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I’m tempted to do it to my brand new 8700k, but I’m a little worried to say the least... does ocuk offer delid CPU’s or is it worth the risk doing it myself?
Anyone successfully delid a 8700k?
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If you buy one of our binned ones it's delided already .. If you want to delid yourself use our delid tool. We used it for thousands of cpu without any problem at all.
Its worth doing it yourself, dont pay the premium for something so simple..
and don`t pay for a prebinned chip either, with a delid you will find your chip will reach the speeds anyway.. silicon lotto aside most 8700k`s are 5.0+ chips anyway.
and don`t pay for a prebinned chip either, with a delid you will find your chip will reach the speeds anyway.. silicon lotto aside most 8700k`s are 5.0+ chips anyway.
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Most 8700k are actually 4.9..... Glade you tested thousands and can confidently comment.....
"As of 6/08/18, the top 99% of tested 8700Ks were able to hit 4.9GHz or greater."
"As of 6/08/18, the top 86% of tested 8700Ks were able to hit 5.0GHz or greater."
"As of 6/08/18, the top 50% of tested 8700Ks were able to hit 5.1GHz or greater."
Yeah I think you should pay for the premium as you have around 14% chance of buying a lemon mate.
"As of 6/08/18, the top 86% of tested 8700Ks were able to hit 5.0GHz or greater."
"As of 6/08/18, the top 50% of tested 8700Ks were able to hit 5.1GHz or greater."
Yeah I think you should pay for the premium as you have around 14% chance of buying a lemon mate.
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I don’t see any binned 8700k on the ocuk store...
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Did mine, was also cautious as you are but turned out to be simple. Well worth doing too.
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Cool what did you use to glue the HIS back and to scrap the old glue off?
Im pretty confident that 99% will clock higher than 5+ghz with 1.35-1.4v with 99% confidence and with delid even better so dont give me your premium patter pish.
Just scrap the old stuff off. credit card works.
and use some black gasket silicon to put the ihs back on. you dont even need a delid tool to do that just use the motherboards retention bracket.
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Someone on the Linus YouTube delid video gave some sage advice. He said that delidding is a good idea when you are thinking of upgrading and want to get a better cpu and decide you can just delid your cpu and get those extra overclocks without spending the money. And if you break your cpu, no matter you were going to buy another anyway. So I’m going to do that. Unless I have a really shoddy chip I think I’ll just do a relatively simple OC and be happy with the temps until I decide I need more power.
It’s annoying that there is a site in the US that does professional delidding for literally peanuts... we need one over here!
Edit - also found someone that can do it for £13.99 so that’s cheaper than buying the tool to do it myself...
It’s annoying that there is a site in the US that does professional delidding for literally peanuts... we need one over here!
Edit - also found someone that can do it for £13.99 so that’s cheaper than buying the tool to do it myself...
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RTV gasket black stuff, the tiniest amount ever
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Careful use of a blunt/soft tool like a credit card for removing.
Personally I use little dabs of epoxy on each corner, you don't want to build up any height and there's no need for it to be sealed completely. Easy to remove later is good, you just want the IHS tacked on.
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What does a nude CPU look like? Any CPU porn of one with it's clothes off? (delidded)
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phwoooor look at that shiny body! 
Well it's impressive all that power in such a tiny device.
Well it's impressive all that power in such a tiny device.
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Decided to finally take care of business and de-lid. I think this is the only way i will be able to look my friends and family in the eye again.
Ordered the tool and der8auer tool and thermal grizzly liquid metal from here. I won't be regluing the IHS. I've read some people talk about putting nail polish on anything exposed should the liquid metal get off the die. Does anyone bother with this? Also what is to prevent the liquid metal migrating off the die. I assume it's because it's such a thin layer?
I'll let you know how i get on. I'm on a 7700k currently getting 5 Ghz and gets to 85 max at gaming averages high 60's. Have my fans and pump all set to max so be nice to bring that down a bit and maybe get to 5.1.
Ordered the tool and der8auer tool and thermal grizzly liquid metal from here. I won't be regluing the IHS. I've read some people talk about putting nail polish on anything exposed should the liquid metal get off the die. Does anyone bother with this? Also what is to prevent the liquid metal migrating off the die. I assume it's because it's such a thin layer?
I'll let you know how i get on. I'm on a 7700k currently getting 5 Ghz and gets to 85 max at gaming averages high 60's. Have my fans and pump all set to max so be nice to bring that down a bit and maybe get to 5.1.
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Good luck! I’ve decided to get a guy off the bay that lives quite close to me to delid for £13.99. He has high rating and has apparently successfully delid over 100 cpus. So cheaper than doing it myself!
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Yep, can't hurt to do the nail polish thing. Better than the heartbreak if it does short out.
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Ok, will do. I assume the liquid metal shouldn't move as it's such a thin layer?