Should I remove the IHS on my FX-9370?

Insane NiTEmare · May 2, 2014

I use an H-80i cooler and the pump can probably be lowered to meet the die alone, but does anyone know if the IHS is soldered on or is it more like an Intel one with mostly thermal paste? Would it help get generally lower temps (I use fans on the radiator with 100% power at all times, but I would like lower ambient and idle temperatures)?

Note: I DO mean ambient; my computer regulated my room's temperature; the heater for the building in this room has never worked.

Gam3r01 · May 2, 2014

The IHS is soldered I believe, so removing it wouldnt make a difference even if you could.

The H80i isnt the best watercooler for the 9xxx series. You need something closer to the NH-d14 or H100i etc.

Someone Somewhere · May 2, 2014

NO. AMD ones are soldered, and if you try to remove it you will almost certainly destroy the chip. Plus it's unlikely to make a difference.

You may be confusing ambient and idle. Ambient means the temps outside the case; little other than aircon will change that.

Insane NiTEmare · May 2, 2014

Someone Somewhere :

My Computer literally regulates my rooms temperature.

Insane NiTEmare · May 2, 2014

Gam3r01 :

I'm not the one who bought it, believe me I know but I haven't seen an H-100i outperform what I have my H-80i doing. I also don't have enough space for the rad because I was short on cash for a case and all I have is a single 120mm port vertically and another one on the bottom, 140mm at the top. Besides the case I really wanted wasn't shipped to any local stores so I had to settle with an H2 Classic.

mrmez · May 2, 2014

You can always lap the IHS. I've had good results with that, and theres very little risk if done carefully.

coolcole01 · May 2, 2014

my h100i crushes my Friends h80i he can not go over 4.7 with the proper voltage

Insane NiTEmare · May 2, 2014

Highest I've seen with an H-100i with my chip was just above 5Ghz; I crushed that in my first attempt.

And of coarse I'm going to use the method to remove a soldered lid, I'm not trying to destroy it in the process.

coolcole01 · May 2, 2014

maybe you have a golden chip what voltage were you using for your highest oc

coolcole01 · May 2, 2014

and what temps are you getting

Insane NiTEmare · May 2, 2014

Offset auto; at the moment I can't boot changed because Windows 8.1 (installing Windows 7 on my other partition later) will immediately BSOD before loading when anything with the CPU or Northbridge is touched. It does seem odd when I compare other people's clocks and setting to mine; I can get lower temperatures but my clocks fizz out much lower (from what I've tried I can't get 5.2GHz booted with at least 6 Cores)

Insane NiTEmare · May 2, 2014

40°C idle, 50°C load.

(edit) it's more like an Intel CPU if it was attached to a leaf blower; corsair fans are noisy but they perform at higher speeds and create pressure VS my other 3 120mm

coolcole01 · May 2, 2014

dude i can boot all the way up to like 5.2 but it gets extremely unstable no matter what i do but i can run it all day at 5.0 but with the cores hitting 62 and the nb hitting about 73 i love this sabertooth board

Insane NiTEmare · May 2, 2014

I have a single picture from my old instal that was my chip performing at 5297.5MHz, but it crashed when I pasted the print-screen to paint because the RAM failed (I've noticed my RAM has gaps in performance over 1600, but after 1860 it evens out for a bit. RAM is native 1600).

(edit) mind you it was only 1 core because I hadn't touched the Voltage yet

coolcole01 · May 2, 2014

try running your ram at 1333 with the normal dram voltage will help with stability and make sure it is set to 2t not 1t

Insane NiTEmare · May 2, 2014

I work with Photoshop, I need the speed. My RAM won't run in ranges under 1599 and crashes all the time at extremely small things (I had a crash with the ready boost system file. I have NEVER used ready boost)

coolcole01 · May 2, 2014

If your going for highest stable day to day then 4.8-5.0 is the tops get some really good 2133 cl9 ram and whats the vcore set at for this is it on auto

Insane NiTEmare · May 2, 2014

1.5V is what it's normally at, so I think it boots offset to 1.55. My board only supports 1866 RAM without Overclocking past normal to meet that (that's why I have 1600 RAM right now, I asked earlier on my own thread about RAM and with help decided on buying a full kit later this year for 4x4GB 1866 kit.), so I'd rather not buy a kit I can't use natively; I'd rather just Sudo it and get the same performance I would if I had paid more

coolcole01 · May 2, 2014

what is your mobo

Insane NiTEmare · May 2, 2014

ASUS M5A97 R2.0. In the Manual, BIOS and on-site it says max native support is 1866, and "OC 2133".

coolcole01 · May 2, 2014

i actually have 2 of those running in my house right now very good boards never thought they were that great of overclockers
using the 4+2 voltage configuration

Insane NiTEmare · May 2, 2014

I push it until it works. No joke, it took me 2 hours of pushing for 8 Cores 5.1GHz without changing Voltage to manual before I gave up because I needed to get some actual work done.

coolcole01 · May 2, 2014

the 9370 starts at 1.5 so its already pretty volted up

Insane NiTEmare · May 2, 2014

Right now my voltage is dropping down to 1.44 Volts (doubt the amps are high to compensate because it isn't at turbo right now, I need to get some DVDs burned for Windows 7 and Linux first then I can continue pushing), I don't think the offsets were set to 0.05V because I cleared CMOS before I started (I set the offset so auto must be lower)

coolcole01 · May 2, 2014

what do you have you LLC set to

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