Although only one Heatsink manufacturer seems to have this issue at the moment
"PCGamesHardware.de has discussed its findings with a number of key PC cooler makers and already received replies from most of them. The following feedback was obtained during the investigation: ARCTIC: "We want to assure with this official statement that ARCTIC cooler not affected by these problems - and thus are fully Skylake compatible". The company said it adhered to Intel's mechanical specification.EK Water Blocks: "While current water cooler of EKWB are fully Skylake-compatible, the manufacturer advises caution with older coolers," noted PCGamesHardware.de.Noctua: "Our SecuFirm2 mounting systems are subjected to prior to the release of new platforms an extensive compatibility testing" said Noctura. No problems have been reported to Noctura by customers or re-sellers etc.Scythe: This well known cooler company admitted that while "All coolers are in fact generally compatible with Skylake sockets… in some cases result in damage to CPU and motherboard when the PC is exposed to stronger shocks (eg shipping or relocation)."Thermaltake: "All current CPU cooler from Thermaltake, as the Frio Silent series, as well as older models such as the NIC series, the Contac series and the Frio series, and compact water cooling of the types Water 2.0 and Water 3.0, are 100% compatible with socket 1151 processors."Thermalright: "The pressure is pre-defined and accurately based on the specifications of the CPU manufacturer," said this company. There are no reports of Thermalright cooler induced problems so far."
"NZXT: said its "Kraken Series closed loop liquid coolers are fully compliant with Intel's socket 1151 mechanical force specification". It recommended against using older larger tower coolers like the Havik 120/140 due to force and weight considerations.Intel: said that it has only been made aware of the issue in the last two days and it is therefore investigating what "could be several variables at play". Intel confirmed that Skylake uses a thinner substrate but it is rated for the same 50lb. maximum static load as prior generations."
Jesus F***ing Christ Intel, you are making CPUs for how long? 2 gens ago was incorrect thermal compound something, that caused overheating, now this... What the f*** is wrong with you?
What do they care... Still Intel, still the money goes in their pockets... No punishment, basically because it's monopoly... No other choice, but to go Intel... The sad thing is, it's not like they are multi billion dollar corporation, that can buy basically half the US... They can't really afford to spend some extra money on QA... No sir... We need to find the issues with the product 3 months after it hit the market...
Remember the P67 SATA controller issue they had in 2011? That ended up with them RMA-ing $700M in motherboards (my GA P67A-UD3 included, mine was one of the few ones that had premature and complete failure of the SATA ports).
If the f****up is big enough, they don't mind going to great lengths to sort it out. I just don't think they consider this one important enough.
I'm sorry, I know I'm slightly overreacting, but this sounds to me like the 970 issue. If you mod Skyrim, there will be issues. So simple - don't mod Skyrim that much... I spent money on the motherboard, the CPU and it stated compatibility with 1150 coolers. I have the right to use whatever cooler I have chosen. Now because there is no other option, I have to buy a new cooler as well... I know I am over reacting, but this is stupid issue, that could have been and should have been discovered in QA... No excuse...
I don't have Skylake yet, but if I get one, then I might use the stock cooler anyway. Not going to overclock the thing. I am currently rocking at the Sandybridge series.
Intel put out a statement and said something on the lines of 'we're looking into it', so neither confirming or denying. I saw on the wan show last night that it might be a problem if you don't remove your cooler during transport or moving it around roughly, but removing your cooler should be common sense when traveling with a big tower cooler.
Considering that the K parts for skylake don't come with stock coolers, this could be a big problem. Intel has said that even though the material is thinner in Skylake, it still have the same force rating. I'm calling BS on Intel's part. They cheaped out and now the coolers which were just fine are damaging components. This should be on Intel.
Someone tried, someone failed. Are Nvidia and Intel so bored without AMD in their neck they start f***ing up? 970 with 3.5GB usable RAM, Bad thermal interface material (was Intel when I remember correctly), bending skylake... This is BAD by 12 points when 10 is the worst it can get.
And in very small use cases delidding a skylake with tear that same PCB/substrate apart destroying it entirely. People actually had to make new tools for it. But this is on the extreme, I did it to myself, end of the spectrum.
wow i heard about it but didn't think it was true. Then again Scythe heatsinks they haven't made a relevant heatsink since like 2005. I mean all their heatsinks are just Hyper 212 clones or D14 wannabes. Their only legit one is that SHURIKEN design for ITX cases back in '08 or something. It looks like really old heatsink are culprit of this.
Scythe mounting screws are too tight for the CPU so they are offering replacements, This isn't Intel's problem and it's not upto them to test all supposedly compatible aftermarket coolers mounting systems. Thinking otherwise is simply bizarre.
