The Intel 12th and 13th Gen CPU Contact Frame is a mounting aid that replaces the original Integrated Loading Mechanism (ILM) of the motherboard to enable better cooling performance from CPU coolers through optimized pressure distribution. Due to the altered dimensions of the Intel Alder Lake processors (Intel Core 12th Gen) and Raptor Lake (Intel Core 13th Gen) for the Intel LGA1700 socket compared to the socket-1200 processors, as well as the accompanying changes to the socket dimensions, new mounting brackets for CPU coolers have become necessary. Additionally, the standard ILM only has contact points in the center of the elongated CPU. This results in uneven pressure distribution of the processor in the socket, causing the surface of the Integrated Heat Spreader (IHS) to curve concavely, which means that the base plate of the CPU cooler primarily makes contact at the edges of the IHS, leaving the thermal hotspot in the center of the CPU uncovered.