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13th Gen + Thermalright Frame ?

Dicehunter

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Anyone on 13th gen got this combo ? Has the frame helped at all ? I remember seeing 12th gen owners saying it was an 8-10'c reduction in some scenarios.

Would be interesting to see what it can do for the 13900K.
 
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From my reading the scenarios were with certain coolers or the bend happening over time. I fitted one but installed it from new so don't have any A/B comparison. I just did it as a precautionary measure.
 
Dicehunter said:
Anyone on 13th gen got this combo ? Has the frame helped at all ? I remember seeing 12th gen owners saying it was an 8-10'c reduction in some scenarios.

Would be interesting to see what it can do for the 13900K.
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Yea it works and yea it reduces temps on 13th Gen. 13th Gen has the same convex IHS shape
 
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Dicehunter said:
Anyone on 13th gen got this combo ? Has the frame helped at all ? I remember seeing 12th gen owners saying it was an 8-10'c reduction in some scenarios.

Would be interesting to see what it can do for the 13900K.
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It works better if the mounting mechanism for the CPU on the motherboard isn't good.

I don't know which models are better or worse but it can make a big difference if the manufacturer cheaped out on the socket mounting mechanism.
 
Not 13000 series but I fitted one to my motherboard when I switched from water to air cooling last weekend. My 12600 had no bending after being clamped down hard under a water block for a few months so it's purely a precautionary measure. It's cheap so I see no reason not to do it.
 
I bought one but never installed it myself, i think mine is fine. 13900k -0.045 adaptive voltage MCE disabled 31 idle maxed out in cb23 i get to around 85. Af 2 360. Still at stock speeds for the time being
 
Auto voltages on my board is insane. If I leave it all on auto it will throttle on full load. A little bit of tweaking and these are grand. My 12900k would Idle lower but go higher than this max load
 
A quite like how neat it looks versus the standard mounting clamp. Shame to cover it up really.

I'm only running with a NH-U12A and so need to tame the crazy balls-out boosting behaviour.
 
Feel like the marketing on these is all wrong. Temperature reductions can happen, but they're best to keep the temps good by avoiding board warping.
 
I never fitted one when I got the 12900k. And then I got the 13900k and used the stock ILM. But out of the box crazy auto volting and highish idle temps and load temps and I bought one from the user speed a few weeks ago I thought I would give it a whirl. So I changed it over about 2 nights ago it did drop my temps. But I did it for peace of mind more than anything.
 
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Feel like the marketing on these is all wrong. Temperature reductions can happen, but they're best to keep the temps good by avoiding board warping.
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doubt most boards will warp though because of how many layers the PCB is, maybe the budget boards are the ones with issues since they are more like cardboard than plywood
 
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doubt most boards will warp though because of how many layers the PCB is, maybe the budget boards are the ones with issues since they are more like cardboard than plywood
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The issue of poor contact and warping boards was first identified by extreme overclockers. So that's top-end boards.
 
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doubt most boards will warp though because of how many layers the PCB is, maybe the budget boards are the ones with issues since they are more like cardboard than plywood
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I've used my Z690 Hero since release, so 13 months. 0 bending or warping of any kind. However, I still saw better temperatures with a Thermal Grissly contact frame with my 13900k, as it improves the contact pressure so much.
 
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