Friday, May 27th 2022
Thermal Grizzly Announces Contact Frame For Intel Alder Lake, Promises to Reduce Temperatures by up to 10º
Thermal Grizzly has developed a new Contact Frame designed specifically to fix bending issues present with Intel's latest 12th Gen, Alder Lake CPUs. Developed in partnership with overclocking extraordinaire Der8auer, the new Contact Frame promises to lower operating temperatures on Intel's Alder Lake. According to the company, this improvement is achieved by fixing that platform's independent loading mechanism (ILM), which has been proven to slightly deflect the integrated heatspreader (IHS), reducing its heat transfer capability.
As tested by Igor's Lab, the new contact frame for LGA 1700 reduced the operating temperature of Intel's Core i9-12900K by as much as 10.19 °C - from 70.48 °C without the Contact Frame and towards 60.29 °C after it was installed. The CPU was configured to run popular stress test Prime95, with Small FFT at a fixed 5 GHz frequency on its P-cores. The processor's E-cores were deactivated so as not to compromise the results, while the memory subsystem was run at DDR5-7000. Thermal Grizzly's Contact Frame isn't the only product in this category, and the company is introducing their product at €39.90 for the German and European markets (~$36). Enthusiasts have likely spent more in cooling upgrades that delivered a lesser final operating temperature improvement.
Sources:
Thermal Grizzly Contact Frame, via Tom's Hardware, Igor's Lab
As tested by Igor's Lab, the new contact frame for LGA 1700 reduced the operating temperature of Intel's Core i9-12900K by as much as 10.19 °C - from 70.48 °C without the Contact Frame and towards 60.29 °C after it was installed. The CPU was configured to run popular stress test Prime95, with Small FFT at a fixed 5 GHz frequency on its P-cores. The processor's E-cores were deactivated so as not to compromise the results, while the memory subsystem was run at DDR5-7000. Thermal Grizzly's Contact Frame isn't the only product in this category, and the company is introducing their product at €39.90 for the German and European markets (~$36). Enthusiasts have likely spent more in cooling upgrades that delivered a lesser final operating temperature improvement.
70 Comments on Thermal Grizzly Announces Contact Frame For Intel Alder Lake, Promises to Reduce Temperatures by up to 10º
Indeed, 10+°C is an insane upgrade worth a few percent in the final overclock of a chip likely. But three times the cost of a very similar competition is simply incomprehendable. Thermalright LGA1700-BCF stated in the article is 1/3rd of the price of the TG one. Again, injustifiable price difference IMHO, for such a low effort part at that.
Edit: Cinebench R23, 71C max load.
For regular gaming, even cpu intensive the cpu temp stays below 50c sofar ivé seen, I'm happy with it, my motherboard is very sturdy because the Aorus Master has a backplate.
www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/post-your-cinebench-r23-score.213237/page-102#post-4759640
my cinebench run: maximum 71 degrees
But congrats on the new build! There is nothing better than a fresh new build to play and tinker with!
What is your ambient temp? mine was about 22-24c
Maybe my Aorus Master uses less CPU voltage, not sure, or it runs cooler because of the huge VRM area and my motherboard has a backplate.
I think i am not utilising my two radiators well enough tbh.
Hope your CPU IHS is not bent.......
It's pretty flat i think, should be ok in the board too i think, the EK backplate should be ok to keep it flat.
Maybe i need to experiment with my block pressure, could it be too much?
I think i might edit my fan speed ramp in the bios too.