The Pulsar frame is R299 and arrives with four screws and a hex wrench, but no thermal paste. Fitting it means taking the cooler off. So South African buyers ordering the frame should add paste to the same order rather than discovering the gap mid-job.
A Pulsar contact frame for AM5 costs R299, which puts it well inside impulse-buy territory for anyone tuning a Ryzen build. What the listing does not headline is that the box stops short of everything the job needs: you get the anodised frame plus four screws and a wrench sized to fit them, but thermal paste is not included.
The AsiaHorse Pulsar CPU Contact Frame is R299 (VAT-inclusive) and ships with four screws and a hex wrench, but no thermal paste. Fitting it means removing the cooler, so a tube of paste has to be bought separately. Add it to the same order and the job only needs one trip.
Look at what a contact frame actually replaces: the stock AM5 retention arms either side of the socket. That is a mechanical swap, and mechanical swaps need mechanical tools - hence the four screws and the hex wrench sized to fit them. Thermal paste is a consumable, not a fastener, and AsiaHorse has drawn the line exactly where most cooler-hardware vendors draw it. The frame ships with what secures the frame. It does not ship with what secures thermal performance once the cooler goes back on.
That distinction matters more than it looks. A buyer who assumes "kit" means "complete kit" opens the box, gets the cooler off, and only then discovers the compound tube sitting in a drawer three rooms away is empty or nonexistent. At that point the processor is bare, the clock is ticking on dust settling into the socket area, and the job stalls.
Removing any cooler from AM5 breaks the existing thermal interface. Old compound does not get reused - it is cleaned off both the processor lid and the cooler base, and a fresh, even layer goes down before the cooler is torqued back into place. That is true whether or not a contact frame is involved. The frame just adds one more reason the cooler is coming off.
The practical fix is simple: put a small tube of thermal paste in the same basket as the R299 frame. It is a low-cost addition next to the frame itself, and it removes the risk of a half-finished build sitting open on the desk. Anyone who has paused a build mid-way to source one missing consumable knows how much friction that single gap adds, even when the part itself is inexpensive.
This also solves a timing problem SA builders run into more than most: courier lead times mean a forgotten paste order can add days to a job that should have taken an hour. Checking the box contents against what the job needs, before checkout rather than after unboxing, is the cheapest insurance available here.
Four screws and a hex wrench cover the mechanical side completely - there is nothing else to source for actually mounting the frame itself. The gap is specifically and only thermal paste, plus whatever you use to clean the old compound off two surfaces. Isopropyl alcohol and a lint-free cloth or coffee filter handle that part, and neither typically ships with any cooler-adjacent product.
The frame is built for AM5 boards on X670, B650 and A620 chipsets. That is the full list - it is not a universal AM5 part beyond those three families, and it has no application on AM4 or Intel platforms, where the socket retention hardware is entirely different. Confirming chipset before ordering avoids the more annoying return conversation that follows opening a part built for a socket you do not have.
For the cooler side of the job, browsing CPU coolers is worth doing at the same time as sourcing the frame, particularly if the current cooler is old enough that a refresh makes sense anyway. And whatever cooler ends up back on the board, the thermal solutions range is where the actual paste purchase happens - matching it to the frame order rather than treating it as an afterthought.
The all-aluminium anodised frame, four screws and a hex wrench, which is everything needed to fit it except paste.
Because fitting the frame means removing the cooler, and a cooler that has been lifted needs fresh paste when it goes back.
AM5 boards on X670, B650 and A620 chipsets, which are the platforms the listing names.
It replaces the stock AM5 retention arms, spreading mounting pressure evenly so cooler contact stays consistent across the chip.
No tightening torque is specified in the listing, so the hex wrench is supplied without a stated value to work to.
All-aluminium with an anodised finish, which is a mechanical part rather than anything electrical.
A year of local cover applies, handled here rather than through a return to the manufacturer.
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The all-aluminium anodised frame, four screws and a hex wrench, which is everything needed to fit it except paste.
Because fitting the frame means removing the cooler, and a cooler that has been lifted needs fresh paste when it goes back.
AM5 boards on X670, B650 and A620 chipsets, which are the platforms the listing names.
It replaces the stock AM5 retention arms, spreading mounting pressure evenly so cooler contact stays consistent across the chip.
No tightening torque is specified in the listing, so the hex wrench is supplied without a stated value to work to.
All-aluminium with an anodised finish, which is a mechanical part rather than anything electrical.
A year of local cover applies, handled here rather than through a return to the manufacturer.
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