Monday, December 5th 2022

Aqua Computer Offers Practical Sealing Frame for Socket AM5 CPUs

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Dec 5th, 2022 23:24 Discuss (32 Comments)

German watercooling specialist Aqua Computer offers a practical sealing frame for Socket AM5 CPUs. The flexible frame made of silicone fits perfectly to the bulky outer contour of the heatspreader and effectively prevents thermal paste or liquid metal from getting into these gaps. The sealing frame can withstand very high as well as low temperatures and can also be cleaned easily if necessary, which means it can be used again and again.

The installation is very simple: The sealing frame is inserted into the processor's lock. Once the locking mechanism is closed, the corners of the sealing frame are carefully pressed into the recesses of the heatspreader with a finger and then the mechanism is being locked.

Aqua Computer offers the sealing frame for 6.90 EUR via its webshop and it will be also available through its resellers soon.

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32 Comments on Aqua Computer Offers Practical Sealing Frame for Socket AM5 CPUs

#26

maxfly

Oh the drama.

#27

Eskimonster

CPU condom keeps the jizz in place

#28

b1k3rdude

EskimonsterCPU condom keeps the jizz in place

Someone Always has to go there :D

#29

mechtech

whereismymindhave too much money and nothing to do with it?? give us 6.90 (nice) euros and we'll increase your CPU temps !!

Sold!! I’ll take 2. ;)

#30

Kohl Baas

whereismymindim pretty sure putting a material onto a cpu encloses it = increases heat? if im wrong please correct me

MarsM4NAMD placed all the little ~~transistors~~ capacitors thingys outside of the headspreader for a reason. ;) Hint: overheating.

Pretty sure there are quite some dumbnuts who buy the frame, slap it on without reading the manual, just leave it on & kill their CPU's.

C'mon guys, give me a break! You can't be serious... Neither of you... Those are capacitors, not meant to dissipate heat. Also meant to take 120°C operating temp. And the IHS is not designed to dissipate heat sideways outside of the holes. There are absolutely no air moving there and let's hope there will never move any water...

If there's any negative impact of this thermally it is in the unmeasurable range.

This is a nice help to anyone who ever had to clean his CPU. And considering custom loop watercooling, it has a fair price too.

#31

Arco

Test it then. I would love to see any changes in the thermals if any!

#32

junglist724

MarsM4NAMD placed all the little ~~transistors~~ capacitors thingys outside of the headspreader for a reason. ;) Hint: overheating.

Pretty sure there are quite some dumbnuts who buy the frame, slap it on without reading the manual, just leave it on & kill their CPU's.

No, these are the capacitors that on an Intel CPU would normally be on the back of the CPU and inside the LGA socket where they get cooked by the back of the CPU and get no airflow at all. AMD went for such a high pin count and also tried to maintain compatibility with AM4 coolers by keeping the size similar to AM4 so there's no room to put them anywhere else. These SMD caps really don't need cooling and some of them are under the IHS just baking in the heat produced by the dies. SMD tantalum capacitors are made to handle 125C - 200C+ temperatures.