Is it inevitable that the TIM in my 4790K will dry and lose its heat exchange properties over time?

HIKMA2015 · Jun 27, 2015

After reading all those articles about Intel using inferior TIM on Haswell. I don’t know what to do to be on the safe side, to use my CPU in a way that won’t shorten its lifespan, to make sure it does not overheat. I don’t want to delid , I don’t play games I don’t OC. but I do a lot of rendering and editing.
My question is: Is it inevitable that the TIM in my 4790K will dry and lose its heat exchange properties over time, based on exposure to heat? How can I avoid that?

i7Baby · Jun 27, 2015

Is it inevitable that the TIM in my 4790K will dry and lose its heat exchange properties over time? - Yep

It will start to become a problem at about 20 years down the track. So then make sure you replace the CPU.

holyprof · Jul 7, 2015

The "inferior" Haswell TIM is inferior because they used TIM, not because it's bad. Older Intel CPUs were soldered to the heatspreader which resulted in better thermal contact. Intel decided to use TIM instead, which is cheaper. They justified that with the lower TDP of Haswell processors.
If you don't overclock, use a good heatsink and case with good airflow, no amount of heavy load should damage your cpu.

4Ryan6 · Jul 7, 2015

HIKMA2015 :

The boxed cooler has a 3 year warranty, if you do not OC it, it will probably last much longer than 3 years, if not Intel will replace it, so don't worry about it and use it in good faith.

The TIM that was used on the 4790K is supposedly a better quality, and that really did not make any difference anyway unless you were overclocking the CPU to high overclock levels with inadequate cooling.

Normal use is not going to dry out the TIM under the heat spreader if Intel even thought that they would not warrant the CPU for 3 years, so enjoy your CPU and no worries!

If you are still concerned read this:

http://www.tweaktown.com/guides/648...spec-sr219-cpu-overclocking-report/index.html

Above all, don't forget you have a 3 year warranty.

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