MSI’s providing full support for LGA 1700 with its latest liquid coolers
MSI’s providing full support for LGA 1700 with its latest liquid coolers
MEG CORELIQUID S Series, MAG CORELIQUID C Series and MAG CORELIQUID P Series liquid coolers will support Intel’s LGA 1700 CPU socket out of the box, and owners of MPG CORELIQUID K Series and MAG CORELIQUID R Series will soon be able to apply for a free LGA 1700 upgrade kit.Â
Intel’s planned Alder Lake launch date may have been leaked by MSI, who have confirmed that their free upgrade kit offer will start on November 4th 2021. Could this be Intel’s planned launch date for Alder Lake?Â
Below is what MSI had to say regarding their LGA 1700 upgrade plans for their All-In-One (AIO) liquid coolers.Â
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  MSI liquid coolers provide full support to Intel’s next-gen CPUs
Intel’s next-gen CPUs are coming to us real soon. They are more powerful than ever before and are totally revolutionary. Therefore, we believe that many users will be making system upgrades. With changes made to CPUs will come changes to the liquid coolers and sockets. Always putting ourselves in the shoes of our users, MSI liquid coolers will support the latest socket changes so that users can adapt to Intel’s next-gen CPUs without changing the entire liquid cooler.All MSI liquid coolers will support the Intel’s LGA 1700 socket. Among them, MEG CORELIQUID S Series, MAG CORELIQUID C Series and MAG CORELIQUID P Series will have the socket already prepared in the box. If you have already purchased the MPG CORELIQUID K Series and MAG CORELIQUID R Series, you can go through the following process to attain the new brackets.
The following link will show you more information on that process:
https://www.msi.com/Promotion/coreliquid-r-k-series-upgrade-kit-for-intel-lga1700
As MSI has used different mounting kits for their older AIO designs, owners of MSI’s R-Series and K-Series liquid coolers will need to make sure that they apply for the correct mounting brackets. Compatability information for MSI’s free mounting kit upgrades are available below.Â
You can join the discussion on MSI’s LGA 1700 socket upgrade plans on the OC3D Forums.
 
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