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title: "Thermal Grizzly - CPU Contact Frame Intel 13th & 14th Generation - for Optimized CPU Contact Pressure to Improve The Cooling Performance - Easy Install"
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# Optimized CPU contact pressure Anodized aluminum durability Easy, tool-assisted installation Thermal Grizzly - CPU Contact Frame Intel 13th & 14th Generation - for Optimized CPU Contact Pressure to Improve The Cooling Performance - Easy Install

**Brand:** thermal grizzly
**Price:** 6465 som
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## Summary

> ❄️ Keep your cool, lead the pack — the der8auer touch for next-gen Intel CPUs!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Thermal Grizzly - CPU Contact Frame Intel 13th & 14th Generation - for Optimized CPU Contact Pressure to Improve The Cooling Performance - Easy Install by thermal grizzly
- **How much does it cost?** 6465 som with free shipping
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## Key Features

- • **Effortless Upgrade:** Quick install with included tools and screws—no expert skills needed to unlock elite cooling efficiency.
- • **Precision Cooling Mastery:** Engineered to deliver uniform pressure across Intel 13th & 14th Gen CPUs, slashing core temps and boosting stability.
- • **Future-Proof Compatibility:** Tailored for Intel 1700 socket, seamlessly integrating with your latest high-end builds.
- • **Premium German Craftsmanship:** Anodized aluminum frame designed by der8auer, ensuring unmatched durability and performance reliability.
- • **Balanced Thermal Distribution:** Eliminates hot spots by equalizing core temperatures, perfect for sustained overclocking sessions.

## Overview

The Thermal Grizzly CPU Contact Frame for Intel 13th & 14th Gen processors is a precision-engineered anodized aluminum bracket designed by renowned overclocker der8auer. It optimizes CPU contact pressure to improve heat dissipation, resulting in lower and more consistent core temperatures. Easy to install with included tools and screws, it enhances cooling performance for demanding workloads and overclocking, while ensuring durable, high-quality construction made in Germany.

