Thermalright Frame | i9 13900KS | Unboxing, Installation & Results

There doesn't seem to be a lot of videos of the contact frame being installed on the 13th gen chips so I wanted to share my experience with Unboxing, testing, and installing the Thermalright Contact frame on my i9 13900KS and ASUS Z790 TUF motherboard.

0:00 - Unboxing
1:30 - Stock ILM Results
3:05 - Installing Contact Frame
4:01 - Contact Frame results
5:03 - Before & After

Full PC Specs:
╔►CPU: Intel Core i9 13900KS | 5.8 GHz P Core| 4.5 GHz E-Core
╠►GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Hybrid OC
╠►SSD: WD Black M.2 250 GB
╠►SSD 2: Samsung 850 Evo 120 GB
╠►SSD 3: Samsung 860 QVO 4TB
╠►OS: Windows 11 Pro 64 bit
╠►RAM: (2x8) 16 GB Patroit DDR4 4000 MHz 15-15-15-28
╠►PSU: BeQuiet 80+ Platinum 850 Watts
╠►motherboard: ASUS Z790 TUF GAMING
╚►CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer II 360mm AIO

Recorded with iPhone 13 Pro Max and edited on Adobe Premier.

[FPSkillerPC]

Sorry guys there was a rendering error so the audio cut off at 4:24 for a few seconds. I was just explaining that in gaming I dropped by 10c :)

[Fnya]

Thanks for doing this vid man, there aren't any other actual tests for the 13th gen. Just ordered this myself for my upcoming 13th gen build.

[malachiashley]

I saw the exact same result. 10C and about 200mhz under multicore. Thanks for sharing

[Cipotalp]

OMG ty for this testing! I searched on the internet for days for a test like this... I'm currently building a watercooled PC from zero with Z790 and Intel 13900K.... I think I will buy a contact frame too :)

[Thesilentwolf]

It's amazing how much little things can make a difference.
A little undervolt with an anti-bending frame bracket will easily drop between 10-20 degrees celcius.

[demonicwhisper]

This might be late, but you're a legend mate.

[majcaboose]

Great cool wow.. really glad you sped up the video exactly where the title says what you're doing. Thanks bud. I'll just take my mobo, cpu, frame and just give it the business. Hope I dont ruin it

[hanswi]

Sadly, you gave the installing process less than a minute - but that is crucial: tightening the screws too tight and RAM looses contact. I would have loved to see exactly how you fixed the screws. Who wants to see how you handle a plastic bag??

[othman]

this Bracket is cheaper, simpler, and more effective
I hope motherboard manufacturers adopt it in the future from now on.

[forthosewhodare]

Nice and congratulations on your new CPU. I just got my couple days ago and after a day of tweaking in the BIOS I can pushed my 13900ks to 6.8ghz all cores. The temperature on the highest was 90C. No delid and no lapping. Using Ek Delta 2 TEC. Is the ONLY cooler out right now without being on the ice that made it possible at that temperature and frequency

[a]

I have installed one of these on my i9 13900ks and i9 13900k systems. I used Noctua NT-H2 as I didn't know the performance of the stuff they included with the frame. Not sure if they made any difference, but at least the potential issue of using the standard frame has been averted. After doing all the serious flexing benchmarks I set my power limits for P1 and P2 to intel spec (setting is INTEL POR on Gigabyte motherboards or you can dial it in manually 253w). Changing this setting takes my Cinebench score from 40-41k to 38-39k but temps are hugely improved and I can dial up the limits if I ever need to.

[braxatoris]

My optimization for i9 13900KF (temps):
e-cores : 115W
p-cores : 125W
voltage offset : - 0.040V

cinebench r23 : 32500
intel XTU : 11800

Temps :
full load up : max 68 C
Ideal : 27-29 C

cooling :
240mm Arctic liquid freezer 2 RGB

Much lower temps
Much less power
and still fast as f**k

[DexSure]

Turning off hyper threading gives you better FPS in many games. Not to mention in my experience I've been able to reach lot higher clockspeeds stable (using OCCT for stability testing) with my 13600K with HT turned off vs having it on. With -0.03mV undervolt have gotten P cores to 5.6GHz, E cores to 4.4GHz and ring to 5GHz with HT turned off and its stable on OCCT CPU test. With HT turned on I struggle to get stability past 5.2GHz on P cores using same voltage. Definitely recommend trying without HT and see how far you can push the chip stable.

[Xpawah]

i9 13900 series (vanilla, "F", "K" and "KS") are too hungry for electricity, my 13900F goes in thermal throttling under stress test and goes over 300w TDP. I limited power to 250W limit and it's fine, no more thermal throttling on stress test and performances are quite the same.

[photobeast]

I bought mine when I did my 13k build I-9 this week from thermalrite and then I added two extra fans to my cooler making the push-pull method and it knocked my temperature is down from honestly high 70s to low 40s. I really don't max out over 42 degrees Celsius now. It's only 29 degrees Celsius when it is not under load

[sohoh]

Hi, thanks for your video,
I've got the same Asus Z790, and same i9 13900KS, with Rog Riyujin 360 v2 and i'm going to buy this stuff..
i just undervolt -0.12 and put at 5ghz, i didn't see difference with my 4090 tuf gaming.. but i do you'r technique to get better performance.. Thanks dude ;)

[MrTefe]

I just bought this CPU for my next built that i will if im lucky get all parts this year and built it

[EchoYankee]

What backplate do you use for this cooler? I don't think they could make it any more confusing. I have rev 3 of the 360 A RGB. The backplate I've seen people use is part of an upgrade kit. One person from Arctic told me to use what came in the package, and another told me to fill out a form to get free upgrade kit. It's still in the box because I don't know what to use.

[DAudioPT]

What is the best method for installing the thermal grizzly contact frame?
GamerNexus Method or Der8aur Method?

[seabomb]

I thought about getting one of these but I don’t think unscrewing the socket surroundings is 100% safe; if it hits the pins on the motherboard you’re kinda screwed