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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 4:22 pm Post subject: Why is the 9900K so hot? |
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As it turns out, the 9900k's die is significantly taller than the 8700k. As the CPU sits at the bottom of the silicon "stack", there's more material for that heat to go through. Sanding some of that material off resulted in a significant temperature decrease under load. The full video is worth checking out, which you can see...read more |
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