A product has been launched to facilitate direct die cooling on the Intel Skylake-X Socket 2066 platform. The new der8auer Skylake-X Direct Die Frame (or SK-X DDF for short) completely replaces ...

Noted overclocker Roman 'der8auer' Hartung has officially launched his latest product aimed at the overclocking community: the Skylake-X Direct Die Frame, designed to protect delidded CPUs while ...

Overclocking of a Skylake-X processor is not a simple task due to the inefficient thermal-interface material (TIM) being used instead of solder, (which offers much better thermal performance). Roman ...

Direct-die cooling has always been the holy grail of CPU cooling. By removing a CPU's integrated heat spreader (IHS), a cooler's cold plate can make direct contact with the CPU die(s), allowing for a ...