7700k delid

energizer123

energizer123

energizer123

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Just did my first de-lid, and for those who are thinking about it thought I'd give my experience.

Firstly, it was very easy. Trickiest part is the application of the liquid metal. It comes out quickly so worth doing a few tests with the siringe so you know how it flows. Nothing, nothing, everywhere is a good summary. Other than that took about 45 mins end to end.

In terms of performance, I was running 4.8 Ghz and 1.23 v. Prime95, large FTT i would get to 80-87. I'm now running 5.1 Ghz at 1.33 v. With the same settings highest it gets to is 71 degrees. In terms of stability i've done an hour of realbench but time will tell.

All in all, really pleased. It really is like a different CPU. May go for 5.2 as seems I could do it but happy with less fan noise.
 
Did mine about a year ago & saw 20c+ drop in temps.
I run 5ghz @ 1.32v temps rarely exceed 55c when gaming. (Watercooled)

Certainly a worthwhile mod to do.
 
Annoyed I didn’t do it before. With a tool really is straight forward.

Balancing the IHS before the lever goes down wasn’t fun. Little bit of sliding think I would stick it down if I did again.
 
I have all the bits here to do mine, been sat for a year, waiting on time really to delid, but as the cpu lately is being a little bitch, have had to dial OC back to 4.5, and that is @ 1.3v, anything else at the present and lockup or freeze, meh, I fail at the silicon lottery hard, maybe the delid will help, as its due a strip and clean, redo rads etc this coming month, good job on yours though, fingers crossed I get a result.
 
Get it done, it's really easy.

I just don't get why people get so scared about it... It's one of the easiest best value for money mods you can do.
 
Cheers - you will definitely benefit.

I agree. I've got a h150i cooler and was seriously considering a custom loop.. For £30 quid and an hour I've got thermals that i would have more than happy with after spending hundreds and hours on a custom loop. At 5.1 and 5.2 my temps are lower than they were at 4.8.
 
energizer123 said:
Annoyed I didn’t do it before. With a tool really is straight forward.

Balancing the IHS before the lever goes down wasn’t fun. Little bit of sliding think I would stick it down if I did again.
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I learnt a little trick of ‘sticking’ the IHS down with plumbers silicon tape. It semi seals the IHS back down and stops the IHS from sliding around and means it’s easy to remove for reapplication of liquid metal.
 
Please anyone correct me if I’m wrong but liquid metal should show no degradation. So you shouldn’t have to replace every year.

On a side note what’s the highest voltage people would be comfortable with on a 7700k? I would ideally like to go above 1.35 v get some more mzh.
 
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