AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

[henson0115]

Contact frames, If they didn't screw them down all the way then the CPU won't make proper contact resulting in various weirdness, They can only be screwed down so far but maybe people aren't doing it fully as it's meant to be a flush fit, Tight to the board.

that was the word i was looking for that was escaping me thanks

 

[gupsterg]

Yeah I'd avoid the contact frames.

I got one for about £2 with a far eastern order to see what they are like, Thermalright AM5 Secure Frame V2.

I had read reports some have "weirdness" as Dicehunter states. I bought it as thought I didn't want excess TIM going into the voids around IHS, as cleaning after may be a pain.

Without fitting to a board, I put it around a processor to see fit. It was not correctly manufactured and had to somewhat force the CPU in. So I never used it, as felt CPU may not sit evenly in socket.

I've swapped around several 9000 series CPU. I get very little TIM overspill. Any very minute overspill into voids around IHS I clean using a q-tip before release socket frame.

 

[--CARBON--]

Yeah I'd avoid the contact frames.

I got one for about £2 with a far eastern order to see what they are like, Thermalright AM5 Secure Frame V2.

I had read reports some have "weirdness" as Dicehunter states. I bought it as thought I didn't want excess TIM going into the voids around IHS, as cleaning after may be a pain.

Without fitting to a board, I put it around a processor to see fit. It was not correctly manufactured and had to somewhat force the CPU in. So I never used it, as felt CPU may not sit evenly in socket.

I've swapped around several 9000 series CPU. I get very little TIM overspill. Any very minute overspill into voids around IHS I clean using a q-tip before release socket frame.

I use from day 1 Thermalright AM5 Secure Frame V2 on my 9800X3D with ASRock X870 Riptide (befor also on X870 PRO RS WIFI) with zero issue