Mickey: Brand new i9-12900K + Waterforce X240 jumps to 100ºC immediately after stress test...

I built a new system with all brand new parts, and when I perform a CPU stress test the temps go to 100ºC immediately, like seconds after CPU Usage goes to 100%, and then just stay there for the entire test with Intel XTU giving me the "Thermal Throttling" warnings. Cinebench R23 30min Stability Test completes just fine and gives me a decent(?) score of 26408 pts, it just thermal throttles for the entirety of the test.

The first obvious thing to do was checking the thermal paste and pump...

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