The Intel Core i9 12900K is undoubtedly top-of-the-line gaming CPUs you should purchase in your gaming PC in the present day, however bending points on LGA 1700 motherboards stay some extent of concern for lovers. Within the wake of those issues, Thermal Grizzly has launched a product to fight the undesirable flex, and somebody’s put them to the check.
After a collection of experiments, editor-in-chief of Igor’s Lab, Igor Wallossek, finds that Intel Core i9 12900K CPU temperatures could be lowered by as much as 10°C after changing the ILM (inside loading mechanism) on a Z690 motherboard with the Thermal Grizzly CPU contact body. Wallossek’s outcomes present that the mod might help facilitate extra uniform contact between the processor and cooler, permitting the chip to run a lot cooler.
Nevertheless, outcomes will fluctuate from cooler to cooler, with the Corsair iCUE H150i seeing little to no enchancment as a result of it having good contact out of the field. It’s additionally value noting that the mod may cause some points with RAM, which means it’s possible you’ll must reseat your sticks after putting in it.
Since Raptor Lake CPUs will use the identical LGA 1700 socket, we may even see comparable good points on thirteenth Gen Intel Core processors. Regardless, we hope Intel can tackle these flaws in future chip designs, however for now it’s nice to see the group creating fixes like this.
