After waiting months for SKL-X this is a major disappointment. I had planned on ordering either the six-core or eight-core variants, but the amount of neutering going on with the 7800X is astonishing. The crap TIM, hot temps and power usage of this entire lineup is just too much to ignore.
For those of us that are terrified to delid, is there any risk of the TIM drying out over time? I usually like to keep a build for 3-5 years or longer now that IPC improvements are basically stagnant and the cheap paste worries me a bit.D:
I would like to upgrade to a Skylake-K chip but there are only rumors to go by right now. The jump from Sandy Bridge to Haswell is about 14% and if Skylake adds another 10-15% that would be worth it to me.
SanDisk 240GB SSD for $139(Newegg)
GT5 XL for $10(Amazon)
Maglite 2D LED for $15(Lowe's)
First SSD and I cannot wait to install it!
The flashlight was a good score because the bare aluminum ones are hard to find around here. The anodized coating always comes off the other colors:rolleyes:
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