Future sockets

[Minusorange]

Are we likely going to see current coolers being able to support potential future sockets via new brackets or do you think we'll see a shift away to completely new tech ?

Asking as am I'm toying with the idea of going to an AIO as I know I'll be upgrading my 4770k in a couple of years but if that AIO would be incompatible then there's not much point and I may as well stay on air until I upgrade.

Yes I know none of us have a crystal ball, but it seems cooler tech which is 7+ years old (D14 etc) is still able to be used on current cpu's so it's more opinion on whether you think this trend will continue (great for consumers but not so much for the manufacturers if people can just keep reusing old tech)

 

[Minusorange]

Not only did Intel keep the same mountings over 4 sockets, but the previous several generations all used the same socket and spacing as each other - LGA775. And it's very easy to make a 775 cooler fit a 115x socket and vice versa, only the hole spacing is different. So assuming you'll buy desktop CPUs and not HEDT, my money is on Intel sticking with it for a bit.

How long can this last though ? Surely it's not a sustainable practice for the cooler manufacturers to just sell brackets and allow people to reuse old coolers ? I mean I'm not complaining I think it's brilliant for the consumer but from a business perspective it doesn't seem viable so something will surely have to change no ?

 

[Minusorange]

Why? Dualit toasters from 1970 still use replacement parts that fit current ones. People replace coolers. Anyway, sockets 1156, 1155, 1150, 1151 are identical so there were no new brackets needed.

Well think of it from a business angle, why would you sell a product that unless broken by the user one never needs buy ever again especially for a Heatsink where there's very little to actually break ? It just doesn't seem like an economically viable business practice