Is it possible to use the Intel LGA 1700 stock cooler on an older 115X motherboard?

[stellarshy]

Hi,

 

Background: I just built a new 12th gen system with a core i5-12400, which came with Intel's new stock cooler.  Since I was using water cooling from the get-go I don't need the cooler, but I have an older 115x system that could use it.  There is a little bit of play in the plastic legs – has anyone tried using it on an older motherboard?

 

Also, this LTT video references comparing the coolers directly against each other, so they must have figured out a way to do this, at least going the other direction using the older coolers on a new motherboard?

 

Thank you in advance.

 

[minibois]

From what I've seen, no it's not possible.

 

Some ASUS LGA 1700 motherboards - like this PRIME Z690-P - provide mounting options for both LGA 1700 and LGA 115X/1200 cooler and you can see there are four distinct (but still somewhat overlapping) holes provided:

 

That to me shows using an LGA 115X/1200 cooler on LGA 1700 is not possible without modifications (like these extra holes), so I'd assume the opposite is true too (as the LGA 115X/1200 boards don't have the hole spacing of LGA 1700).

[Somerandomtechyboi]

Zipties exist so just take out the pins and use zipties

[stellarshy]

11 hours ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Zipties exist so just take out the pins and use zipties

Thanks for the tip -- I've seen references to this before but I'm not sure the best way to do this.  Maybe like this?