Hello, this is the Provoked Prawn, and this is a video on the new 12th generation intel
motherboards that include the LGA 1700 socket design. Now these motherboards have a different
layout to previous generations which means that most coolers won't fit as standard with these
with the exception of something like this ROG motherboard, this Strix motherboard has
two different sort of holes drilled into it that I'll show you in a second with a close-up look
where you can essentially use older generation CPU coolers, all in one coolers or air towers with the
original brackets and you can fit them in those holes on there but actually a lot of the other
motherboards you'll find with 1700 socket probably won't have this. There are solutions though and in
this video I'm going to be talking to you about the different ones from Corsair NZXT and Noctu.
Now the manufacturers usually are supplying a bracket accessory pack which you can purchase
or get for free, and I'll leave links to those in the description so you can find out more,
but in this case for example here is Corsair’s set up, we have a different back plate which attaches
to the rear of the motherboard and obviously as I said you have to watch out for the different
hole shapes here, but with the standard socket on most motherboards you won't have the extra holes
but you do have some slight adjustment with this backplate you just need to remove
the sticky tape from the rear and then push it in so that the pins fit through the holes
and are in the right position. These are ever so slightly adjustable. It's worth bearing in
mind this is a different setup from previous generations though so it won't work with LGA 1200
socket for example, but this is an extra pack so you can essentially get this kit if you're
already running a Corsair cooler, whether it's one of the new Elite Capellix or the older ones. In
this video I'm going to be using the Corsair H100 CPU cooler that I had set up in my machine and
I'm reusing it here as a demonstration purposes. So once the backplate is screwed in you use the
accompanying standoff screws which are the same length on either side and you will have noted the
LGA 1700 on the packet to give you an idea but you can see they're the same length on either side,
just screwing them down to the four corners. So this is the same process as you would have done
for a standard installation but if you're purchasing the cooler and you're not sure
whether it's going to come with this kit and you need to get the accessory kit
this is the process for using this instead of what's included with the cooler as standard.
So you can see here I'm fitting on this rather old cooler now, it's still running nicely,
setting it down, obviously make sure you apply thermal paste if you're taking your cooler off and
putting it on a new motherboard or if it doesn't already have thermal paste applied you do need
to apply thermal paste I haven't in that case because it's just for demonstration purposes
but make sure you apply thermal paste. Now Noctua also has a kit this was for the NHD15S
that I recently unboxed and installed, however you might find that if you purchase one of these kits
or you buy a second hand or if you already have one you can't use it with the new motherboard,
however there is a kit that you can get from Noctua and I'll leave a link in the description
so you can access this, which includes everything you need. This is a convenient little kit as well
because you can see for example the secure Firm2 backplate already has the pins pre-installed so
the installation process is to feed those pins through the back of the motherboard and then use
the blue standoffs then to mount the mounting arms on top of that and secure them with the
thumb screws. Obviously you can set up your cooler in different directions on this set-up
and it will depend on the motherboard you're using. I went into more depth on this on the video
but for this installation I actually had to set it up the wrong way, non-standard position because of
the VRM on this motherboard blocking some of the heatsink fins so it's worth noting that you can
install this in two different directions and this is the 90 degree angle. Now here's NZXT solution
this is for the Kraken Z73 where it'll be the same sort of kit for all the Kraken coolers,
essentially not only do we have a new back plate but we also have a new bracket that mounts to the
pump head as well, luckily the installation process is fairly straightforward again
and also you also have the screws included in the box so standoff screws are obviously important to
install. The first part of it is to flip the motherboard over or access it with the back of
your case depending on whether it's installed or not and then put this back plate into place. You
will notice again that you can adjust where the pins are when doing this so it's worth making sure
they're fitting through the holes properly and in the same spots because obviously with these
extra length holes on this motherboard they could end up in different positions which wouldn't be
ideal so we need to make sure they're all in the same place and that they can reach
the new bracket and new pins. Um, the back plate here doesn't have any sticky tape so
you just need to make sure it's secured and held in place while you install the standoff screws,
again fitting each into the same corners and you can just obviously just seat those down and make
sure they're nicely secured into place and then once again thermal paste if you haven't got it on
already or if it's pre-applied as it usually is, it isn't here, I would apply thermal paste before,
I'm reusing this from another build so this is just for demonstration purposes.
Remove the standard bracket that's installed you can see the difference between them in
a second this is basically held in place with clips you just need to turn it ever so slightly
and it will pop off, it's really easy to do no hassles at all there. You can see the difference
between them there just some slight differences in the notch system and where that fits and how
the standoffs will sit through that bracket so again we just repeat the process for reinstalling
it you just need to slide it over and turn it ever so slightly and it'll clip back into place then
replace thermal paste or if you have this straight out of the box with thermal paste seat the pump
down onto the CPU and screw it in place with the four thumb screws that come with the thing and
then obviously connect up all the wires. I have links to the videos on these coolers if you're
interested in the description if you've not seen them already and are curious. The NZXT Kraken Z73
is a fantastic one for example, I love it because of the display and all the wonder that it can
offer but obviously Corsair's new Elite Capellix coolers offer something similar and now with these
extra kits you can easily install them on the 12th gen motherboards. I want to give a quick shout out
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