Intel Skylake-S Platform Specs Z170-100-Series Chipset by 2H 2015

Just kidding, Yes its de-lidded and its water cooled, it sits happily at around 60 degrees.

But my area can be very warm in singapore, everyday is summer here. Leave a egg on the road at mid noon and you can cook it, and when I was in the army solders were punish by doing push up on the hot road for hours till our hands were cooked

 

8 cores are tempting for PS, AE, Prem etc but I need to see some numbers before I commit.

For gaming I suspect it wont bring very much to the table.

I'll be happy to be proved wrong but considering the 4960X doesn't have much on the 980X where gaming is concerned, I'm not holding my breath