Raven ridge's delid proves they don't go soldiers
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One of the strengths of the first-generation Ryzen processors is that their IHS is die-welded so heat transmission is optimal, resulting in better heat dissipation and therefore a lower operating temperature. This is not the case of the Raven Ridge, the delid of the new AMD processors shows that they have changed the solder for thermal paste, in the style of Intel.
AMD Raven Ridge uses thermal paste instead of solder
The new AMD Raven Ridge processors have already been delided, revealing their die with a size of 209.78mm, very similar to the Summit Ridge die reaching 213mm. This makes the manufacturing cost of these new processors very similar to that of the first generation Ryzen. Raven Ridge's selling price is very tight, so AMD's profit margin is very tight.
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This situation means that it has to be cut elsewhere, AMD has decided to do without metal welding between the die of the processor and the IHS to reduce the cost of manufacturing these new chips. With this , a non-metallic thermal compound has been used, in the same way that Intel does with its Core processors.
This situation opens the door for users to delid their Raven Ridge processors to change the thermal paste under the IHS, for now it is not known if the improvement in temperatures will be similar to what is obtained with Intel processors.
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