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Delidding cooler mod?

FL630

FL630

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direct die cooling as mixed reviews. first buy a naked Ivy mount for your EK block its about £4 and put the right amount of force on the die to get good cooking but not brake the die..
i did do direct die cooling with a 4770k for a short time and the temps was very good, but i found the temps with liquid metal and the lid refitted to be better.
 
P4Clock said:
direct die cooling as mixed reviews. first buy a naked Ivy mount for your EK block its about £4 and put the right amount of force on the die to get good cooking but not brake the die..
i did do direct die cooling with a 4770k for a short time and the temps was very good, but i found the temps with liquid metal and the lid refitted to be better.
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Interesting, thanks P4Clock. I was placing a fairly large order last night so I threw in the EK kit. Even if it wasn't required, what's £4?

I'll be using Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut, will this not be suitable for a delid? I was lead to believe this was good paste.

I've never really had CPU temp issues (240+360 rad with only CPU and GPU to cool), it just seems a fun project.
 
Stick the IHS back on after the delid. Myself and several others on here found temps to be much worse when trying to cool the die itself even with the naked Ivy kit. Put the IHS back on and temps were massively better. Some just have it held on with the retention bracket on the motherboard but I have always rebonded the IHS back on as it saves a lot of hassle during rebuilds.
 
pastymuncher said:
Stick the IHS back on after the delid. Myself and several others on here found temps to be much worse when trying to cool the die itself even with the naked Ivy kit. Put the IHS back on and temps were massively better. Some just have it held on with the retention bracket on the motherboard but I have always rebonded the IHS back on as it saves a lot of hassle during rebuilds.
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Thanks Pasty. Would the Thermal Grizzly Kryo be suitable or do I really need some sort of metal based TIM?

I assume a few dots of super glue on the edges of the IHS and you're sorted for the rebuild?
 
Liquid metal such as CLU or Conductonaut will give best results between the die and IHS and then a good paste such as Kryonaut (I use this) between the IHS and cooler/block.

I actually used black liquid gasket to fix the IHS back on. It's for gaskets in engines primarily but does a cracking kob sticking IHS back on. The first one I did (4670k) I applied the liquid metal to the die (nail varnish over the line of small transistors first) and then put a thin bead of liquid gasket around the inner edge of the IHS. I put the cpu in the motherboard socket, placed the IHS on top and while holding it down locked the socket retention clamp down and then bolted my waterblock down tight so I got a good even seal. The second that I did (4790k) was easier as I borrowed a delid tool that came with a relidding attachment so I just left that overnight for the sealant to set. Whichever way you do it make sure it's only a thin seal and that the IHS is clamped down evenly.

This is the liquid gasket that I used but I already had that size from doing the sump gasket on my car's engine. This size would be more suitable for doing cpu's and a lot cheaper too.
 
FL630 said:
Thanks Pasty. Would the Thermal Grizzly Kryo be suitable or do I really need some sort of metal based TIM?

I assume a few dots of super glue on the edges of the IHS and you're sorted for the rebuild?
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The metal is best but a very good tim will give good drops in temps too. Do not use glue to remount the IHS as it may affect the PCB.

I use the halfords black gasket. If the use you finger you can put a little round the edge and the CPU look like new.
 
Just delidded mine used a vice the gasket silicone and conductonaut and arcticlean.
I marked around the ihs with a markerpen then applied a small amount of pressure on each side until it came off .
Used the arcticlean then applied the conductonaut on both surfaces very thinly then applied the gasket silicone with a toothpick down each side then used a hardback to apply a little pressure.
Left it overnight and it worked!
Have three cores running at 4.9ghz and one at 5ghz voltage @ 1.28v turbo offset 1.3v.
Knocked between 10 and 15 degrees off my temps one of my cores dropped to 14 degrees idol the other night.
Look at some of the YouTube videos on delidding found them invaluable!
 
grizzly conductonot way to go and ihs back on top and kryonaut on ihs between the cooler . as above

Have three cores running at 4.9ghz and one at 5ghz voltage @ 1.28v turbo offset 1.3v.
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thats nice vcore for 5ghz im not sure my would able to do it didn't try atm 4.6ghz 1.192v
 
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I de-lidded mine last night and temps have dropped by 10c at load so worthwhile I think. I used the knife method and it was really easy to be honest, just have to be careful when it finally goes as it would be easy to damage something if you were a bit gung ho.
I used conduconaut under the IHS and kyronaut above it. I'll be pushing it later to see if I can get anymore out of it now.
Josh.
 
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