Thermalright CPU Contact Frame for LGA 1700 Retrofit Kit, 17XX-BCF Bracket Intel 12th/13th/14th Generation Anti-Bending Buckle Black

Easy to install, good value for money, reduced the temp of my intel i5-14600k by about 5c. About the same thickness as the intel 14th CPUs. The free provided thermal paste seems to be reasonable quality. Looks smart (although not visible under most CPU fans/AIO). Hopefully will prevent cpu bend over time.

Cheap, easy to install, and helps reduce temps

I used this to fit an i9 14900K CPU on an ASUS motherboard with a 4090 GPU. I used an AIO water cooler with 360mm radiator in the CPU and the whole lot keeps really cool even playing the most intensive of games. The system rarely breaches 70deg. It helps in the cooling process no end, it’s easy to fix and fits snugly around the CPU. Thoroughly recommended and good value for money.

I have a i9 14900k like a lot of people using this cpu I looked for ways to keep it coolerIt thermal throttled after 2 minutes on 100% load and went to 102 degrees with a 240 aioI put an old 360 nzxt aio on it and it managed to get the temps down to the low 92 on 100% load and was stable at thatI bought this contact frame hoping it might help out with a few degrees but I was surprised just how big a difference my cpu know sits at 100% load at 82 degrees for 10 hour stress test this frame if your thinking of getting 1 I would buy itI thought it was a bit of a gimmick tbh but for me it’s made my pc run how it’s supposed to run I think Intel should supply these frames with there cpuI would recommend every 14900k owner to fit this

Perfect fit for i7-4700k

Absolutely worth it. The benefits (for me at least) depend on how much stress the cpu is under. Not a whole lot of temp reduction at idle, but a decent amount under normal load/gaming. Then, under extreme load, reduced temps by about 15-20°c. I used to hit the 90-100° zone quite often, and now I’ve never seen it go above 85°. Excellent value for money, easy to install and comes with thermal paste. Doesn’t come with the hex screw things, or the backplate, so you’ll have to steal those from the original bracket (without these, this product can’t be used)

Dropped temps a little, I imagine identical to other higher priced items online, needed.. more novelty I guess.

Installation was super easy, no issues following. Actually dropped my temps by a good 10c from what they were reporting before. I have a i9-14900KF, which is an absolute unit of a CPU and this has helped considerably since I'm not using water-cooling, just a standard AIO.