Optimal thermal paste design for i9-12900K focuses on even heat distribution.
Optimal thermal paste design for i9-12900K focuses on even heat distribution.
Optimal thermal paste design for i9-12900K focuses on even heat distribution.
A central line and this, for instance: Amazon.com – Thermalright CPU Contact Frame for LGA 1700 Retrofit Kit, 17XX-BCF Bracket Intel 12th/13th Gen Anti-Bending Buckle Black: All That Remains
The price changes often due to various factors. You might have seen it for $10 a few weeks back on Amazon.
It's a bit odd, but the price is only an extra eight dollars for improved heat performance. That would be fifty dollars more for the Thermal Grizzly option.
It has been consistently shown that the arrangement is irrelevant as long as complete coverage is achieved.