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***Official Ivybridge Overclock Thread***
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No because you could always take a whirl at claiming even if you had delidded it and replaced it back, they would probably tell but seems a more pointful exercise than trying to toast your CPU and taking out your VRMs or something else at the same time just because you bought insurance for £15 without properly reading terms and conditions.
Where as with your plan your doing it for no good reason other than to say you claimed on the insurance???
I pay house insurance doesn't mean I open my door at the end of the year and say come on in el Chavs I haven't had a claim in a year so fill your boots.
Where as with your plan your doing it for no good reason other than to say you claimed on the insurance???
I pay house insurance doesn't mean I open my door at the end of the year and say come on in el Chavs I haven't had a claim in a year so fill your boots.
Then don't remove the IHS and enjoy the insurance that you bought. Remember when taking out insurance policies that the devil is always in the detail and that seems to be particularly true when it comes to any form of insurance.
Apart from the morality of what you have intended to do just think about what you could end up with is a worse chip than you think you have got now or even worse a dead motherboard instead.!
What issues do you have with your overclock or chip to make you wish to remove the IHS anyway...?
Yeah but either way your gonna have to delid a CPU uninsured.... Seems pointless either bite the bullet and delid knowing your not covered if it messes up, or get on with using it un physically modded. And still have valid insurance on it.
Either of your plans you have lost your 15 quid. Is there no right to cancel within so long on the policy. I dunno havent gone that indepth with terms other than knowing physical damage aint covered.
hitting temps of 105C is my main issue. It's IMPOSSIBLE to get a chip worse than this trust me... literally impossible. I'm only at 4.5Ghz... >.> Also as soon as the warranty is void so is the insurance 
but the Insurance covers everything Overclocking.
but the Insurance covers everything Overclocking.
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Why don't you buy a few other 3770s find the one that overclocks the best then flog the others including your own on ebay?
Imo far better going down that route and losing a few quid from shipping depreciation than trying to intentionally kill yours.
Why don't you buy a few other 3770s find the one that overclocks the best then flog the others including your own on ebay?
Imo far better going down that route and losing a few quid from shipping depreciation than trying to intentionally kill yours.
You would be selling a chip to run at its design specs etc and the person buying it would be doing so for their own reasons /ambitions.
But sit back and have a think about it...
You are only around 200mhz slower than what would be considered to be a good clocker and in real life performance terms that means so very little.
I think that you are chasing something of little real importance and the cost is too great with no guarantees.
But sit back and have a think about it...
You are only around 200mhz slower than what would be considered to be a good clocker and in real life performance terms that means so very little.
I think that you are chasing something of little real importance and the cost is too great with no guarantees.
It shouldn't be it's mainly the crappy TIM they used in the production that causes them to be so hot.
Ollie, the only way these chips will get reasonable temps for voltage/clocks required is by flipping the lid.
Water is almost pointless without flipping the lid.
Sure, you may get a cooler chip, but for there still to be any point for water, you would need to flip the lid. I don't see it as being avoidable.
Even then, I still don't see a huge benefit of water to these chips.
No point in simply killing the chip. As others have mentioned, you could get a worse one. If you are simply bothered that you paid for insurance only to find it doesn't cover flipping, get a refund - they do state very clearly this is easily done, but will take up to 60 days.
Do as others have suggested and sell on Ebay. You don't need to give a reason for selling, and someone may be happy with what your chip can do. Sure, if they ask, don't lie, but you are not obligated to only sell a chip that clocks well, just like etailers are not obligated to.
If I can get my chip to run at 5Ghz under 100C (some day, not now), I will do that. Because, yes, I paid for the insurance. I am not going to try and kill my chip, but I am not going to worry about it if I do - that's what I paid my £16 for
The only thing I don't want to kill is my motherboard. Hate changing motherboards.
Water is almost pointless without flipping the lid.
Sure, you may get a cooler chip, but for there still to be any point for water, you would need to flip the lid. I don't see it as being avoidable.
Even then, I still don't see a huge benefit of water to these chips.
No point in simply killing the chip. As others have mentioned, you could get a worse one. If you are simply bothered that you paid for insurance only to find it doesn't cover flipping, get a refund - they do state very clearly this is easily done, but will take up to 60 days.
Do as others have suggested and sell on Ebay. You don't need to give a reason for selling, and someone may be happy with what your chip can do. Sure, if they ask, don't lie, but you are not obligated to only sell a chip that clocks well, just like etailers are not obligated to.
If I can get my chip to run at 5Ghz under 100C (some day, not now), I will do that. Because, yes, I paid for the insurance. I am not going to try and kill my chip, but I am not going to worry about it if I do - that's what I paid my £16 for
The only thing I don't want to kill is my motherboard. Hate changing motherboards.
True. I might try selling it but I would want to sell it for at least what I bought it at (I got it at a reduced price on OcUk) so might have to settle for £30-50 under what I bought it for maybe? I would need a stop gap as well guess I could grab a pentium or something if I try to sell it.
So you would do all of that for the sake of around 200mhz which in real term usage would mean so very little..?
If it is important to you then go for it but remember the risks and if you think that yours is the worse chip possible you might end up being very disappointed with what you but next. It is often the luck of the draw.
People do far worse and spend far more for far less in the enthusiast market
Ollie, if money is not a problem, then go for it. (selling I mean)
Otherwise, stick with the 4.5 for now, and maybe in a couple of years flip it when it's not worth as much - and getting 2nd hand replacement won't cost too much
If the heat kills it in mean time, well, you got the normal warranty and insurance, so you should be good to go...
And having said all that, there is still this nagging desire to flip the lid on mine
I do know it's silly in my case, but it is still tempting.
People do far worse and spend far more for far less in the enthusiast market
Ollie, if money is not a problem, then go for it. (selling I mean)
Otherwise, stick with the 4.5 for now, and maybe in a couple of years flip it when it's not worth as much - and getting 2nd hand replacement won't cost too much
If the heat kills it in mean time, well, you got the normal warranty and insurance, so you should be good to go...
And having said all that, there is still this nagging desire to flip the lid on mine
I do know it's silly in my case, but it is still tempting.
good advice that you should do the same