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Recommended anti-bend contact frames for latest Intel and AMD processors?

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I am so scared right now because I am building my very first gaming computer next week and I just saw a video saying that the new Intel chips can actually bend or warp if you dont use some special frame thingy?? I have a $1500 budget and spent way too much on the i7 and now I am panicking that I am gonna ruin it just by putting it in the motherboard. I am totally lost on what I should actually buy because there are so many brands and I dont even know if the AMD ones need it too since I havent picked my final parts yet. Is this something I really have to do or is the standard latch okay? If I need one which one is easiest for a beginner who has never touched a CPU before?


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TL;DR: Grab the Thermalright LGA1700-BCF Gray for an Intel build. It is cheap, easy to install, and solves the bending problem for about 10 dollars. Dont stress too much about the warping videos. While it is a real thing with the Intel LGA 1700 socket, the standard latch usually works okay, but these contact frames are basically cheap insurance. I used that Thermalright one on my last build and it dropped my temps by roughly 4-5 degrees because the cooler sat flatter on the chip. It is way better for your budget than the expensive Thermal Grizzly Intel Contact Frame which does the same thing for triple the price. If you end up going with AMD, you dont actually need one since those chips dont bend, but the Thermalright AM5 Secure Frame Black is decent if you want to keep thermal paste from getting into the gaps on the CPU heat spreader. Stick to the budget options and put that extra money toward your GPU.


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