Ivy Bridge CPUs will die after 2 years?

[KUR0KO]

The cheap thermal paste inside would melt and kill the CPU soon or so I've heard?

 

[cbrunnem]

Really two years? Since we are even offering the Intel® Performance Tuning Plan that will replace an overclocked processor for up to 3 year I guess we better double or triple the number of these processors that we are planning to make.

Where do people come up with these ideas?

where does intel come up with the idea that changing the material under the top to tim was a good idea? it was probably cheaper and over a large production run it would save intel a lot of money.... yeah yeah we know but intel is already loaded.

 

[InvalidError]

where does intel come up with the idea that changing the material under the top to tim was a good idea? it was probably cheaper and over a large production run it would save intel a lot of money.....

Rare metal solder is very expensive, increases mechanical stresses from thermal cycling materials with different thermal expansion coefficients to which IB is likely more vulnerable due to higher aspect ratio, requires extra preparation (plating wafers and IHS with a compatible metal for soldering) and probably has a few more manufacturing inconvenients.

Intel's calculation here likely is that there is no point in incurring the additional production costs for soldered IHS when it is not necessary to operate the chips at their nominal ratings.

 

[cbrunnem]

Rare metal solder is very expensive, increases mechanical stresses from thermal cycling materials with different thermal expansion coefficients to which IB is likely more vulnerable due to higher aspect ratio, requires extra preparation (plating wafers and IHS with a compatible metal for soldering) and probably has a few more manufacturing inconvenients.

Intel's calculation here likely is that there is no point in incurring the additional production costs for soldered IHS when it is not necessary to operate the chips at their nominal ratings.

ummmmm.... did you not read what i said. i said the exact same thing as you... we do the same thing all the time at work because the clients want to cut costs and do care about the hassle it cause some people.

 

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did you not read what i said. i said the exact same thing as you...

The way you said it was ambiguous about whether you said it matter-of-factly or as whining. I was simply pointing out that there are more reasons than just cost-cutting to use paste.

 

[cbrunnem]

The way you said it was ambiguous about whether you said it matter-of-factly or as whining. I was simply pointing out that there are more reasons than just cost-cutting to use paste.

ah i was wondering if you thought i was serious or not.

while you might be right i would be surprised if cost was not the major factor.