De-lidded 3770k!!

Nickolp1974 · 16 Oct 2012 at 15:26

*WARNING*
This will only work on IVY's, sandybridge heatsink top is soldered.

well got a 3770k about 5 days ago and after a little play i thought temps were a little high!!

this is running prime for 10mins @4.4ghz/1.25v

so did a little reading and thought what the heck i'm gonna have a go!!!
plus going under water so thought that it would benefit from the operation.

lid on.

Under the knife, slowly slowly!

voila, lid off!

time to clean that mess off, did it the best i could for now as i need some better tim, used AS 5 for now.

all back together in my PC, it fires up!!! nice, i've not killed it!
right same test, 10 mins of prime and NO settings changed.

Well i'm happy with those results, took me half an hour from start to finish, well worth it, and the temps should get better when the tim cures a little

chief barker · 16 Oct 2012 at 15:30

Brave man. But well done

Nickolp1974 · 16 Oct 2012 at 15:33

thx, could be better as i think the mounting mech on the HSF(dark rock) is on its way out as i can tighten all the way.

wazza300 · 16 Oct 2012 at 15:39

did you nik the pcb underneath at all? its very easy to destroy the chip but well done

btw what cooler did you use??

passey89 · 16 Oct 2012 at 15:41

u brave brave man lol

Nickolp1974 · 16 Oct 2012 at 15:45

wazza300 said:
did you nik the pcb underneath at all? its very easy to destroy the chip but well done

btw what cooler did you use??

no, theres a very tiny mark but i wouldn't call it a scratch.
once i freed a corner enough to get the tip in it was easy. Iwas more worried that the tip of the blade would snap, but all was well

wazza300 · 16 Oct 2012 at 15:47

did you just push in the tip of the blade all the way around? i have to admit its rather daunting,starting off is the worst part

trickynickyuk · 16 Oct 2012 at 15:49

Wow cant believe you done that brave man pleased it worked for you

Nickolp1974 · 16 Oct 2012 at 15:52

wazza300 said:
did you just push in the tip of the blade all the way around? i have to admit its rather daunting,starting off is the worst part

using just the blade on a corner just rocked it side to side, you do need quite a bit of preasure but once through just ran the tip round, had a picture of someone else's next to me on my ipad so i could roughly judge how deep to go in. The top and bottom is the risky bit as the core is quite close.

buzzlightweight · 16 Oct 2012 at 16:17

did mine a while back but i use liquid pro underneath and have never looked back. If ivy could take 1.45v/1.5v 24/7 I would be laughing @ 5ghz im just hitting 90c O_O

JonoB · 16 Oct 2012 at 16:18

Brave

For ~10 degrees difference

Wucked · 16 Oct 2012 at 16:20

Nicely done!

Meaker · 16 Oct 2012 at 16:37

I'm surprised after all that effort you did not go for an adjustable heatsink design and keep the lid off.

Nickolp1974 · 16 Oct 2012 at 16:43

buzzlightweight said:
did mine a while back but i use liquid pro underneath and have never looked back. If ivy could take 1.45v/1.5v 24/7 I would be laughing @ 5ghz im just hitting 90c O_O

Only had some arctic silver 5 and some old thermochill which had gone watery and lumpy! I am after some of the liquid pro stuff.

Nickolp1974 · 16 Oct 2012 at 16:46

Meaker said:
I'm surprised after all that effort you did not go for an adjustable heatsink design and keep the lid off.

Not really much effort, just a risk! Should be under water in a about a week so will look at that then

JonoB said:
Brave For ~10 degrees difference

10 degrees can make all the difference

bainbridge · 16 Oct 2012 at 16:55

So I assume the fact AS5 is capacitive doesn't cause a problem?

steve258 · 16 Oct 2012 at 16:58

Nice! Was gonna make a thread about this as well. Do you still have the IHS on after replacing the thermal paste?

I found that I got 10C difference just by replacing the thermal paste, and another 10C+ difference with the cooler directly mounted on die, so a total of 20C+ less temp. I'm able to run it at 4.8Ghz as a result.

rishy · 16 Oct 2012 at 17:03

One Brave person, can you do mine when i get it ???

Nickolp1974 · 16 Oct 2012 at 17:19

bainbridge said:
So I assume the fact AS5 is capacitive doesn't cause a problem?

it appears not too.

steve258 said:
Nice! Was gonna make a thread about this as well. Do you still have the IHS on after replacing the thermal paste?

I found that I got 10C difference just by replacing the thermal paste, and another 10C+ difference with the cooler directly mounted on die, so a total of 20C+ less temp. I'm able to run it at 4.8Ghz as a result.

yeah the IHS is back on, once underwater will have a play without the IHS and with some liquid pro which is meant to be about the best replacement.

and a 20c drop is quite an achievement :cool:

Nickolp1974 · 16 Oct 2012 at 17:23

rishy said:
One Brave person, can you do mine when i get it ???

i have only done it as its going in a water cooling setup, where its meant to help. It is not advisable for all.
4.4ghz is more than enough which should be easy on air, anything more is just bragging rights