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Hello!
I recently got an unstable 3570K, and was able to get a replacement that worked much better - 0.15V and 10C lower at the same clocks. During LinPack (IBT, specifically) At 21C ambient, the hottest core was 71C, average 68C across all cores.
The friend that I am building this for lives in an area where the climate can be upwards of 43C. That's a pretty big jump from my testing conditions, and I was concerned that the long-life use would suffer from the additional temperatures I couldn't test under. So I delidded it with the hammer & block method, applied a slim coat of CL Liquid Ultra to both the IHS and CPU die, then resealed it with Permatex.
The good news is that it appears to be fully operational, so I didn't damage anything. The temp drop wasn't as steep as I'd hoped, though. The hottest core was 62C under LinPack/IBT, average 60C.
This is my first Ivy Bridge build, so I'm not sure what to expect from the temperatures @ 4.2GHz. My main concern is that I did not use enough Liquid Ultra. A few people have mentioned that the point of the "brush coat" application is so that people do not slather it on and drip it on components. Since this is gasket sealed inside the die, that isn't an issue. A few people that have used thicker coats of Liquid Ultra report a notable additional cooling improvement.
The PC does need to last 3-5 years. It's a very large purchase for him, as he does not have a lot of money, so it needs to last (barring general electronics failures that happen). Considering that another 22C ambient will be added where my friend will use the PC, are those kinds of temperatures going to be detrimental?
CPU: i5 3570K [New]
MB: Gigabyte Z77X-UD4H [New]
RAM: G.Skill F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL [New]
HSF: GeminII S524
HDD: WD Caviar Black, 1TB [Lightly used]
PSU: Corsair TX650 V2 [Lightly used]
GPU: RHD 5770 [Lightly used, will be replaced with a non-bottleneck solution as funds permit]
Case: Antec 300
Optical: ASUS DVD+/-RW
Hello!
I recently got an unstable 3570K, and was able to get a replacement that worked much better - 0.15V and 10C lower at the same clocks. During LinPack (IBT, specifically) At 21C ambient, the hottest core was 71C, average 68C across all cores.
The friend that I am building this for lives in an area where the climate can be upwards of 43C. That's a pretty big jump from my testing conditions, and I was concerned that the long-life use would suffer from the additional temperatures I couldn't test under. So I delidded it with the hammer & block method, applied a slim coat of CL Liquid Ultra to both the IHS and CPU die, then resealed it with Permatex.
The good news is that it appears to be fully operational, so I didn't damage anything. The temp drop wasn't as steep as I'd hoped, though. The hottest core was 62C under LinPack/IBT, average 60C.
This is my first Ivy Bridge build, so I'm not sure what to expect from the temperatures @ 4.2GHz. My main concern is that I did not use enough Liquid Ultra. A few people have mentioned that the point of the "brush coat" application is so that people do not slather it on and drip it on components. Since this is gasket sealed inside the die, that isn't an issue. A few people that have used thicker coats of Liquid Ultra report a notable additional cooling improvement.
The PC does need to last 3-5 years. It's a very large purchase for him, as he does not have a lot of money, so it needs to last (barring general electronics failures that happen). Considering that another 22C ambient will be added where my friend will use the PC, are those kinds of temperatures going to be detrimental?
CPU: i5 3570K [New]
MB: Gigabyte Z77X-UD4H [New]
RAM: G.Skill F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL [New]
HSF: GeminII S524
HDD: WD Caviar Black, 1TB [Lightly used]
PSU: Corsair TX650 V2 [Lightly used]
GPU: RHD 5770 [Lightly used, will be replaced with a non-bottleneck solution as funds permit]
Case: Antec 300
Optical: ASUS DVD+/-RW