Interesting....guess this has been getting discussed with the K chip.....overclockers special.
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Why is Ivy Bridge so hot? Ask that question in any forum currently, and you are likely to receive one of two different popular (but not entirely correct) answers that everyone has been parroting:
The first answer is correct, but wrong at the same time power density is greater, but it isnt what is causing temperatures to be as much as 20 °C higher on Ivy Bridge compared to Sandy Bridge when overclocked. The second answer is jumping to conclusions without sufficient evidence. If you arent in the loop, theres evidence of a considerable temperature difference nearly everywhere you look we confirmed it by mirroring settings in our Ivy Bridge review, and we have read similar reports in solid testing at Anandtech as well as from other sites.