I recently upgraded from a 7700k to a 13600k and I can't get a proper mount with my CPU cooler/pump. The board is a Gigabyte Z790 UD and I'm using Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut liquid metal.
The 7700k was de-lidded and running at 5.4GHz (and significantly higher voltage, easily going above 130W TDP).
The 13600k is completely stock with all the stupid auto overclock and overvoltage in BIOS deactivated. It's really stock. Meaning it should reach its absolute peak at 180W. I'd assume that the cooler can handle 180W (I don't mean the rad, I mean the cooler itself). Still, running prime95 with small FFTs p-core 2,3,4 and 5 nearly instantly hit TjMax and thermal throttle. I assume because of a bad mount. I have re-mounted the cooler four times now and can't get a proper contact patch. Looking at the imprint on the cooler after de-mounting the contact patch doesn't look consistent, especially on the south side of the cooler I can see gaps. I tried hand tightening the screws and I tried tightening them with a screwdriver, neither produced a proper mount. I tried wiggling it a bit to see if maybe I can get it to sit properly, no luck.
Is it possible, that the 13600k has a different height or surface and a thin layer of liquid metal just isn't enough to get a proper mount? Has the cooler changed in design in the last two years and my older cooler isn't compatible with the 13600k but the new one is? Any advice would be much appreciated.
PS:
Pumping speed and cooling surface (i.e. rad surface) are not an issue. The cooler is part of a custom loop with another pump and another rad. Water temp when it reaches the CPU cooler is always <=38°C even under heavy load steady state.
The 7700k was de-lidded and running at 5.4GHz (and significantly higher voltage, easily going above 130W TDP).
The 13600k is completely stock with all the stupid auto overclock and overvoltage in BIOS deactivated. It's really stock. Meaning it should reach its absolute peak at 180W. I'd assume that the cooler can handle 180W (I don't mean the rad, I mean the cooler itself). Still, running prime95 with small FFTs p-core 2,3,4 and 5 nearly instantly hit TjMax and thermal throttle. I assume because of a bad mount. I have re-mounted the cooler four times now and can't get a proper contact patch. Looking at the imprint on the cooler after de-mounting the contact patch doesn't look consistent, especially on the south side of the cooler I can see gaps. I tried hand tightening the screws and I tried tightening them with a screwdriver, neither produced a proper mount. I tried wiggling it a bit to see if maybe I can get it to sit properly, no luck.
Is it possible, that the 13600k has a different height or surface and a thin layer of liquid metal just isn't enough to get a proper mount? Has the cooler changed in design in the last two years and my older cooler isn't compatible with the 13600k but the new one is? Any advice would be much appreciated.
PS:
Pumping speed and cooling surface (i.e. rad surface) are not an issue. The cooler is part of a custom loop with another pump and another rad. Water temp when it reaches the CPU cooler is always <=38°C even under heavy load steady state.
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