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Adding an Am5 Secure Frame

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I use liquid metal on my props. I bought a thermal grizzly foam guard some time ago to protect the electronics around the ihs. I just recently bought a metal am5 secure frame. My question is if anyone has done this before, can both be used? I don't want to waste any liquid metal on trial and error. Obviously my concern is that the foam protecting the tiny components around the ihs will prevent this bracket from going down far enough to allow a good connection between the ihs and the aio's heat sink. Thoughts pls...?

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38 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

Return it, these do next to nothing on AM5. Just use the stock ILM. 

iirc the am5 contact frame thing is more suited for lapping the ihs so you can lap it by 1.6mm or something

 

If you dont intend on lapping the ihs then return it

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2 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

iirc the am5 contact frame thing is more suited for lapping the ihs so you can lap it by 1.6mm or something

 

You can still lap it with the stock ILM, it'll get to the same height since IIRC they use the same mount points and are about the same thickness. If anything the secure frames are a little taller and you'd have to lap them less, though that is just eye balling it off photos so I could be wrong. 

 

These things just shouldn't exist, they're a solution to a problem that didn't exist. Only reason I can tell they do is because people heard it helped a ton on LGA 1700 (which it does) and thought "this would be great on AM5 where temps are insane," while the problem that exists on LGA 1700 that is solved by the contact frame is not a problem on AM5. They're a waste of aluminum as far as I'm concerned. 

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Wont the liquid metal destroy the secure frame?

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Auto corrects got me on procs. It wasn't supposed to read props. I didn't know these were made for lapping. i just found it scrolling thru on Amazon and since at the time it was 8 bucks I thought what the he'll. I don't want anything to bend. I paid over 500 dollars for my CPU. It seems you guys are certain that cannot happen with unlapped am5. It's a 7950x. I don't have any plans to lap it either. Being that it was only 8 bucks I'm not going to bother with returning it. However, if anyone out there reading this does need one, hit me up. Send me 5 and I'll ship it to you.

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11 minutes ago, dverdier said:

I don't know. When I applied it, I really didn't need that foam protector. When I went back to revisit and reapply, nothing had moved. I was pretty careful with it.

If the liquid metal can destroy that frame and it's just al. Isn't the ihs made from al as well. I'm concerned about prolonged exposure to the aio now too. I've only been back in it once to make sure I had enough there. I didn't see any damage at that time. I think the ihs is al. I know the aio is cu. Is that something to worry about? If you can't tell, this is the first pc I've built. I've upgraded and added a few parts here and there but never built one before this.

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27 minutes ago, dverdier said:

If the liquid metal can destroy that frame and it's just al. Isn't the ihs made from al as well. I'm concerned about prolonged exposure to the aio now too. I've only been back in it once to make sure I had enough there. I didn't see any damage at that time. I think the ihs is al.

IHS is Nickel-plated copper afaik

 

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3362-how-liquid-metal-affects-copper-nickel-and-aluminum-corrosion-test

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On 6/30/2023 at 10:27 AM, Ralf said:

IHS is Nickel-plated copper afaik

 

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3362-how-liquid-metal-affects-copper-nickel-and-aluminum-corrosion-test

Shit I knew that. I've learned a ton in the last so many months. I can't rem it all. That bracket is coated. That may protect it. I'm not going to use it anyway after what you guys said before.

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