Intel Arrow Lake with a small but important change. It may be hot
Were you planning to buy Intel Core Ultra 200? Then it is worth knowing that despite the similarity to previous CPUs, the hot spot is to be located in a different place.
The processors are scheduled to hit the market this month Intel Arrow Lake-S and motherboards designed specifically for them, equipped with a socket LGA 1851. Leaks so far point to an official presentation already October 10and the premiere and tests two weeks later – October 24.
This is important information for fans of liquid cooling
Both new CPU and socket they seem to be identical at first glance like previous generations. This could be confirmed by compatibility with existing cooling systems. As usual though It’s not worth judging a book by its cover.
Roman “der8auer” Hartung, a famous German engineer and president of the company Thermal Grizzlyshared information about Intel Arrow Lake-S on the Overclocked.net forum. He reveals that the so-called The “hot spot” for LGA-1851 is located further norththan in the case of Intel Core 12th, 13th and 14th generations.
The hot spot is the place on the IHS, i.e. the metal heat sink, where the processor heats up the most. It occurs in both AMD and Intel processors, but its location varies not only between manufacturers, but between generations and specific models.
What does this mean for consumers? For users of traditional tower cooling systems, the difference will be small. The situation is worse for liquid cooling fans – here, installing the block-pump (AiO) or block (LC) in an inappropriate way may have a significant impact on performance.
der8auer recommends installing the blocks in such a way that the inlet port (supplying cool liquid) is located on the top (north) of the processor, and the outlet port (receiving warm liquid) is on the south of the processor. Of course, this will be important mainly for unlocked CPUs and overclocking fans.
