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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).
(Score: 2) by frojack on Saturday December 05 2015, @07:07PM
Intel can't comment on 3rd party designs or their adherence to the recommended design specifications.
And why not?
If there is a brand known to work improperly, name-em and shame-em.
Thanks a lot Intel, for dodging the issue here and leaving at the mercy of shoddy manufacturers. I bet similar reluctance won't be seen when we have to buy a new CPU because some lame fan broke the corner off of our processor. (Yes I have seen this happen in the past}.
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(Score: 2) by Hairyfeet on Sunday December 06 2015, @12:38AM
Nothing "shoddy" here except Intel, unless you are actually gonna buy a classic "who ya gonna believe, me or your lying eyes" from Intel. Look at the pics yourself, see the substrate? See how much thinner it is? Yet Intel claims that even though they cut the substrate in half that its no different than the previous chips specs..yeah, and pull this leg it plays jingle bells.
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(Score: 1) by tftp on Sunday December 06 2015, @12:41AM
And why not?
Lawsuits, of course.