7700k Delid questions (materials)

[Choaski]

Other then a delid tool, what compounds do people recommend to place on die / compound to reseal the IHS?

I'v been told https://www.overclockers.co.uk/thermal-grizzly-conductonaut-thermal-paste-1g-th-021-tg.html is REALLY good but wondering if there are other things that are worth trying as it's my first time.

Originally I was just gonna place the IHS in the clamp and carefully close and place my monoblock on top (Like in LinusTechTips...)

 

[Choaski]

Hey buddy, thats definitely one of the most popular thermal pastes I see nowadays, I believe 8Pack himself uses it and sells them on his extreme OC bundles

I just ordered a custom z270 setup from OCUK and requested them to use that thermal paste also if I bought it. Not delid my cpu though but tempted to do so once I get my system next week

I'm sitting at 4.7Ghz and hitting temps of max 96 during gameplay (H1Z1 - heavy on CPU) but it seems very stable, prime pushed all cores that high so I just stopped it. There was a core difference of up to 20deg in some places :\ (During the short prime run

Thermal Grizzly or Gelid GC Extreme for me.

I'd leave the IHS 'loose' (just support it when clamping), but if you want to seal it down again, use one of the Permatex Black silicone adhesive sealants. Don't forget to leave the gap in the sealant as the IHS originally had though.

Thanks, really helpful.

 

[Choaski]

96c at 4.7Ghz is pretty high? I'm getting those temps at 5.2Ghz with 1.41v

errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrm, no idea. I'll have to check fan curves ect and my fan controller then. Maybe because I did a lazy OC and used my mobo to do it? It changes base clock as well as multiplayer, don't see that effecting heat though ?

 

[Choaski]

CLU between the die and IHS, Thermal Grizzly for between IHS and cooler.

Also, anything above 80 degrees C treads into uncomfortable territory.

Doing this, though Grizzy had a liquid metal

DO NOT think my nuts are big enough to try no IHS - Maybe if I had a random tax rebait of 50,000£ (Not gonna happen....), ordering everything when payday comes in

 

[Choaski]

Looks like too much Liquid metal by far on this example and scratching the glue off is a fail also.

From what I'v seen, you only need a terribly thin layer of Liquid Metal, this is gonna be my first attempt, am I right in thinking it needs to be complete coverage over the DIE and IHS before putting it back together or, can you do like paste and leave small gaps thus making it spread a bit?

Do you have a delidding guide?

^ Would like to see that, just to reassure me that the 10000 YouTube videos which are the same are correct

 

[Choaski]

delid die-mate 2 looks good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopM4p4CBrs&t=0s

Ordered a Rockcool 88 after doing some research on the people behind the products, done my delid now

how does it perform with hizi?

I sit above 120FPS at all times pared with a 980Ti on low settings (model / texture on high) 200+ in the open. I stream it in the mornings GMT ~10-3 if you wanna come in and I can tell ya FPS at the time.

Delid has solved most issues for me: http://puu.sh/tJ9QO/dac82ee30a.png loop is still bleeding slowly and no side panels on for airflow and fans are sloooooow. Going to est 90 tops at 5Ghz

 

[Choaski]

Please elaborate.

Too much LM can have negative effects, you only need a tiny amount and it HAS to be level with no beads in the paste, if it beads up, it can crack the die. Unlike TIM, you don't want to just put a load on and let it spread with the weight of the IHS as it can fall out and hit other parts under the IHS causing potential damage.

If you don't remove the glue properly, it will cause an uneven surface and weird temps, I had this when I reglued mine, there was a tiny bit in the corner I missed whilst delidding which resulted in two cores being ~60 and the other two ~80. I'v only delidded once but learnt a lot. You only need like half a grain of rice when it comes to Liquid Metal and application is important here, if it's not smooth / level, it could crack the die.


I think that's what he means by too much LM and fail glue cleaning.