just what was the purpose behind this heatspreader design?
>>102402835Mostly AM4 mounting compatible while being LGA instead of PGA
>>102402856yeah just thisthats why the IHS is that shapeso it fits the same dimensions as the am4 cooler standard for IHS size and position
>>102402856>>102403460cool
>>102403460But why even bother? The cooler designers still had to make compatibility changes for AM5
>>102403666the same reason AM3 coolers worked with AM2+, and AM4
>>102402856Yep, to keep R&D costs down and prevent complete re-tooling of a new socket form factor.Changing form factor of package is very expensive and time consuming (re-tooling, validating the whole infrastructure)That's why Intel hasn't changed the form factor of their desktop platform since LGA1155/LGA1366 (Lynnfield/Bloomfield). LGA1700 is just LGA1155 strenct vertically to its absolute limit while retaining aging LGA1155 form factor, but it cases issues with torquing with some aftermarket HSF to bend/warp the motherboard or chip packaging.
>>102402835To spread the heat, I imagine.
>>102402835Originally, they were called die shields and were designed to prevent die chipping and cracking when end consumers installed heatsinks. The underfill around the GPU is intended to prevent chips from cracking solder joints after thermal cycling
>>102402856they could've just made the socket itself taller........
>>102403980Lynnfield is LGA1156. 1155 was Sandy Bridge.
>>102405145Breaking existing HSF/heatpipe compatibility. You might as well make a new form factor for chip packaging at that point.
>>102405241Right, Intel muck around the pin count and keying on that form factor. You can easily lose track.
>>102404891how do I become knowledgable like this anon, I have a CS degree and been reading all kind of stuff like Mike Meyers A+ book but no one teaches this, am I genuinely supposed to stay things like a mechanical electrical engineer to get the actual physics
>>102402835pajeet made thoselook at gamernexus amd lab vid, a pajeet trying to justify their employment explained it
