GIGABYTE AORUS WATERFORCE Liquid Coolers Support 12th Gen Intel Processors

[Peter_Brosdahl]

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GIGABYTE has announced that its AORUS WATERFORCE series AIO coolers include brackets to support the Intel Alder Lake LGA 1700 socket. The AORUS WATERFORCE and WATERFORCE X series were designed with the Z690 platform in mind, so they are already optimized for the flagship Intel Core i9-12900K. They have passed tests of Prime 95 non-AVX at all cores, P-Core at 4.9 GHz, and E-Core at 3.7 GHz with Turbo Boost Technology...

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[Niner51]

I noticed this when I purchased my Aorus Waterforce X. Though I may not be upgrading to utilize it right away, but it's nice that they included the additional hardware.

 

[Brian_B]

Hmm, this caught my eye:

They have passed tests of Prime 95 non-AVX at all cores, P-Core at 4.9 GHz, and E-Core at 3.7 GHz with Turbo Boost Technology.

What's that supposed to mean on cooler marketing?

 

[David_Schroth]

Hmm, this caught my eye:



What's that supposed to mean on cooler marketing?

Perhaps that the all core boost was not limited by thermals?

 

[Brian_B]

Perhaps that the all core boost was not limited by thermals?

Maybe but they don't say what the thermals were... I mean, that's more like and advert for issue for CPU Lottery. For all we know at this point, maybe the 12900 can do that on a cheapy stock heat sink (for a lil while anyway).

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Well, in-house testing, we all know to take it with a grain of salt. Let's hope @David_Schroth can get his hands on both a 12900K and one of the 360s to see how far they really go.