I9 9900k

the wopster · 27 Mar 2019 at 16:17

Well I had the delid kit and mounting plate all orderd and bottled it hahah, but I have tried Liquid metal between the IHS and the waterblock and I’m glad I have, it has knocked almost 10c of the load temps, I was at a max of 85c during an hour of realbench and now my max was 76c during the same test

Vidar · 27 Mar 2019 at 19:16

I wasn't aware you could use liquid metal instead of thermal paste...

the wopster · 27 Mar 2019 at 20:08

Vidar said:
I wasn't aware you could use liquid metal instead of thermal paste...

As long as the heatsink isn’t aluminium it’s fine

Distracted · 27 Mar 2019 at 22:17

You'll get some staining of the ihs and heatsink/block from the liquid metal but it buffs right out. This will likely remove any markings on the IHS so that is something to keep in mind, but Intel are good about replacements even with delidded CPUs so missing markings in the event that you have an issue shouldn't matter to them.

Toasty · 28 Mar 2019 at 09:55

If you have proper tool, don't even see how you could damage the CPU. I've done a few 8th and 9th Gen now and its fine. Use old Credit card and quicksilver to remove solder none of the this razor business.

the wopster · 28 Mar 2019 at 09:59

Toasty said:
If you have proper tool, don't even see how you could damage the CPU. I've done a few 8th and 9th Gen now and its fine. Use old Credit card and quicksilver to remove solder none of the this razor business.

Where do you get the quicksilver from?

Toasty · 28 Mar 2019 at 10:17

I got that with my Rockit kit

the wopster · 30 Mar 2019 at 18:27

If I get 2x16gb sticks of ram would I get more out of my chip OC wise over 4x8gb sticks ?

vapor matt · 30 Mar 2019 at 19:20

woppy101 said:
If I get 2x16gb sticks of ram would I get more out of my chip OC wise over 4x8gb sticks ?

ram speed dosnt affect a chips ability to overclock, as you over clock both separately. a new chip might gain you a better IMC but then again it might be worse.

the wopster · 30 Mar 2019 at 19:42

vapor matt said:
ram speed dosnt affect a chips ability to overclock, as you over clock both separately. a new chip might gain you a better IMC but then again it might be worse.

I wasn’t thinking about speed I was thinking I might get more going from 4 to 2 sticks

vapor matt · 30 Mar 2019 at 20:03

woppy101 said:
I wasn’t thinking about speed I was thinking I might get more going from 4 to 2 sticks

thinking you might get more what? higher overclock on the cpu? or higher overclock on the memory?

woppy101 said:
If I get 2x16gb sticks of ram would I get more out of my chip OC wise over 4x8gb sticks ?

you say here would you get more out of your chip OC wise. so it is overclocking your CPU. as I said 2 sticks or 4 sticks wont make your CPU OC better.

golden rule, first overclcock your CPU on stock memory settings to find the max of the CPU, then back it off 10% and then find the max mem frequency with as tight timings as you can. and it seems these boards like 4 sticks of memory, but dual channel works with 2 of course. 2 or 4 sticks will not make any CPU overclock better.

the wopster · 30 Mar 2019 at 20:17

vapor matt said:
thinking you might get more what? higher overclock on the cpu? or higher overclock on the memory?

you say here would you get more out of your chip OC wise. so it is overclocking your CPU. as I said 2 sticks or 4 sticks wont make your CPU OC better.

golden rule, first overclcock your CPU on stock memory settings to find the max of the CPU, then back it off 10% and then find the max mem frequency with as tight timings as you can. and it seems these boards like 4 sticks of memory, but dual channel works with 2 of course. 2 or 4 sticks will not make any CPU overclock better.

Sorry a higher Overclocker due to possibly less strain on IMC by using 2 sticks instead of 4

vapor matt · 30 Mar 2019 at 20:25

orbitalwalsh said:
Buildzoid been playing around it seems

in this vid although long he does explain that these boards like 4 sticks of ram. the IMC wont perform any better with 2 sticks than with 4, infact in that vid he explains why. what ram are you using, whats its rated speed XMP wise?

vapor matt · 30 Mar 2019 at 20:28

some IMC's will run 4300 + some wont, its all down to the silicone lottery and not a lot we can do about it.

SoldierRBT · 2 Apr 2019 at 22:27

Testing 1 hour of Realbench 5GHz at 1.11v. Max temp was 72C. Thinking about delidding + copper IHS to lower temps. 5.3GHz is achievable but temps are currently too high.

Distracted · 3 Apr 2019 at 04:35

SoldierRBT said:
Thinking about delidding + copper IHS to lower temps.

Direct die is also an option, though it will be more expensive than buying the larger copper IHS or reusing the standard copper IHS.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x der8auer Intel 9th Gen OC Frame= £28.99

Total: £37.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)

MaXxBoulton · 3 Apr 2019 at 07:08

SoldierRBT said:
Thinking about delidding + copper IHS to lower temps.

The IHS is copper... delidding will help
You should note der8auer as broken a few 9900k's deliddong them

MaXxBoulton · 3 Apr 2019 at 07:10

Distracted said:
Direct die is also an option

Is that even a thing anymore. I thought it was shown to give no real world benefit years ago ?

Born_2_Kill_83 · 3 Apr 2019 at 11:47

This worth a change from my binned 5.1 8700k delidded from OcUK?

Distracted · 3 Apr 2019 at 11:57

MaXxBoulton said:
You should note der8auer as broken a few 9900k's deliddong them

Source?