Re: cascade lake' x-series hedt cpu's - soldered heat spreader
2019/10/09 02:54:37
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Intel can't afford to sacrifice frequency to save pocket change on manufacturing costs, using TIM would raise temps and lower its available frequency range.
AMD is giving them stiff competition and Intel's frequency advantage is the only thing them competitive. Or at least loosely competitive. It would be very self-defeating for Intel to swap its server chips to TIM at this stage, which is what the HEDT platform sources them from.
Have water, will cool.