Yep, definitely, the thinner materials are stamped - you can tell/feel the difference - even on "premium" cases.so bet they're stamped always when material is thin enough for that.
Yep, definitely, the thinner materials are stamped - you can tell/feel the difference - even on "premium" cases.so bet they're stamped always when material is thin enough for that.
What have you got strapped to the top of that CPU?
Cutting the rear mesh isn't going to make a significant dent on those 'very high' temps - something else is amiss (what was the vCore at 4.3GHz?). A CPU refit may if it's not making full contact with the heatsink or compound has dried out.
What are your temps at stock settings at idle and load? Also, how are you going about your clock?
What voltage (Vcore) are you using? It's not an "auto OC" is it?
NH-D14 would likely beat most waterpipe coolers in cooling performance per noise.
So save those moneys for something actually useful, because something else is amiss.
Could be bubblegum/toothpaste Intel put under the heatspreader going bad.
Or then voltage fed to CPU is aproaching dangerous level.
Have to admit I may have had it on auto OC until last year xD OC to 3.9GHZ. Voltage Core is 1.25 to reach 4.3GHZ.
Your power draw won't be anywhere near 450w. My old 4790k clocked at 4.6Ghz with 1.275v vcore, 4x 4Gb sticks of Samsung Green overclocked and overvolted to 2133mhz C9 at 1.5v and the GTX1070 and the rest of the pc in my siggy hit a max power draw of just under 350w at the wall and only by running Linx and Furmark both at the same time. Normal gaming use was anything up to 222w at the wall depending on the game.
Delidding isn't difficult and if you have the right tool such as the der8auer De-lid Die Mate 2 or one of the other couple of tools it can't really go wrong. My first de-lid was the 4670k and I used the hammer and vice method which was extremely nerve wracking but luckily it went fine. The 4790k was done with a proper tool (Rockit de-lid tool if I remember right) that was kindly loaned to me by a fellow forum member and I didn't even give it a thought. It was a case of insert the cpu, tighten the screw until you feel it "give" and it's done. It literally took a few seconds to do. It takes much longer cleaning the die and IHS up afterwards. The tools available now even come with a clamp to relid the cpu after appying liquid metal. It's certainly a very worthwhile task. First though, if your thermal paste hasn't been changed for 6 years take the cooler off, clean it and the cpu, get rid of any dust on the cooler at the same time if there is any, apply a fresh layer of thermal paste to the cpu and reattach the cooler. Fire the pc up and see if the temps have improved. After 6 years I would be very surprised if they don't improve.
Other than dusting and re-pasting (which should help), the temps you are getting could be due to Adaptive voltage. 1.25v would then become 1.35v in Prime with AVX. At which point even a D14 begins to struggle. See if that's the case and change to Fixed/Manual/Override (should be called one of those three depending on board) voltage.
Echo @pastymuncher - great result, your nerve paid off.Just wanted to say thanks for all the advice given on this post. I have now delidded CPU and as a result have been able to get a stable OC to 4.5ghz @ 82 degrees on Prime95. RTX 2060 has been installed and was well worth the purchase.
In addition to the above, if you view the forum using 'Dark Theme' - you can't read the the darker red text, it blends into the black (although my wife is always trying to convince me i'm colour blind - so may just be me).Just a friendly bit of advice regarding your siggy. We are only allowed 5 lines of text so best to edit it before a mod comes along and delete's the lot.
That's a good result. In normal use you won't get temps as high as prime 95 so you should have a nice bit of temp headroom for when/if summer comes.
Just a friendly bit of advice regarding your siggy. We are only allowed 5 lines of text so best to edit it before a mod comes along and delete's the lot.
Echo @pastymuncher - great result, your nerve paid off.
In addition to the above, if you view the forum using 'Dark Theme' - you can't read the the darker red text, it blends into the black (although my wife is always trying to convince me i'm colour blind - so may just be me).