While Intel has taken a giant leap forward in efficiency with the new Core 12, the truth is that high-end CPUs aren’t for all cooling or PCs where we don’t plan on spending too much. But as always someone comes along and improves what is present and at a reasonable price, even if in this case it involves a bit high risk and loss of warranty, but in return the temperature of your Core 12 drops in a way impressive. What is it? New IHS Rockit Cool.
Rockit Cool is a brand that has been with us for a few years now and since one of their servers has been a customer for almost a decade performing delids on many of you I dare say they are in the top 3 companies dedicated to users who seek the best for their processors. Today they bring us a new IHS for the Core 12 with several improvements and for a really contained price.
IHS for Intel Alder Lake-S: pure mechanized copper
We will start by talking about this marvel which logically incorporates a very high quality CNC machining, where we seek the slightest tolerance to torsion, to metric and of course to manufacturing defects.
It’s not that it’s a hard part to machine, the issue is precision and that’s where the guys at Rockit Cool are some of the best. The first detail that we notice is that it is entirely made of copper in one piece and that it takes the form of the original Intel IHS… but with modifications. The main thing for its assembly is that it uses the same seal guides as the original one, so we can install it with our favorite sealant without worry.
Secondly, and knowing this, one must take into account that by respecting the contact metrics, the company managed to increase the contact surface by no less than 9.5% compared to the original IHS, a very noticeable difference for larger heatsinks and cold plates. , who will benefit the most if possible.
Lower the temperature of your Core 12 by up to 15 degrees
This is encouraged by a completely smooth and flat surface both on the outside of the IHS and on the part that touches the matrix, which allows to obtain a more than interesting temperature improvement of up to 15 degrees according to Rockit Cool. What will we need for this? Well, a good liquid metal TIM and a good sealer, aside from the sealing tool on these processors to do it evenly.
Once you’ve sealed and cured the IHS and thermal paste, you’ll have full compatibility with any LGA1700 compatible cooler, including EK and Bitspower monoblocks for select motherboards.
