Haswell LGA 1150 Socket CPU Coolers

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I've looked for an answer to this and there is a hell of a lot of contradictory information out there.

Are LGA 1155/6 socket Intel CPU coolers compatible with Haswell LGA 1150 socket mounts?

Or do they need an adapter? If so which CPU coolers have them because I've been to some well known CPU cooler manufacturers' web sites and LGA 1150 compatibility isn't mentioned anywhere that I can see.

There are even coolers like the Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 13 are shown in some places as 1150 compatible and in others no mention of it.

Haswell CPUs are newish but you'd think that those CPU cooler manufacturers and retailers would have been busy over recent months making sure that potential buyers were provided with this information. Even at Overclockers where 1150 compatibility is shown on the main header listings, in the actual Description and Full Specs of some coolers 1150 socket support isn't shown.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-AR

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-AR&tool=5
 
Are you 100% sure? I question this only because I could not find any definitive confirmation of this in the searches I did earlier.

It is confusing when another PC component supplier, whose name I'm apparently not allowed to post here, actually say in their questions/answers section when asked about this specifically that the Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 is not LGA 1150 compatible even though it is LGA 1155/6?

This is why I thought there might be an adapter kit required ie. different locking pins which these particular cpu coolers simply didn't provide.

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Seems you are right so thanks. I had to go to Intel's own web site and search through their 'help' files before I found this definitive confirmation. I still think it should have been easier to find this info than it has been:-

http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/CS-030860.htm

The NOTE at the bottom confirms the CPU fan/heatsink mounting are the same spec across the three sockets.

Why the chap at the other place would say a particular CPU Cooler is not compatible when it should be is a bit of a mystery.
 
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Yep, this does get asked quite often tbh. The actual socket for the cpu's is a different pin layout but the mounting holes are still the same. On a lot of the higher end coolers the brackets are universal and have mount holes for s775/1136/1155 etc. Unfortunately some shops can be a bit sparse in their product descriptions. The cooler i use in my build in sig has been used on 1136, 1155 and now 1150 all with the universal bracket it came with.
 
yes, compatibility-wise 1156 = 1155 = 1150 when it comes to coolers.

most retailers would not bother with updating the compatibility, so you'll see coolers listed with 1155/56 in specs, whereas they fit 1150 just fine.
 
Havana_UK said:
I have a Rev B Megahalems which pre-dates even 1155, and it fits my Haswell mobo without issues.
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Did the Rev B model come with the universal intel bracket Havana? I had the silver and copper supermega version prior to my current alpenfohn k2. It did have the all in one bracket. Used to be a problem with thermalright coolers, you had to purchase the backplate and bracket if you changed socket.
 
los said:
Here's the arctic cooler freezer 13 sold here
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-039-AR
It lists it as 1150 compatible.
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Yes, at the top in the main product details but if you scroll down to the Product Description or use the Full Specification tab LGA1150 support is not amongst those listed.

So if you don't know that they're all compatible you end up confused and, it would seem, that confusion extends to some retailers too.

Thanks all for the replies.
 
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