My friend dropped his 20C, rediculous... Intel fail.
On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 03:36:56PM -0500, Jin-Wei Tioh wrote:
> At 03:33 PM 6/26/2013, you wrote:
> >Not really. It's expected to be a few % faster (actual results
> >remain to be seen...as we saw with SB vs SB-E, results of one do not
> >necessarily foretell the other), and should run a bit cooler at
> >stock. Stock speeds will be a touch higher. Overclocking capability
> >is TBD...the solder between the core and the IHS should help, but a
> >lot of people believe that the TIM was only part of the challenge with IB.
> >
> >I would find it difficult to justify an upgrade for any practical
> >reasons--not that a practical reason is at all required.
>
> The gap between the IHS and die is the real problem, although the
> higher thermal conductivity of solder
> compared to the best TIMs (apart from maybe say Coolabs Liquid Ultra)
> does help.
>
> You could delid an Ivy or Haswell, replace the TIM, put it back
> together carefully to control the gap height,
> and boom! Lowered temps (not uncommon to get 10-15C).
>
>
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> Jin-Wei Tioh
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>
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