The IHS of the latest processors is a clear source of overheating.
As the new holder of the highest frequency ever achieved on a processor, the Core i9-14900K is also a chip that tends to heat up quite a bit. This is hardly a problem for overclockers, who use liquid helium-based systems. The fact remains that, for the average person, the new generation of Intel processors puts traditional coolers to shame, especially when it comes to the Core i7-14700K/KF and Core i9-14900K/KF.
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A specialist in overclocking and the in-depth study of processors, Germany's Der8auer has published a very interesting video about an accessory that has become indispensable with the complexity of Intel and/or AMD chips: the IHS. The IHS, whose full name is integrated heat spreader, is designed to eliminate the mismatch between the various CPU cores. The IHS is also there to protect these particularly fragile and exposed cores. The problem is that this accessory can be an obstacle to proper heat dissipation.
Der8auer's video proves this once again. Using accessories designed for the previous-generation Core i9 - the 13900K - the German managed todelid his processor. He then applied Conductonaut Extreme paste to ensure optimum dissipation, and the results were not long in coming: in his tests, Der8auer obtained up to 10°C less on the high-performance cores, while the drop was still 8°C on the efficient cores.
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Der8auer then used a Contact Frame designed by Thermal Grizzly - again for 13th generation processors - to further improve the thermal dissipation of its processor. Not only did this prove to be perfectly functional with this new generation, but temperature gains were even greater, with around 13°C better on high-performance cores, down from 93°C to just 81°C. Once again, IHS raises serious heat dissipation issues: it would be a good idea for Intel - and also AMD - to look into the matter.
