Article WN84 Skylake CPUs may be damaged by pressure from some heatsinks

Skylake CPUs may be damaged by pressure from some heatsinks

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PCGamesHardware.de is reporting (Google translation here) that Intel Skylake CPUs may be damaged due to pressure from some third-party heatsinks. Some users have reported bent CPUs and even bent socket pins. The site says the cause for this problem may be the thinner substrate used in Skylake CPUs.

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