The intel core i5 processor

Starting in the ninth generation of the Core family of processors, Intel introduced STIM (Soldered Thermal Interface Material). In order to transfer heat between the processor chip and the thermal dispersion metal plate, most hobbyists consider the soldered metal interface in temperature transfer superior. It was known since launch that they would only use STIM on the "K" series of unlocked processors, such as the i9-9900K and i7-9700K, while the locked series would keep the thermal paste. Well, to confirm this, the PC enthusiast @momomo_us has delided an Intel Core i5-9400F.

Intel Core i5-9400F: delid and comparison

The Core i5-9400F received a delid (separate the IHS and DIE to remove the metal transfer plate) and placed next to an also delineated i5-9600K, showing thermal paste residues around the i5-9400F pickup and fragments of solder on the i5-9600K.

It is interesting to see how the 9600K's chip is visibly larger than that of the i5-9400F, despite the fact that they are both 6-core processors with 9MB of L3 cache. This is not because the 9400F lacks iGPU (not physically).

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The i5-9400F appears to be similar in size to the 6-core “Coffee Lake” pickup used in the eighth-generation 6-core Intel Cores, while the i5-9600K appears to be an 8-core “ Core 2 ” Lake Lake. of them disabled, as well as a physically present iGPU, but disabled. How long will it take to activate it? Let the bets begin! ?

Via Techpowerup