Turns out, the one heatpipe cooler is even older, it was introduced for the Ultra Core 1 series first: Introducing the new Framework Laptop 13 with Intel Core Ultra Series 1 processors
The change for the AI300 series was just the applied PTM. The one heatpipe cooler can be seen in the parts shop of the respected Ultra Core 1 mainboards.
So, I bet, they will use this one heatpipe cooler also for future products, if they don’t come up with an even better solution.
Yeah but that one has an interfering wing layout.
The difference I see, the Core Ultra 1 Series cooler covers slightly more chips (2 more VRMs?) , but not a big difference in my point of view. The main part, the one big heatpipe, looks like the same for me.
And also interfere with some components that are there on the amd board.
It likely is.
Hello, I’m new to the community. I was considering swapping the 7×40 heatsink for the AI 300 to improve cooling, but some of the experiments in this thread seem to suggest it might actually perform worse.
I originally got the idea from a video by noisycarlos on this topic.
At the end on the day, is there any consensus with that question ?
There is another comment on this video, saying he has a quieter fan, this is an indication for a better cooling. All in all, it should be an improvement, since the one heatpipe design is used for new coolers by Framework.
Wanted to offer my 2 cents here as to why we may be getting mixed results.
On my 7840u, I upgraded the thermal paste to PTM 7950 on the stock heatsink. I found by doing an upgrade that everyone was stating alone should produce better temps, I discovered that these heat sinks are VERY temperamental to the tightness of the screws.
Old Thermal paste Idle was around 40C, and with PTM 7950 my processor was idling at 80C, and thermal throttling with light tasks (This is with the same old heatsink). This is with tightening the screws to “finger tightness”. I cleaned and reapplied PTM, and only lightly screwed on the heatsink. With much less pressure, I got much better thermals in line with what others were experiencing.
So my learning was that if you tighten the screws too much, then yes you will get worse performance than the old stock equipment. Just a PSA, because for me, it was surprising how easy it was to do - it didn’t take much to over-tighten. IMO since everyone has different screw tightness, each result will be different.
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