Hi there, after deliberating about delidding for some time, I did it.
I watched all the gamers nexus videos, and the buildzoid 'how to apply liquid metal to things' video over and over to avoid any potential mistakes.
I used the Der8auer delid tool, cleaned all silicone off the cpu and IHS to get the closest spacing, used a nitrocellulose nail polish to protect the surface mount components etc.
Initially I saw no improvement, so did it all again, this time added slightly more liquid metal as I was concerned I hadn't added enough.
Still, no change. I think in XTU benchmark I see in HWinfo64 the max recorded package TDP went up from about 110w to 130w which leads me to believe there has been improvement, just not in temps.
I'm using conductonaut LM and kryonaut TIM. Cooler is H100i GTX.
I'm starting to wonder if the 3-4 year old H100i is past its best? With the fan profile on performance, and pump at max, coolant temp never gets to 40c, however max core temperatures reach 85-90
4790k is 4.6 all cores with 1.26v. 1.296v seen with AVX loads.
PL1/PL2 set to unlimited as it current limit.
Any ideas?!
To add: max core variance (after both applications of LM) is only 7c
I watched all the gamers nexus videos, and the buildzoid 'how to apply liquid metal to things' video over and over to avoid any potential mistakes.
I used the Der8auer delid tool, cleaned all silicone off the cpu and IHS to get the closest spacing, used a nitrocellulose nail polish to protect the surface mount components etc.
Initially I saw no improvement, so did it all again, this time added slightly more liquid metal as I was concerned I hadn't added enough.
Still, no change. I think in XTU benchmark I see in HWinfo64 the max recorded package TDP went up from about 110w to 130w which leads me to believe there has been improvement, just not in temps.
I'm using conductonaut LM and kryonaut TIM. Cooler is H100i GTX.
I'm starting to wonder if the 3-4 year old H100i is past its best? With the fan profile on performance, and pump at max, coolant temp never gets to 40c, however max core temperatures reach 85-90
4790k is 4.6 all cores with 1.26v. 1.296v seen with AVX loads.
PL1/PL2 set to unlimited as it current limit.
Any ideas?!
To add: max core variance (after both applications of LM) is only 7c