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And you could de-lid a K6 with a flathead screwdriver in about 5 seconds.

The only thing you actually do want to avoid is flipping the case so that the pump/res is completely upside down.

The SP rating is just based on the voltage/frequency curve. A common misconception is that a CPU core that needs less voltage is automatically superior to one that needs more. It is not necessarily true. Sometimes a core that gets by on lower voltage also has higher leakage, which means that...

You probably disturbed the retention mechanism, and now it's not applying even pressure.

I'm going to assume that we're talking about DDR4 and not DDR5. It doesn't make a big difference as long as you are running in dual-channel on a dual-channel platform or quad-channel on a quad-channel platform. But, if you want to know what is ideal in terms of getting the last drop of...

Amazing deal. I paid 2K for this exact laptop 6 months ago, except with 32GB/2TB.

11. People will complain about the operating temperature, but brag about having low power consumption.

You might be able to raise some timings instead. Start a new thread if you want some help.

It's like overclocking anything else. Find the limit, and then dial it back one notch.

I like my Logitech K270 membrane keyboards. They turn to mush after a few years, and then I spend another $20 to buy a new one.

That's been my experience as well. If a memory test fails, it doesn't necessarily mean there's anything wrong with the sticks. If I suspect a problem with RAM, it makes way more sense to me to just swap in known-good sticks and see if the problem goes away.

It depends. If the RAM is just going to be run at stock or XMP, then no. If it's some 3200-rated stuff that I intend to run much faster, then yeah, I'll dial it up and run some tests to make sure I know where I should draw the line.

From what I can gather, the CCDs are still going to be 8-core.

The 5.5GHz boost clock would account for most of it, and doubling the L2 cache would account for the rest of it.

Anyone who thinks that in 2 months a 4070/4080/4090 is going to cost what a 3070/3080/3090 costs right now is kidding themselves. You probably won't even be able to get one.