Intel utilized empty bits of the fiberglass substrate to cram in the additional 49 pins, without changing the size of the contacts.

LGA1200 debuts with Comet Lake-S and the 400-series motherboards, which are expected to be out in Q2 2020.

Socket H5 | Socket H4 pic.twitter.com/VY4V3GOjii
— 188? (@momomo_us) 23 december 2019

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