Users should expect Intel’s 8700K 6-core processor to easily clock up to 4.8 GHz with conventional cooling methods: according to one report, the chip will not need much voltage to achieve this feat. Those who want to push things further will likely have to delid, however, due to the higher core count and increased thermals.



Intel is still using their much chagrined (and divisive) TIM as a heat conductor between the CPU die and the CPU’s IHS (Integrated Heat Spreader), which has been proven to be a less than adequate way of conducting said heat. However, we all knew this would be the case; remember that Intel’s HEDT HCC processors also feature this TIM, and in that case, we’re talking of up to 18-core processors that can cost up to $1,999 – if Intel couldn’t be bothered to spend the extra cents for actual solder as an interface material there, they certainly wouldn’t do so here.

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