DrMrLordX
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Good. Do you think that if not soldered it would have overclocked a lot less? And Zen will be soldered?
I have no Bristol Ridge or Carrizo hands-on experience, so I will not comment on them.
KA-V1 Kaveri (A10-7700k) w/ stock TIM under IHS: my max OC was 4.5 GHz
KA-V1 Kaveri (A10-7700k) w/ delid/relid + lap job on IHS and CLU under IHS: my max OC was 4.7 GHz
GV-A1 Godavari (A10-7870k) w/ stock solder under IHS: my max OC is 4.7 GHz (haven't really tried for 4.8 but the voltages are getting too high for my tastes)
Note that all of the above overclocks used the same IHS (NH-D14 + really loud fans) and same TIM between IHS and HSF (CLU).
So in the case of Kaveri/Godavari, I estimate that delidding was about the same as having solder under the IHS, and that it was good for +200 MHz OC. Godavari seems to clock better at the same voltage than Kaveri at speeds up to about 4.2 GHz, after which point it's a wash. At least with my samples anyway.