I brought this up in the hardware discussion thread a few days ago: https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-hardware-discussion-thread?pid=316332#pid316332
Kind of surprised it didn't get any response.
While this does work it's not the best possible solution. It's a band aid and it would be better to address the source of the problem.
Removing the IHS voids warranty, poses significant risk for fractures, requires more time/effort than most are willing to put in, can reduce effectiveness if the weight isn't perfectly balanced, and can reduce lifespan by increasing physical pressure (especially if the pressure isn't evenly distributed). For most it will work fine even long term but with devils canyon we get all the benefits you would get by delidding without any of the risk. So it's a better solution for those that haven't already purchased haswell and are planning to upgrade.
The packaging material has also been improved and there are rumors that the 9 series motherboards will support on board VRMs again. Both of which would further boost overclocking potential. If we get a chip that overclocks as well as sandy bridge with the IPC of haswell (which looks very likely at this point) for the same price then I will be VERY happy.
The new pentium chips also support quicksync and haswell-E has been announced with support for DDR4 and 8 core configurations. These will replace the ivy bridge-E based core i7 extreme cpus later this year.They will likely have both DDR3 and DDR4 motherboards available though to ease the transition.
Broadwell has been announced to have support iris pro in socketed unlocked versions. Which is very good news for dolphin users looking to skimp on a graphics card.
Kind of surprised it didn't get any response.
McNuggets Wrote:Better thermal compound is the only change? I would likely end up taking the IHS off anyway, did that to my 3570K and got a nice drop in load temps.
While this does work it's not the best possible solution. It's a band aid and it would be better to address the source of the problem.
Removing the IHS voids warranty, poses significant risk for fractures, requires more time/effort than most are willing to put in, can reduce effectiveness if the weight isn't perfectly balanced, and can reduce lifespan by increasing physical pressure (especially if the pressure isn't evenly distributed). For most it will work fine even long term but with devils canyon we get all the benefits you would get by delidding without any of the risk. So it's a better solution for those that haven't already purchased haswell and are planning to upgrade.
The packaging material has also been improved and there are rumors that the 9 series motherboards will support on board VRMs again. Both of which would further boost overclocking potential. If we get a chip that overclocks as well as sandy bridge with the IPC of haswell (which looks very likely at this point) for the same price then I will be VERY happy.
The new pentium chips also support quicksync and haswell-E has been announced with support for DDR4 and 8 core configurations. These will replace the ivy bridge-E based core i7 extreme cpus later this year.They will likely have both DDR3 and DDR4 motherboards available though to ease the transition.
Broadwell has been announced to have support iris pro in socketed unlocked versions. Which is very good news for dolphin users looking to skimp on a graphics card.
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