AMD Corporate VP David McAfee recently addressed the matter in an interview with Quasar Zone. When asked about AMD's power consumption versus operating temperature compared to the...
The fully integrated backplate breaks compatibility with half the AM4 coolers anyways. They should have taken the full plunge and made the IHS thin enough so that the CPU wouldn’t throttle under load.
The fully integrated backplate breaks compatibility with half the AM4 coolers anyways. They should have taken the full plunge and made the IHS thin enough so that the CPU wouldn’t throttle under load.