Question Asus Z790 Hero needs contact frame for CPU?

[Antisthenes]

Tom’s Hardware:

Thermalright LGA1700-BCF Contact Frame Review : Can it tame Raptor Lake’s heat? Impressive temperature reduction for those impacted by CPU bending

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermalright-lga1700-bcf-contact-frame

Is this needed if you have Asus Z790 Hero?

 

[DRagor]

What do you mean by 'is it needed'? Can the board be run without it - absolutely. Will this cause temps to be higher - probably. How much higher - depends on CPU and cooler used. Will that make any real difference in day to day usage - maybe, maybe not, depends on what you plan to do with PC.

 

[Antisthenes]

I dont want any “bending”, sounds like it damages hardware. Want to overclock as much as possible.

 

[DRagor]

I dont want any “bending”, sounds like it damages hardware. Want to overclock as much as possible.

Nah, it does not damage anything, bending just makes the CPU-cooler contact less then optimal, so naturally it causes higher temps. If you want to squeeze max OC out of your CPU then using contact frame is good choice.

 

[Antisthenes]

My online store has Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML360R with Alderlake brackets. Can one use these brackets instead of Thermalrigh’s contact frame on a 13900K and Asus Z790 Hero?

Your “Nah” didn’t inspire much confidence that bending is safe

 

[DRagor]

My online store has Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML360R with Alderlake brackets. Can one use these brackets instead of Thermalrigh’s contact frame on a 13900K and Asus Z790 Hero?

Your “Nah” didn’t inspire much confidence that bending is safe

The brackets are just for securing the cooler, you can use them together with contact frame. There is no difference in ILM between 690 and 790 boards so the (possible) need for contact frame is exactly same.
Bending is safe. Otherwise Intel would had to redesign ILM on LGA1700 boards if it was causing any damage to CPU or board. They did not, and pretty much ignored whole problem, because all it does is makes worse CPU temps.

 

[Antisthenes]

Guess I buy a contact frame then, thanks for help

 

[MOHATAN]

Guess I buy a contact frame then, thanks for help

did you buy it? does it fit for z790? thermal grizly says you need screws 6/32 longer than 7 mm.