Should I delid my i7?
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coolcole01
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Gam3r01
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It could hardly be considered worth while on the 4770, which dropped temps a few C, on the newer 4790 intel used a different internal paste, which increased thermal conductivity. So the minuscule effect it had before is even less so now.
coolcole01
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i have seen more than a few people do it and it just doesnt make a big enough difference wish it did though
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Can you keep your temps in check at reasonable fan speeds? If so, it may not be for you but I'm a total advocate for delidding given how simple and relatively safe the entire process is with a vice and blowdryer (with or without the hammer method), unlike the razor delid that requires a lot of delicacy and patience in separating the IHS from the board.
Using OCCT now to stress instead of Prime, with a delidded 790k it averages at 62 on the hottest core for the majority of a 5 min test, with 72 being the max at around 2000 RPM's (performance level) on a h80i with a higher voltage and frequency than their 4.6:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8227/devils-canyon-review-intel-core-i7-4790k-and-i5-4690k/2ranging
Environmental variables are definitely a large factor in any discrepancies, but the difference between my stress temps and the ones above range from 18-8 degrees c. I delidded before even stressing the chip, lol, so as to the actual difference is something I couldn't tell you. With both recent multithreaded games and the Dolphin emulator I'm not really seeing above about 47 or so, maybe there's low 50's every now and then but nothing to worry about.
The gains/reductions for delidding are probably much higher for Ivy Bridge though.
Using OCCT now to stress instead of Prime, with a delidded 790k it averages at 62 on the hottest core for the majority of a 5 min test, with 72 being the max at around 2000 RPM's (performance level) on a h80i with a higher voltage and frequency than their 4.6:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8227/devils-canyon-review-intel-core-i7-4790k-and-i5-4690k/2ranging
Environmental variables are definitely a large factor in any discrepancies, but the difference between my stress temps and the ones above range from 18-8 degrees c. I delidded before even stressing the chip, lol, so as to the actual difference is something I couldn't tell you. With both recent multithreaded games and the Dolphin emulator I'm not really seeing above about 47 or so, maybe there's low 50's every now and then but nothing to worry about.
The gains/reductions for delidding are probably much higher for Ivy Bridge though.
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