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i7 2600k solder or tim?

MaXxBoulton

MaXxBoulton

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my brother as a 2600k and its running hot and not performing, but the cost of a new system at this time of year is a no.

is the CPU soldered or tim can it be delidded?
 
Not worth it - delidding the 2600K is a fiddly process which gives very little to no temperature drops. If it is running hot then probably the system needs a good clean out and thermal paste reapplied.
 
Running hot combined with not performing suggests it may be doing something, perhaps investigate what's running in the background before going for more drastic options.
 
tamzzy said:
Soldered. Don't bother delidding

Better option is to make sure that all the dust and gunk is cleaned inside the case

Also, what CPU cooler is being used?
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cooler is a dark rock pure rock slim, it was clocked to 4.2Ghz but now at stock

Avalon said:
Running hot combined with not performing suggests it may be doing something, perhaps investigate what's running in the background before going for more drastic options.
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i never thought of something running in the background, i think its the problem as been growing over time, this is why my brother said the cooler or a delid. if its soldered then its not a delid needed
 
Either the cooler isnt too good, the voltage is too high, or airflow in the case is really low. 2600K run very cool normally, being soldered.
 
Jumper118 said:
Either the cooler isnt too good, the voltage is too high, or airflow in the case is really low. 2600K run very cool normally, being soldered.
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I thought it would just need cooling, my bro mentioned the delidding. I have been told that solder joins can degrade over time. Mum got him the pc on sandy launch so he hammered it for some time now. It could just be getting old and not wanting to run at an OC any more.

Am off college tomorrow so we can pull it apart.
 
I doubt the solder has degraded, it'll be the first case I've heard of on Sandybridge. Mines at 4.8ghz and doesn't go past 60-65c in games.

Make sure everything is clean from dust, apply some new thermal paste and check the voltage isn't too high.
 
The solder will not really degrade as said above. Only intel use this crappy excuse to justify them saving 40p per cpu by putting toothpaste on it instead of doing a proper job and soldering it.
 
With Intel chips, the way to know if they're soldered is if there's a little hole in the IHS. That's there to let the smoke out from when the flux burns during the soldering process.

No hole, then it's a toothpaste-type TIM.
 
HellDiverUK said:
With Intel chips, the way to know if they're soldered is if there's a little hole in the IHS. That's there to let the smoke out from when the flux burns during the soldering process.
No hole, then it's a toothpaste-type TIM.
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that not true at all, the 2600k as no hole. but as you can see all say its soldered
 
thanks for the head up all, i went round last night and opened his case and and i have to say i have never seen anything a disgusting in my life.

we gave it a good clean out and reapplied his TIM, now his system is back happily at 4.2Ghz nice an cool.
he put all the problem he was having down to his CPU but the blower 780ti was probably the worst part in there.

Thanks again people :D
 
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MaXxBoulton said:
thanks for the head up all, i went round last night and opened his case and and i have to say i have never seen anything a discussing in my life.

we gave it a good clean out and reapplied his TIM, now his system is back happily at 4.2Ghz nice an cool.
he put all the problem he was having down to his CPU but the blower 780ti was probably the worst part in there.

Thanks again people :D
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You talked it clean then ;)
 
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