Allen
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AMD Confirms 12nm Ryzen 2 CPUs Will Feature Soldered IHS For Better Cooling
The new chips will come in configurations of up to 8 cores and 16 threads.. However, they will feature GlobalFoundries’ brand new 12nm+ manufacturing process and enhanced Zen+ CPU cores. .. run at higher clock speeds than their predecessors and .. support significantly faster DDR4 RAM kits of up to 4000MHz.
AMD Confirms 12nm Ryzen 2 CPUs Will Feature Soldered IHS For Better Cooling
A high quality solder job is measurably more expensive than a TIM solution, hence why it makes sense to reserve it for high-end products such as the upcoming 2nd generation Ryzen CPU parts.
Current Ryzen CPUs have soldered heat sinks. And so will the next generation Ryzen CPU. AMD APUs use heat sink paste, because they are designed for low cost entry level market.
AMD sells easy overclocking. AMD supports overclocking with hardware, all Ryzen's are unlocked, and AMD provides a desktop application to make modest CPU and memory overclocks simple. As always, overclocking is at one's own risk.
Last actual words I saw from Intel were that they DO NOT recommend overclocking their CPUs -- even when unlocked. Of course, experienced overclockers sometimes get a lot out of an Intel CPU -- just needs more effort and care.