## Description

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Review: Easy Install, helps cooling. - Bought this hoping to lower temps on CPU. It was easy to install as I had the AIO cooler back plate already installed so removing the ILM screws did not cause any issues. I am using the Asus Maximus Z790 Dark Hero board, which is fairly thick. This contact frame from Thermal Grizzly is the second gen. It comes with replacement screws which are a bit longer than the stock ILM screws. They were plenty long enough. If you look at the photos, you will notice the white markings at each screw hole are no longer there. And you don’t need to mark the screws with some kind of marker. This is because, the way Der8auer redesigned the contact frame, it no longer requires the precise mounting technique from his original tutorial video or the tutorial video on Gamers Nexus. Simply follow the directions on the included instruction sheet using the tools provided and hand tighten and you should have no issues. I turned everything alternating using an X pattern a few turns at a time until snug then gave a very slight final turn. This makes it snug to the motherboard without over tightening the screws. I used the Kryonaut Extreme thermal paste and snugged down my AIO using the same X pattern, only with the AIO I tightened it down pretty tight. System booted into BIOS where I had to redo my settings. BIOS went to defaults. Also had to tell the BIOS to ignore the CPU fan and had to reset the XMP. After it restarted and booted into windows, I used the Asus AI program to allow it to sense and auto set my settings in the BIOS. I am using an i9 13900k. System overclocked my CPU to 6.1Ghz on three of the P cores and 5.9 on the rest (actually, one P core was set at 5.8). Ran Cinebench 2024 for several runs of 10 mins each. Temps stayed in mid 80’s during the Cinebench runs. It has been running consistently at 6100Mhz with no crashes or blue screens and no overheating. Re-ran the Cinebench tests a couple of days later with identical results. Really impressed with this i9 13900k and the Lian Li AIO. What I noticed was cooler temps, but not by a lot like some other people. What it really did more than anything was make all the P cores and E cores run at the same temps (E cores obviously cooler). Prior to using the contact frame, temps on each P core were all over the place, with one at times hitting in the high 90’s while another one would run at 88 while stress testing. Now they are all staying within 1 to 2 degrees of each other. And it is running cooler. Prior to the contact frame I was hitting the 90’s and tapping 100 on a few cores when running the CPU test on Cinebench. Now they bump up against 98 when the test starts and then settle in at about 88. Idle temps drop to 26/27 when nothing is running and go to 33/34 when apps open and run. I would say average idle temp now is around 30. Prior to installing the contact frame, I was idling at around the mid to high 30’s and they were uneven. As I mentioned previously, all cores now stay close to the same temps. This contact frame definitely creates more even contact between the CPU and the AIO. So I’d say it works. I hit 2100~ in Cinebench 2024 on multi core and 35,500 on the GPU test. You cannot compare these scores to Cinebench 2023 and prior, as Maxon is using new rendering software. This was worth the $30 purchase and system tear down to install it. FYI, I also tried using the Thermal Grizzly Graphene cooling sheet (38X38) and it is too big for an i9 13900 and needs to be cut down. I gave up on it though as I could not keep it in place when trying to mount the AIO, kept sliding around. I heard others suggest using a little thermal paste to hold it in place, but I didn’t want to fool with that and just went to straight thermal paste. The Kryonaut Extreme seems to be working pretty well. My system: i9 13900k, Asus Maximus Z790 Dark Hero, Lian Li 011D Evo XL, Lian Li 120 SL-Uni fans, Lian Li Galahad II AIO, G. Skill Trident Z5 RGB 64Gb 6000, 2TB Crucial T700 Gen 5 NvME OS drive, 2TB Samsung 990 Pro Gen 4 NvME data drive, MSI 4090 Gaming X Slim, BeQuiet Dark Pro 13 1000w, Win 11 home (most recent update). This thing is running Alan Wake II at 68-70 degrees max temps. Both NvME drives running at 43 degrees, which is pretty remarkable considering how hard AWII hits the NvME drive (it is loaded on the Samsung 990 pro). Don’t have temp numbers for GPU but it is running pretty cool as well, fans only run occasionally. System fans do kick up though when everything hits full power. Crystal disk mark shows 12k read and 11.5k write speeds on Crucial drive and right around 7k read and 6.8 write on Samsung drive. Overall, I am pretty pleased with the performance on this build. My first build in over 10 years. Seems a lot easier to build a system now than it was 10 yrs ago. It’s a lot faster than my Corsair i8100 with a i9 13900KS, and that sucker is fast. One note: Using the Gen 5 NvME spilts the PCIe lanes into x8, so, the GPU does not get the full X16. However, it has almost no effect on the performance of the 4090. It still hit over 35,000 on Cinebench 2024. Checking multiple web sites that test 4090’s on Cinebench 2024 found them to score just under 35,000. Mine hit this score due to being a Gaming X card from MSI, so it is overclocked. I’ll give up the X16 lane to get the Gen 5 power on the NvME because it has no effect on the video card.
Review: Great product for the price - Fantastic, easy to install, and helped drop my cpu temps!

## Features

- OPTIMIZED COOLING PERFORMANCE - Designed to improve the contact pressure, enhancing the cooling performance of CPU coolers and resulting in lower CPU temperatures
- EASY INSTALLATION - Quick and hassle-free installation process, making it simple to upgrade your CPU cooling performance in just a few steps
- PREMIUM MATERIALS - Made of anodized aluminum, ensuring durability and high product quality
- DESIGNED BY DER8AUER - Developed in collaboration with renowned overclocker Roman "der8auer" Hartung and manufactured in Berlin - 100% Made in Germany
- IMPROVED CONTACT - Special inner contour for optimal pressure distribution, preventing the concave curvature of the Integrated Heatspreader (IHS) and providing a larger contact area for more efficient heat dissipation

