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[Thorqemada]

"Badly fitting coolers, too low performance with actually good waterblocks and bent CPUs – meanwhile not only the feedback of the readers is piling up, but also very similar reports from the board partners, cooler manufacturers and system integrators."
Cooling issues with Intel’s Alder Lake - Problems with the LGA-1700 socket and a possible workaround | igor'sLAB (igorslab.de)

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Kühlprobleme mit Intels neuen CPUs – Verbogene Sockel LGA-1700 und CPUs - Ursachen und Workaround - YouTube

Edited by Thorqemada, 01 January 2022 - 08:07 AM.

[Meep Meep]

This seems to be a theme across multiple hardware vendors this last year or so. Guess the supply chain issues and lack of workers is really hitting the QA hard.

[Thorqemada]

Well, a good sturdy backplate fixes it...