News Thermal Grizzly's new heatspreader claimed to lower CPU temperatures by nearly 15 degrees Celsius

[Admin]

Thermal Grizzly releases upgraded high-performance heatspreaders for modern Intel CPUs.

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[das_stig]

The price we are paying for CPU's why Intel and AMD just cant use decent thermal materials and stop cutting corners to say a few pennies on the BOM and make the product as it should be. Myself and probably most customers, would be more than happy to cover the costs to get extra cooling headroom.

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

Users of Intel CPUs spanning 12th Gen to 14th Gen who dare to delid will soon be able to enjoy the cooling benefits of Thermal Grizzly's High Performance Heatspreader (HSPS) V1. Compared to Intel's stock heatspreaders, the Thermal Grizzly Intel HSPS V1

It is Intel High Performance Heatspreader V1 HPHS. Not HSPS. Correct the typo.

According to tests done by Thermal Grizzly using a Core i9-13900KS in a custom loop liquid cooling configuration with a Watercool MO-RA3, Thermal Grizzly's Heatspreader reduces temperatures by 14.8 degrees Celsius compared to a standard CPU IHS (integrated heat spreader).

Wrong !

An Intel Core i5-14600K was tested at a clock speed of 5.6 GHz and a core voltage of 1.4 volts (vCore) in Cinebench R23 in a custom loop with a Watercool MO-RA3, including four Noctua 200 mm fans .

With the Intel High Performance Heatspreader V1, this average could be reduced by 14.8 °C to 77.3 degrees.

The 13900KS was tested using the Intel Mycro Direct-Die V1 instead.

Besides a new heatspreader, Thermal Grizzly's news release also briefly discusses its Intel Mycro Direct-Die V1 AIO liquid cooler, which is similar to the EK-Nucleus AIO we discussed prior.

Eh ? Can we call it an AIO though ?

https://www.thermal-grizzly.com/en/intel-mycro-direct-die/s-tg-my-dd-i-v1

 

[bit_user]

The price we are paying for CPU's why Intel and AMD just cant use decent thermal materials and stop cutting corners to say a few pennies on the BOM and make the product as it should be.

It's not only about cost, but I'm sure that's a big part of it. These CPUs also need to withstand a wide range of environmental and operational conditions for extended periods of time. I'm sure that feeds into the tolerances they build into their products.

However, I would agree that premium SKUs, like Intel's KS models, should probably go an extra step in using better materials and tighter tolerances.

 

[AngelusF]

However, I would agree that premium SKUs, like Intel's KS models, should probably go an extra step in using better materials and tighter tolerances.

Why not just sell the KS-class CPUs unlidded?

 

[Eximo]

Why not just sell the KS-class CPUs unlidded?

Oh that is just inviting disaster. With the Z difference, someone would try and use it without a direct die capable cooler and cook it.

Also, we used to have naked die CPUs. It was quite common for them to get chipped and broken by CPU cooler installation.

 

[TerryLaze]

An Intel Core i5-14600K was tested at a clock speed of 5.6 GHz and a core voltage of 1.4 volts (vCore) in Cinebench R23 in a custom loop with a Watercool MO-RA3, including four Noctua 200 mm fans .

With the Intel High Performance Heatspreader V1, this average could be reduced by 14.8 °C to 77.3 degrees.

So the intel HS was at 92C with 1.4V and 5.6Ghz leaving a good 10% headroom before even starting to throttle...so it's a useless product and only there to sell people up on worthless things.

Why the heck didn't they test the 14900k ?

 

[Amdlova]

My 13600t can enter on windows before lock up with no heatsink

These shinigam tech can't catch me anymore.

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

Why the heck didn't they test the 14900k ?

Not sure why they didn't go for the flagship SKU. I guess only the TG team who benchmarked the CPU can answer this more clearly.

 

[Dementoss]

According to tests done by Thermal Grizzly

So not impartial then...

Also, they are using a massive radiator, that accommodates nine 14cm fans.

 

[TerryLaze]

Not sure why they didn't go for the flagship SKU. I guess only the TG team who benchmarked the CPU can answer this more clearly.

They probably did but the difference was smaller, just my guess though.

 

[PlutoDelic]

I was aiming for the AM5 variant of this one a few months back. Der8auer really put it on table for me.

I've put it on hold when i'll go full Custom Loop though.

 

[Nyara]

Why not just sell the KS-class CPUs unlidded?

Because little over half its buyers just buy it to have the best off-the-shelve available for regular user market and have no knowledge/skills to manage an unlidded CPU. Though starting with the 14900KS, Intel extended insurance coverage to include unlidded CPUs, which is a great move by them.

 

[thestryker]

The price we are paying for CPU's why Intel and AMD just cant use decent thermal materials and stop cutting corners to say a few pennies on the BOM and make the product as it should be. Myself and probably most customers, would be more than happy to cover the costs to get extra cooling headroom.

They actually both use very good materials it's typically design that is lacking. These also have to be mass produced so making anything complicated causes prices to go up a lot. The best move for enthusiast level chips would probably be naked die and a custom ILM designed to minimize silicon damage.

AMD for Zen 4 had tested doing a vapor chamber, which probably would have been the best option, but it was dropped due to cost.