So where to start?
I'm aware of the vice method, as well as the razor method. I believe the vice is the safer method?
Also, would MX-2 thermal paste help me at all?
Basically the reason I want to delid my i7 4790k is this: it runs hot. I have an NHD-15 with a single fan running. Case airflow is exhaust out the top and back, and intake from the side and front. Ambient temperature is around 23-25C (varies depending on if some idiot turns the air off).
My i7 4790k with the NHD-15 installed with a single fan runs at about an average of 39C per core.
That is pretty high for me, and I suspect that the cheap thermal paste on the inside of the heat spreader is to blame
. I run it at stock, so 40C is a bit high for an idle temp with a cooler like the NHD-15. I don't expect the idle temp to go down more than 8C at idle, but load temperatures should improve tremendously from what I've read, and that is definitely going to determine how high of an overclock I can get. I do not plan to overclock right now, but I do not want temps past 65ish when stress testing if possible (at stock 4.4Ghz turbo speeds obviously)
Anyways here are my current settings:
i7 4790k @ 4.0Ghz with 4.4Ghz Turbo enabled
Core voltage (from BIOS) is around 1.00, Core voltage (from CPU-Z) is exactly 1.191 (why such variation?)
NHD-15 heatsink with single CPU fan running at about 700rpm idle
(1) Front 230mm fan at 1500rpm (intake), (1) Top 200mm fan at 700rpm (exhaust), (1) Side Panel 200mm fan at 700rpm (intake), (1) Rear 140mm fan at 2000RPM (exhaust)
Case is a Cooler Master HAF X, and it is missing only one top 200mm fan (didn't come with the case like the others).
I'm aware of the vice method, as well as the razor method. I believe the vice is the safer method?
Also, would MX-2 thermal paste help me at all?
Basically the reason I want to delid my i7 4790k is this: it runs hot. I have an NHD-15 with a single fan running. Case airflow is exhaust out the top and back, and intake from the side and front. Ambient temperature is around 23-25C (varies depending on if some idiot turns the air off).
My i7 4790k with the NHD-15 installed with a single fan runs at about an average of 39C per core.
That is pretty high for me, and I suspect that the cheap thermal paste on the inside of the heat spreader is to blame
. I run it at stock, so 40C is a bit high for an idle temp with a cooler like the NHD-15. I don't expect the idle temp to go down more than 8C at idle, but load temperatures should improve tremendously from what I've read, and that is definitely going to determine how high of an overclock I can get. I do not plan to overclock right now, but I do not want temps past 65ish when stress testing if possible (at stock 4.4Ghz turbo speeds obviously)
Anyways here are my current settings:
i7 4790k @ 4.0Ghz with 4.4Ghz Turbo enabled
Core voltage (from BIOS) is around 1.00, Core voltage (from CPU-Z) is exactly 1.191 (why such variation?)
NHD-15 heatsink with single CPU fan running at about 700rpm idle
(1) Front 230mm fan at 1500rpm (intake), (1) Top 200mm fan at 700rpm (exhaust), (1) Side Panel 200mm fan at 700rpm (intake), (1) Rear 140mm fan at 2000RPM (exhaust)
Case is a Cooler Master HAF X, and it is missing only one top 200mm fan (didn't come with the case like the others).