Interger i imagine the evo 212 from CM might be one of the better performers with its tightly packed direct touch heatpipes but thats just a theory of mine.....i think the trick to cooling there monolith shaped dies will be mounting the cooler so as many heatpipes as possible cover the cpu die itself under the protective cover.
Hummm wonder how cool it would run if you took off the die /integrated heasink and put a cooler directly on the naked/nude die itself.
Like the old AMD k7 barton cores or the pentuim m .
Just think of that integrated heatsink as a bra covering up something beautiful and rip it off,Just remember the bra is much bigger then the boobs and intel stuffed it.
Too Bad i cannot participate stupid 1.5 year old sandy bridge is too valuable to me,I mean when is the last time a cpu that old still is in the top 5% in terms of 4 core performance.But i do want to play with some poison ivy.
Heck speaking of poison ivy,i hate it!!!!! My wife is immune,me i go deer hunting the monday after thanksgiving 6 inches of snow on the ground and i still got poison ivy.....the oils from the plant can stick around for a while.Add dragging a deer for 4 hrs in a tee shirt and long john bottoms,sweating a lot and slipping and falling about 50 times since the deer weighted 195lbs dressed 10Lbs more then me at the time....i gained about 40lbs since that poison ivy deal 6 years ago.But i always look out for that evil plant Me Hates IT
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