{"id":1882,"date":"2026-06-13T02:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T02:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/?p=1882"},"modified":"2026-06-13T02:04:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T02:04:40","slug":"installing-a-contact-frame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/installing-a-contact-frame\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing a Contact Frame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I failed to do any pre-installation testing, but I know my CPU under load would get over 90 degrees Celsius…. I still need to do full on post-installation testing. Still a fun project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My PC as it was.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Thermal Grizzyu Contact frame kit.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The parts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The frame is inside…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The frame and the foam insert (only needed if using Liquid Metal).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My CPU and the stock contact frame. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My CPU with the stock frame removed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I installed the frame but now it has to be ,…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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screwed down and thermal paste applied (not shown ).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My CPU now . Got the water block re-installed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fun little project. I enjoyed it. Took less than 30 minutes to do. It should result in 5 degrees or so. the cooler it runs, the faster it will run. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I failed to do any pre-installation testing, but I know my CPU under load would get over 90 degrees Celsius…. I still need to do full on post-installation testing. Still a fun project. My CPU and the stock contact frame. Fun little project. I enjoyed it. Took less than 30 minutes to do. It should…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-custom-build"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1898,"href":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1882\/revisions\/1898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}