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0C6B233J2 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #63 in Computer CPU Cooling Fans |
| Brand | Thermal Grizzly |
| Cooler Heatsink Compatibility | Intel 1700 |
| Cooler Heatsink Material | Aluminum |
| Date First Available | May 25, 2023 |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 04260711990748 |
| Item Weight | 2.08 ounces |
| Item model number | TG-CF-i13G |
| Manufacturer | Thermal Grizzly |
| Mounting Type | Chassis Mount |
| Product Dimensions | 2.76"L x 1.97"W x 0.24"H |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Thermal Grizzly
- **Cooler Heatsink Compatibility:** Intel 1700
- **Cooler Heatsink Material:** Aluminum
- **Mounting Type:** Chassis Mount
- **Product Dimensions:** 2.76"L x 1.97"W x 0.24"H

## Images

![Thermal Grizzly - CPU Contact Frame Intel 13th & 14th Generation - for Optimized CPU Contact Pressure to Improve The Cooling Performance - Easy Install - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61a0tUTqJgL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: How do you know if the screws are on tight enough? is there a click sound? i hear complaints that the stock ilm screws are to short? any advice?**
A: One of the things this product has over cheaper versions is the witness marks included around each screw hole. You mark your screw, and then turn the screw 1/4 intervals until you feel a light tension, then 1 more quarter turn. JAYZTWOCENTS did a great video on it.

**Q: Does this come with screws?  I received mine but no scews**
A: You are expected to use the screws that are currently holding your ILM mechanism. On some motherboards, these can be a bit short to comfortably secure the frame, so you could try finding slightly longer ones (UNC 6-32). I used a set of longer screws to first pre-secure the frame, then one by one replace them with the original screws, and only then properly tighten things.

**Q: Made in the same Chinese factory as the 12 dollar frames? Yes.**
A: No, Thermal Grizzly Contact Frame is produced in Germany in Berlin. The quality is different. The material is high quality, the processing is better and the QM is not comparable with that from China.

**Q: Will this work with the msi z790 d4 boards?**
A: It'll work with any Z790 board you'll likely need to buy longer screws though

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Easy Install, helps cooling.
*by D***B on November 19, 2023*

