Intel’s subsequent gen CPUs are coming to gaming PCs quickly, and we’ve simply been given our first glimpse of the socket that will probably be utilized by the chips and their supporting motherboards. The brand new lineup of Intel Arrow Lake CPUs are set to make use of the Intel LGA1851 socket, with the earlier LGA1700 socket being retired for the following technology of CPUs after three stable years of service.
Unusually for Intel, the LGA1700 socket spanned three generations of the corporate’s finest gaming CPUs, from 12th gen chips such because the Core i5 12400F to the model new 14th gen chips launched on the finish of final 12 months, together with the Core i9 14900K. Nonetheless, there’s little or no distinction between Intel’s 14th gen CPUs and their 13th gen predecessors, and the corporate will probably be hoping that its new lineup of Intel Core Extremely CPUs will be capable of give it a leg up.
The Intel Arrow Lake launch date is predicted to hit on the finish of 2024, but it surely’s going to be up towards some very stiff competitors from the AMD Zen 5 launch. What’s extra, Intel may even have to influence folks to purchase a complete new motherboard, in addition to a brand new CPU, all due to that model new socket.
Pictures of an Intel LGA1851 socket have now appeared on German tech web site ComputerBase, and in addition shared on X by tech author Andreas Schilling, due to the reveal of a mini-ITX motherboard at Embedded World 2024, referred to as the iBase MI1002, which is designed for Intel’s new Meteor Lake desktop CPUs. These chips aren’t for gaming, however the motherboard itself reveals us what to anticipate from the LGA1851 socket that’s set for use for Intel’s forthcoming Arrow Lake CPUs.
Handily, ComputerBase additionally acquired out its tape measure and confirmed that the LGA1851 socket has the identical 45 x 37.5mm dimensions because the LGA1700 socket. That is doubtlessly excellent news for CPU cooler compatibility, because it means your current LGA1700 CPU cooler ought to no less than bodily be capable of cowl an Intel Arrow Lake CPU. Nonetheless, we don’t but have any particulars in regards to the thermal necessities of Intel’s forthcoming CPUs, which might additional complicate this case.
The primary variations between LGA1851 and LGA1700 firstly concern the position of 151 further pins across the heart of the CPU socket. Nonetheless, Intel has additionally modified the position of the plastic notches across the fringe of the socket, to make sure you can’t bodily put an LGA1700 CPU into an LGA1851 motherboard. The LGA1700 socket has two notches on each the highest and backside edge, however LGA1851 solely has one notch on every edge, and this time they’re positioned on the far fringe of the socket.
We’re not anticipating to see the primary LGA1851 Intel Arrow Lake motherboards and CPUs launch till a lot later in 2024, however within the meantime, take a look at our current evaluation of the Core i5 14600K, the place we take Intel’s newest mid-range gaming CPU for a spin.
