Ivy Bridge heat spreader fingered as source of heat problems.

[Willzzz]

Many people have got results such as this with coolers like the 212 evo, hardly an extreme option.

Anandtech managed to hit 4.4ghz at just 1.05v, that isn't going to add much heat over stock settings.
It's when you start approaching 1.2v that the heat gets out of control.

If you need extreme overclocks for certain applications then I would suggest sandy, but for standard/gaming I think Ivy definitely has the edge and will be more future proof.

[HalloweenJack]

and you can get 4ghz on the stock cooler on SB - hence ANYTHING else is classed as a `better` cooler

edit:

the 212 evo is another £30 on top of the cpu....

[Newblet]

15c load sounds mad, i want that..

I meant I thought he dropped 15°C at load lol.

[watercooled]

A potential major problem even for non-overclockers is that TIM dries out/degrades over time; while you can just clean+reapply between heatspreader and heatsink, no so with die:heatspreader. Also, given the stuff used by Intel seems to be relatively poor quality, it could have an impact on future-proofing...

[Redtop89]

Hey peeps im looking to upgrade in the next few weeks and i will be looking to overclock the CPU at a later date, what would you suggest i go for Ivy or Sandy? bearing in mind i am getting GTX670's in SLI and they will use the 3.0 bus speed used on the Z77 boards, i know they are backwards compatible but its not the point. Anyway which CPU? i hate high temps as i get worried.

[GoNz0]

how easy is it to remove the heat spreader ?

if its easy i may go for it so its direct onto my water block.

[Phage]

Not been a problem for me. 4.4 GHz 54C at 100%