Bought this hoping to lower temps on CPU. It was easy to install as I had the AIO cooler back plate already installed so removing the ILM screws did not cause any issues. I am using the Asus Maximus Z790 Dark Hero board, which is fairly thick. This contact frame from Thermal Grizzly is the second gen. It comes with replacement screws which are a bit longer than the stock ILM screws. They were plenty long enough. If you look at the photos, you will notice the white markings at each screw hole are no longer there. And you don’t need to mark the screws with some kind of marker. This is because, the way Der8auer redesigned the contact frame, it no longer requires the precise mounting technique from his original tutorial video or the tutorial video on Gamers Nexus. Simply follow the directions on the included instruction sheet using the tools provided and hand tighten and you should have no issues. I turned everything alternating using an X pattern a few turns at a time until snug then gave a very slight final turn. This makes it snug to the motherboard without over tightening the screws. I used the Kryonaut Extreme thermal paste and snugged down my AIO using the same X pattern, only with the AIO I tightened it down pretty tight. System booted into BIOS where I had to redo my settings. BIOS went to defaults. Also had to tell the BIOS to ignore the CPU fan and had to reset the XMP. After it restarted and booted into windows, I used the Asus AI program to allow it to sense and auto set my settings in the BIOS. I am using an i9 13900k. System overclocked my CPU to 6.1Ghz on three of the P cores and 5.9 on the rest (actually, one P core was set at 5.8). Ran Cinebench 2024 for several runs of 10 mins each. Temps stayed in mid 80’s during the Cinebench runs. It has been running consistently at 6100Mhz with no crashes or blue screens and no overheating. Re-ran the Cinebench tests a couple of days later with identical results. Really impressed with this i9 13900k and the Lian Li AIO. What I noticed was cooler temps, but not by a lot like some other people. What it really did more than anything was make all the P cores and E cores run at the same temps (E cores obviously cooler). Prior to using the contact frame, temps on each P core were all over the place, with one at times hitting in the high 90’s while another one would run at 88 while stress testing. Now they are all staying within 1 to 2 degrees of each other. And it is running cooler. Prior to the contact frame I was hitting the 90’s and tapping 100 on a few cores when running the CPU test on Cinebench. Now they bump up against 98 when the test starts and then settle in at about 88. Idle temps drop to 26/27 when nothing is running and go to 33/34 when apps open and run. I would say average idle temp now is around 30. Prior to installing the contact frame, I was idling at around the mid to high 30’s and they were uneven. As I mentioned previously, all cores now stay close to the same temps. This contact frame definitely creates more even contact between the CPU and the AIO. So I’d say it works. I hit 2100~ in Cinebench 2024 on multi core and 35,500 on the GPU test. You cannot compare these scores to Cinebench 2023 and prior, as Maxon is using new rendering software. This was worth the $30 purchase and system tear down to install it. FYI, I also tried using the Thermal Grizzly Graphene cooling sheet (38X38) and it is too big for an i9 13900 and needs to be cut down. I gave up on it though as I could not keep it in place when trying to mount the AIO, kept sliding around. I heard others suggest using a little thermal paste to hold it in place, but I didn’t want to fool with that and just went to straight thermal paste. The Kryonaut Extreme seems to be working pretty well. My system: i9 13900k, Asus Maximus Z790 Dark Hero, Lian Li 011D Evo XL, Lian Li 120 SL-Uni fans, Lian Li Galahad II AIO, G. Skill Trident Z5 RGB 64Gb 6000, 2TB Crucial T700 Gen 5 NvME OS drive, 2TB Samsung 990 Pro Gen 4 NvME data drive, MSI 4090 Gaming X Slim, BeQuiet Dark Pro 13 1000w, Win 11 home (most recent update). This thing is running Alan Wake II at 68-70 degrees max temps. Both NvME drives running at 43 degrees, which is pretty remarkable considering how hard AWII hits the NvME drive (it is loaded on the Samsung 990 pro). Don’t have temp numbers for GPU but it is running pretty cool as well, fans only run occasionally. System fans do kick up though when everything hits full power. Crystal disk mark shows 12k read and 11.5k write speeds on Crucial drive and right around 7k read and 6.8 write on Samsung drive. Overall, I am pretty pleased with the performance on this build. My first build in over 10 years. Seems a lot easier to build a system now than it was 10 yrs ago. It’s a lot faster than my Corsair i8100 with a i9 13900KS, and that sucker is fast. One note: Using the Gen 5 NvME spilts the PCIe lanes into x8, so, the GPU does not get the full X16. However, it has almost no effect on the performance of the 4090. It still hit over 35,000 on Cinebench 2024. Checking multiple web sites that test 4090’s on Cinebench 2024 found them to score just under 35,000. Mine hit this score due to being a Gaming X card from MSI, so it is overclocked. I’ll give up the X16 lane to get the Gen 5 power on the NvME because it has no effect on the video card.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great product for the price
*by K***Y on November 8, 2025*

Fantastic, easy to install, and helped drop my cpu temps!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent Product.
*by S***. on December 21, 2025*

My Build Specs: Asus Tuf Gaming Z790 plus wifi motherboard, i7 14700k, Asus ROG Ryou III argb aio, Kingston fury 2x16Gb cl30 memory kit, be quiet 13M Power supply, ASUS TUF Gaming 5060Ti 16Gb GPU . Alltossed in an ASUS TUF GT502 case. I installed the Thermal Grizzly contact frame along with Thermal Grizzly PTM Phasesheet from the get go.At idle my CPU temp is 23 degrees Celsius. Using Cinebench r23 It hit a maximum of 90. The score I got was 32183. My thermals are good and the system is stable. I couldn't be happier, Installing the Phasesheet was a bit of a pain but installing the contact frame itself was a breeze. I got the contact frame in the Black Friday Sale for $15 and the Phasesheet for $10.00. Now that's value for money!

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