Stefan Mileschin

It seems Intel's upcoming Kaby Lake processors will continue the tradition of using thermal compound rather than solder or liquid metal under the integrated heatspreader. Over at the Anandtech forums, users "Chrisch" and "RichUK" have popped the tops on purported samples of Intel's Core i7-7700K processors to apply aftermarket thermal compound with great success. Chrisch achieved 5 GHz with his popped chip, while RichUK got 5.3 GHz out of his. That's a pretty nice step up from the chip's rumored 4.2 GHz base and 4.5 GHz Turbo speeds. After delidding their CPUs, both RichUK and Chrisch saw drops in max core temperature on the order of 25° C, too. RichUK says that after a pass of Intel Burn Test at 5.1 GHz with a 1.376V core voltage, his core temperature never exceeded 72° C.

http://techreport.com/news/31132/pop...temp-decreases