Contact Frames & Installation
The stock contact frame and the offset one side by side, so you can easily spot the difference in the screw sockets where the cooler’s block is mounted. I had to mark the stock contact frame to distinguish it from the offset one!
To avoid all cable mess, you can use the all-in-one PWM cable, which takes care of the pump, the VRM fan, and the radiator fans. To control everything separately, connect the respective connectors to mainboard headers or use a dedicated PWM controller, like the Corsair Commander Core XT.
Removing the mainboard from the chassis is better to have an easier time since you have to remove the stock Intel Independent Loading Mechanism (ILM). Look at the schemes above for the complete procedure. It is not as straightforward as in AMD sockets, but the provided contact frame delivers, especially the offset one, as you will find out later in this review!
The finished system.
The system in the climate chamber is ready for testing!
Wow, 5°C and over 100MHz, that’s quite an improvement…hats off 😉
yeap this was one of the best mods I seen in the recent years 🙂
the father of the idea of offset mounting is Noctua, but their processes take a long time, so I’m curious if and when they will come up with it for LGA 1851…
I guess that other Asian competitors will overtake them now
and they are super expensive too! Arctic will offer this new contract frame for just 5 dollars!