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Coolaler.com community member "Toppc" scored an engineering sample of Intel's upcoming Core i7-4960X "Ivy Bridge-E" socket LGA2011 processor, and wasted no time in taking a peek inside its integrated heatspreader (IHS). Beneath the adhesive layer that holds the IHS to the package, which could be fairly easily cut through, "Toppc" discovered that Intel is using a strong epoxy/solder to fuse the processor's die to the IHS, and not a thermal paste, like on Core i7-3770K. Solders tend to have better conductivity than pastes, but make it extremely difficult to de-lid the processors, not to mention potentially disastrous. In the process of delidding this chip, "Toppc" appears to have knocked out a few components around the die. Unless you're good at precision soldering, something like that would be a fatal blow to your $1000 investment.

Source: http://www.techpowerup.com/186209/intel-core-i7-4960x-de-lidded.html

 

Finally they are using Solder instead of thermal paste. Hope that this will achieve better heat transfer thus getting better overclocks! :)

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Well, I hope they revert to soldering with the next generation architecture (Broadwell). Or maybe this is just for their specialist top-end processors.

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poor cpu :( it died before it could live

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damn i was refreshing that site waiting for it to be posted

but had to go to the Loo ....

damn

NEXT TIME !!!

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Most of you know that ever since Sandy Bridge processors, Intel has switched from fluxless solder to regular TIM between the CPU die and the IHS, a change not very welcome among the enthusiast/overclocking community as temperatures have been getting higher ever since the switch. So there is a slight surprise then that as opposed to their mainstream counterparts, Ivy Bridge-E CPUs will use fluxless solder.

 

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This was discovered by a user in the Coolaler forums who delidded a purported i7-4960X. While this is not conclusive evidence it does make sense that they don't use TIM for high end CPUs. The downside to this is that it continues to prove that intel wants to push all enthusiasts to buy their most expensive CPUs and motherboards in order to continue enjoying overclocking.

 

Source: http://techreport.com/news/25004/report-delidded-ivy-e-processor-has-solder-under-its-heatspreader

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UGH, some of this is goodish most is bad. now it is a bigger pain to delid but all well. I guess we will get over it :p

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UGH, some of this is goodish most is bad. now it is a bigger pain to delid but all well. I guess we will get over it :P

 

but there is much less need to delid :p

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but there is much less need to delid :P

Ya that is the little bit of good. but still. tis a pain in thy rear

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Posted before...

 

:( Didn't see the thread link pls?

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Ya that is the little bit of good. but still. tis a pain in thy rear

 

Honestly the most disappointing part is Intel trying to take away overclocking functionality from the mainstream to push enthusiasts to buy their more expensive chips.

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Hopefully this is true, but i fail to understand the need for a 6-8 core cpu for the average enthusiast. I mean most enthusiasts are gamers and most are overclockers, but not all of us are made of money. I can see where this would be great for content creation. I mean one of these beasts at 5+ ghz is just insane! but at the end of the day, it's just as much fun pushing a mainstream K series chip to 5+ ghz but it's really difficult due to the thermals. This is what happens when a company has no real competition. I mean AMD is doing fantastic in the graphics department but doesn't really have the same performance as Intel does in CPU.  

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Honestly the most disappointing part is Intel trying to take away overclocking functionality from the mainstream to push enthusiasts to buy their more expensive chips.

It is, but thats how they make money...

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Honestly the most disappointing part is Intel trying to take away overclocking functionality from the mainstream to push enthusiasts to buy their more expensive chips.

See this is why AMD needs to step up their game big time or it's gonna be a long time before we see any real innovation in CPU tech. 

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It is, but thats how they make money...

 

If they were to push some revolutionary overclocking feature to the extreme chips first I'd agree, but taking away functionality to save a tiny bit per CPU is very anti-consumerist...

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wait my bad xD I saw it on Anandtech I didn't post it

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See this is why AMD needs to step up their game big time or it's gonna be a long time before we see any real innovation in CPU tech. 

Exactly.

 

If they were to push some revolutionary overclocking feature to the extreme chips first I'd agree, but taking away functionality to save a tiny bit per CPU is very anti-consumerist...

I know, i wish they didnt do it but we cant do much other than not buying them.

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posted before

too late to the party

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Posted before...

 

posted before

too late to the party

 

posted before

too late to the party

 

hahahaha the irony

 

hahahaha the irony

 

What's with all the double posting going on today :p (me included). (also: Link? )

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Here's the link that nobody else seems to want to post.

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/29453-intel-core-i7-4960x-de-lidded/

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SO yeah just found this online...seems like no one has posted it.....

 

"A user who goes by the username "Toppc" on the Coolaler.com forums claims to have gotten an engineering sample of the upcoming Intel Core i7-4960X. As a true tweaker would do, he popped the lid on the chip to see what lies below the IHS, particularly interested, of course, in the method of thermal transfer between the CPU die and the IHS. So let the good news come; the CPU die appears to be soldered to the IHS......"

 

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could possibly be untrue but if it is true then happy days for the overclockers....

 

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http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Core-i-74960X,23270.html

 

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You can't take off the IHS when it's soldered on. You'll rip the die out.

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