I just overclocked my i7 4770k @ 4.3ghz. and my max prime95 temperature is 79c . my cooler is a corsair h100i . I don't want to delid my cpu I just want to improve my temperatures . is applying coollaboratory liquid pro difficult ? and what is the risk of applying it ?
is coollaboratory liquid pro thermal compound hard to apply ?
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It is difficult unless you are very experienced with applying TIM and it is conductive so if ya spill on contacts .... you now have a short.
While I would recommend using it on a delidded CPU, it's advantage is somewhat negate by the problems with the IHS.
Prime95 is NOT recommended for Haswell CPUs as it presents a circumstance that your CPU will never see outside of a synthetic benchmark. Try running RoG Real Bench .... like P95, the Open CL test within the suite of programs that are run will use AVX instructions . This will allow you to see just what voltage spikes you will get under adaptive.
You should be able to get 4.4 GHz (maybe 4.5 with a good bit of luck in the CPU lottery) out of an H100i or any of the big 3 air coolers (Phanteks PH-TC14-PE, Thermalright Silver Arrow or Noctua DH14) on most CPUs
While I would recommend using it on a delidded CPU, it's advantage is somewhat negate by the problems with the IHS.
Prime95 is NOT recommended for Haswell CPUs as it presents a circumstance that your CPU will never see outside of a synthetic benchmark. Try running RoG Real Bench .... like P95, the Open CL test within the suite of programs that are run will use AVX instructions . This will allow you to see just what voltage spikes you will get under adaptive.
You should be able to get 4.4 GHz (maybe 4.5 with a good bit of luck in the CPU lottery) out of an H100i or any of the big 3 air coolers (Phanteks PH-TC14-PE, Thermalright Silver Arrow or Noctua DH14) on most CPUs
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What thermal compound are you currently using? If its the one that came with the cooler you could try swapping it out for improved results, based on the Tom's test results the Liquid Pro will get you about 3C reduction over corsairs stock paste but there are a couple of normal pastes that will get you through
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-performance-benchmark,3616-17.html
and with the Tom's test showing Liquid Pro and Liquid Ultra performing the same then the HW secrets review indicates that you may even be able to shave 2C off using TX-3
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Thermal-Compound-Roundup-February-2012/1490/5
The primary risk with those coollaboratory liquid metal compounds is that they are exactly that, liquid metal, a gallium alloy to be precise. Gallium behaves fairly similarly to mercury, its less toxic, but still destructive to aluminum. The h100i does have an all copper block so it would be fine, but its important to be aware of the fact that you are using a metal which is known to destroy certain other metals, as an interface material between two metal objects.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-performance-benchmark,3616-17.html
and with the Tom's test showing Liquid Pro and Liquid Ultra performing the same then the HW secrets review indicates that you may even be able to shave 2C off using TX-3
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Thermal-Compound-Roundup-February-2012/1490/5
The primary risk with those coollaboratory liquid metal compounds is that they are exactly that, liquid metal, a gallium alloy to be precise. Gallium behaves fairly similarly to mercury, its less toxic, but still destructive to aluminum. The h100i does have an all copper block so it would be fine, but its important to be aware of the fact that you are using a metal which is known to destroy certain other metals, as an interface material between two metal objects.
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