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posted by cmn32480 on Saturday December 05 2015, @06:28PM   Printer-friendly
from the same-designer-as-the-iPhone-6 dept.

Found this at HotHardware. From the article:

It's been discovered that some third-party heat sinks can physically damage Intel's new Skylake CPUs, along with the pins in the accompanying motherboard socket. The problem has prompted at least one cooler maker to change the design of its Socket 1151 heat sinks and it wouldn't be surprising if others soon followed suit.

The apparent issue is the substrate Intel used for its Skylake chips. A close-up shot of a Skylake CPU sitting side-by-side with a Broadwell processor shows that the substrate is noticeably thinner on Skylake, and thus prone to bending from the force that some third-party heat sinks exert. It also poses a problem for the tiny pins in the socket area of Skylake motherboards.

Sounds like something to be careful of when building that new rig. Has anyone experienced the issue?

takyon:

Update - 3:08PM: This just in from Intel...

"The design specifications and guidelines for the 6th Gen Intel Core processor using the LGA 1151 socket are unchanged from previous generations and are available for partners and 3rd party manufacturers. Intel can't comment on 3rd party designs or their adherence to the recommended design specifications. For questions about a specific cooling product we must defer to the manufacturer."

And so it would appear this is an OEM 3rd party manufacturer issue, rather than a generalized issue with the processor(s).


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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2015, @06:53PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2015, @06:53PM (#272234)

    I'm so cool I don't need a heat sink when My Rig is cooled by the overwhelming coolness of my presence.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2015, @07:20PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05 2015, @07:20PM (#272242)

    you're alaskan for trouble

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday December 05 2015, @07:30PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday December 05 2015, @07:30PM (#272250) Journal

    So - I'll just wait until you are absent (not present and not president) to turn your computer on.