Delidding i7 4770k tips?

[adriel604]

Hi guys,

So I've come to the conclusion that I want to delid my cpu.  Why?  Mostly because I've been watching delidding videos and everyone seems to be getting great results with their temps afterwards.  I wish that upon my cpu too

 

So just wanted to be sure, I have Arctic Silver 5 that I used to mount my cpu to my h100i.. but can I also use this thermal paste for the processor itself to replace the thermal paste inside the cpu?

 

And if anyone has any other tips I'm open to any suggestions because it will be my first time to delid.

 

Thanks!

[Osmium]

I'd say 5-10 degrees is not worth the potential of bricking your $300 CPU.

[Jerakl]

I'd say 5-10 degrees is not worth the potential of bricking your $300 CPU.

^^^^^

[adriel604]

I'd say 5-10 degrees is not worth the potential of bricking your $300 CPU.

$300/10degrees .. comes to $30/degree .. that doesn't sound that bad anymore lol

[Tea1337]

$300/10degrees .. comes to $30/degree .. that doesn't sound that bad anymore lol

You also can't RMA it if it breaks, also it's not worth it. The 10*c can't be worth it that much unless you loved where I live.

[NInety]

I'd say practice on a cheaper CPU and then if everything goes smoothly do it to your i7.

[adriel604]

man.. everyone is advising against it... lol. quite discouraging

[deathjester]

Hi guys,

So I've come to the conclusion that I want to delid my cpu.  Why?  Mostly because I've been watching delidding videos and everyone seems to be getting great results with their temps afterwards.  I wish that upon my cpu too

 

So just wanted to be sure, I have Arctic Silver 5 that I used to mount my cpu to my h100i.. but can I also use this thermal paste for the processor itself to replace the thermal paste inside the cpu?

 

And if anyone has any other tips I'm open to any suggestions because it will be my first time to delid.

 

Thanks!

 

Some people can afford possibly losing 300 bucks. Some people also have a golden chip (yours is at 4.3, it isn't golden) and want to put out some awesome benchmarks. You have a GTX 660. Like me? I am thinking you can't afford to throw away 300 bucks, or you would already have a killer GPU setup.

 

Can I interest you in a GTX 770 or R9 280? You will get much more out of that then a possible 100-200 more mhz on your cpu at 300 dollars and you can possibly be left with nothing delidding. 

 

Up to you, but I highly suggest the GPU upgrade. The only difference I see from 4.5 from 4.3 is synthetic benchmark increases to be honest. Everything else I would have to have a fraps number to notice and it would probably be in a handful of games. When it gets hot this summer I will prob drop down to 4.3 and I won't miss a thing .

[Osmium]

Some people can afford possibly losing 300 bucks. Some people also have a golden chip (yours is at 4.3, it isn't golden) and want to put out some awesome benchmarks. You have a GTX 660. Like me? I am thinking you can't afford to throw away 300 bucks, or you would already have a killer GPU setup.

 

Can I interest you in a GTX 770 or R9 280? You will get much more out of that then a possible 100-200 more mhz on your cpu at 300 dollars and you can possibly be left with nothing delidding. 

 

Up to you, but I highly suggest the GPU upgrade. The only difference I see from 4.5 from 4.3 is synthetic benchmark increases to be honest. Everything else I would have to have a fraps number to notice and it would probably be in a handful of games. When it gets hot this summer I will prob drop down to 4.3 and I won't miss a thing .

 

I could not have said it better ^^

[ProKoN]

Its your part, you paid for it have fun doing whatever you want with it.

 

I recommend using the razor method so you dont damage the IHS.

 

make sure you blade is brand new!

 

be careful not to  damage PCB!

 

Dont use AS5 between the die and IHS , Dont use AS5 at all!

 

I recommend using Arctic MX4 or MX2!

 

 

Have fun and enjoy the ride!

 

your parts, your fun, your responsibility

 

take care

[AMD Lover]

Whatever you do don't do it this way!!!!

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg9ybeB4DDw

[deathjester]

Whatever you do don't do it this way!!!!

 

 

 

 

That only works if you have your shirt off like Tony Stark here.

 

[AMD Lover]

That only works if you have your shirt off like Tony Stark here.

