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Question 12700K, Add contact frame and PTM or leave as is?

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I have had a 12700K running stock in a MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 since it was released. I use Arctic MX-5 with a Frost Commander 140 with only the center fan to cool it. Just got a 9070 XT, and I have been running some benchmarks and looking at temps. You can see my Idle and Cinebench temps and power useage below. I was looking at getting a contact frame and PTM7950 to maybe drop the temps and try to overclock it some. But, after looking at the temps it doesn't really look that bad. Would it even be worth it?

Room temp 20C (68F)
Package temp/power used under HWINFO 12700K:Enhanced
Idle (Lots of Chrome windows open)
Cpu Fan 686rpm
Avg 33C 19W

Cinebench 10min Test
Cpu Fan 1780rpm
4.688ghz all core
Max 95C 209W
Avg 91C 190W
 
IMO, for gaming, it is not worth the time and effort. Unless you enjoy the tweaking for its own merits. Overclocking likely yields single digits in most games, maybe 10% or a little more in some titles. That is not going to change the gaming experience.
 
I do like tweaking, but it is not as usefull as when my old Celeron 366 would do 550 or my old 2500K that is for sure. Since my temps seem OK, I guess I will just leave it as is. I really figured my temps might would have been higher consider MX-5 was recalled, and it has been install since release.

Unless anyone else here thinks a contact frame and PTM is worth it at this point.
 
The contact frame is really meant for a fresh CPU for best results. On a CPU that's been bent for many years, the benefit is really quite limited, this was the reason why Noctua went through the trouble to make multiple versions of the D15G2, basically for "pre-bent" (standard) and "post-bent" Intel CPUs (HBC variant).

PTM performs within a degree of liquid metal on Intel LGA1700 CPUs, but even that is only like 3-5C better than the worst paste when used over the IHS. It might drop you down to the high 80s at best, but it is a pain to apply as the material tends to stick to the film it comes with. But if you are planning to repaste anyway, it wouldn't hurt to try as it's basically a once-and-done application and doesn't age/pump-out over time like thermal paste.
 
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