Hardware
Coffee Lake Refresh: Small models without soldered heatspreader
With the Coffee Lake Refresh generation, Intel has started to solder the heatspreaders again. However, the small models still come with thermal compound.
Delidding
Hardware
der8auer: delidding the Intel Core i9-9900K results in much better temperatures
The new Intel Core i9-9900K is soldered, but there is still a lot of heat generated. der8auer has now delidded several processors and tried to optimize them.