 

 

Uh it looks like it would work but i know like it would just kill it, lol

[imthewalrus]

Buy some cheap lga 775 cpus from ebay (they only cost like 5 dollars) and practice in them. I recommend you use a brand new razer when you do it on the high end processor. Take your time, be soft with it dont push too hard. As everyone said, there isn't a potential gain from this but it is your processor and you are free to do whatever you want with it. 

[PhantomChevron]

Terrible idea for 10 degrees only

[adriel604]

Its your part, you paid for it have fun doing whatever you want with it.

 

I recommend using the razor method so you dont damage the IHS.

 

make sure you blade is brand new!

 

be careful not to  damage PCB!

 

Dont use AS5 between the die and IHS , Dont use AS5 at all!

 

I recommend using Arctic MX4 or MX2!

 

 

Have fun and enjoy the ride!

 

your parts, your fun, your responsibility

 

take care

Thanks man I agree!  What's so bad about AS5?  Is that just a personal preference you have because a lot of people recomment it actually.

 

Some people can afford possibly losing 300 bucks. Some people also have a golden chip (yours is at 4.3, it isn't golden) and want to put out some awesome benchmarks. You have a GTX 660. Like me? I am thinking you can't afford to throw away 300 bucks, or you would already have a killer GPU setup.

 

Can I interest you in a GTX 770 or R9 280? You will get much more out of that then a possible 100-200 more mhz on your cpu at 300 dollars and you can possibly be left with nothing delidding. 

 

Up to you, but I highly suggest the GPU upgrade. The only difference I see from 4.5 from 4.3 is synthetic benchmark increases to be honest. Everything else I would have to have a fraps number to notice and it would probably be in a handful of games. When it gets hot this summer I will prob drop down to 4.3 and I won't miss a thing .

Thanks for the practical points you brought out I will give it more thought

[ProKoN]

Through my personal testing my delid, temps only got worse using AS5. At first they were good, but gradually got hotter over time. I thought well AS5 requires cure time so I gave it a chance and no progression just regression lol

 

AS5 is also conductive

[adriel604]

Through my personal testing my delid, temps only got worse using AS5. At first they were good, but gradually got hotter over time. I thought well AS5 requires cure time so I gave it a chance and no progression just regression lol

 

AS5 is also conductive

alrighty.  Any big difference over MX2 and MX4?

[Lays]

If you're going to do it, just watch a sh*t ton of videos on it first, it's really not that hard if you pay attention to what you're doing.

 

I've had some good experiences with coolermaster fusion 4000, IC diamond 7 and gelid gc extreme, all good thermal pastes (all I've tried so far, may try more in the future)

 

I have gelid gc extreme on both GPU waterblocks, I had IC diamond 7 on my CPU waterblock for a while, but ran out and had to clean my loop awhile back.

Replaced with coolermaster fusion 4000, temps remained the same so it's great stuff, you can get it nearly anywhere too for like 6$

[angrylemon]

i reccomend trying it out with a cheaper cpu first is you feel confident then do it with the 4770

[harrynowl]

AS5 can also scratch CPU dies quite easily.

[Theo]

First oc before delidding, see if your cpu is good then if yes delid, if it can't even reach 4.2 easily then not worth doing it imo.

Also that vice and grip method someone said to not use is the easiest and safest

[Gamingfreak]

Don't post on here often but thought I'd tell you how I delidded mine. I used the vise method, why? Because using a razor blade has the potential to slip and damage the chip under the IHS.

 

I read up on delidding quite a bit before doing so and that was the general idea behind it anyway. The only problem I ran into with doing this was I used an old vise with pretty beat up jaws on it so the edge of the IHS got a bit messed up. It wasn't the end of the world or anything but if you go ahead and do it either buy a new one or use something like rubber jaws on the vise.

 

I don't think it's as dangerous as people make it out to be to delid as I found it quite easy although a bit nerve racking. If you really want to do it then I say go for it, I did mine mostly because it's something I've never done with computers before and wanted to give it a try. For me I dropped my temps about 15C which is very substantial for overclocking so I think it was worth it.

 

Another thing I should say is I used Cool Laboratory Liquid Pro (or ultra I forget which) as the thermal paste to replace the old stuff. That was quite dangerous as if I got any on the components right by the chip I would have killed it. Since then I have replaced the heatsink I was using with watercooling and am still using that thermal compound but with some electrical tape over those components to prevent any short from happening. So if you go with conductive thermal compound then just put some electrical tape over those components and it should be fairly safe.

 

Let us know how it goes if you go ahead with it. Good luck!