Thermalright AM5 Secure Frame Mounting Bracket Install & Review

I'm surprised motherboard manufacturers even bother with the latch quick release systems. It's not like I remove my CPU every month to blow on the pins or something - why do I need a quick release? 😆

It was made to not get thermal paste in the chip.
That's ALL it was made for.
I'd get one but I plan on building and staying with AM4.
It's still just too expensive for no real performance lift.
Price to performance wise anyway.
(see what I did there?)

I tried this didn't work via i7 13700k
My cpu raised a little

so now you can actually use liquid metal compound.

Can I use this bracket if my cooler for my 7700x is my Noctua NH-U12S?

its nice that amd change their socket design from previous am4 which you are struggling especialy you suddenly notice that your cpu stuck on cooler during pull out which heartstoping you might thought of pins bend that was hassle..now am5 is much better socket and can change frame for better placement of cpu at least wont pull out during change of cooler/thermal reapplication..

how dangerous is thermal paste overflow cuz, im doing my first am5 build tomorrow as soon as my last few parts arrive and... i did not know about this issue until tonight
i may order one of these guard protector things and hold off on building if it's that important

Is there any risk with removing the little cpu latch? I’m worried the CPU might come up if I pulled the cpu cooler off to add more thermal paste or something.

Such fine machining and tight tolerances for such a low-price, they really did put Thermal Grizzly to shame on these brackets.

Can this be used with AM4?

And if you fill all contacts with thermal paste, including the bottom part that has contact with the motherboard?

Lol that score bar. 42 points difference, which is in the margin of variation between tests and the blue bar is huge compared to red. I would say this is false marketing and done liberately. These frames have no affect on am5 thermals, you have to delid the thing to improve thermals. Visually this frame looks nice though.

Does this thing reduce the temperature by 15 degrees, as some companies claim

What are the risks of tightening the frame too much or not enough?

So I have to seat the chip witb the factory mechanism and then replace the mechanism? ..im nervous about seating this thing tonight 😢

Is the Thermal Paste from this bracket any good?

Margin of error is not a win, it's a margin of error aka no difference at all. Certainly looks cool though and for its price totally worth it even if there's 0 difference.

Nice and simple guide there. Thanks for that. Now I've ordered mine too.

Is it possible to use this bracket on AM4 aswell? Looking to install a 5800x3D into my Crosshair VII X470 AM4 board.