Ilan Yakov

I do not believe that the CPU is just too weak for that. Do you experience such issues in other games as well?

That is actually a simple process if you have the right tools (and if the situation is not that complicated). I have done it a few times now on different motherboards and saved them, including my brother's motherboard which we thought was dead. A needle and a good light source should be enough. A magnifying glass will help I guess but that is not really necessary. Good luck!

Yes, it should be perfect.

I got my 7700K to 5Ghz on 1.315V and I have a H80i V2 that goes pretty good with it.

Can anyone recommend any good case with a 280mm rad option that looks good and is not that expensive? Thanks for the help guys.

I believe the performance of this cooler should be almost the same as my H80i V2. In addition, almost any 7700K overclocked to 5GHz I have seen produces a lot of heat. I guess I am going to have to buy a bigger, better case and AIO..

*Update* There was almost no improvement, sound or performance. My brother has order X2 of the 140mm for his NH D-15 instead of the stock ones and he is getting about 2~5 temp drop and his fans are much more quiet than mine which is kind of strange. Anyway, hope this will help anyone.

Ordered the fans yesterday and they should arrive tomorrow I guess. I will update, if this will help somehow and provide answers to some other people.

The water temp reaches about 47C. Everything is mounted and installed properly, for sure. So once again, I guess the only option left is the unglued IHS.

Thank you for the answer. I decided at last to get Noctua's fans instead of Corsair's stock fans. Faster, more quiet and more efficient.

First, thank you for answering. How can I check the water temp? If it's the reading of "H80i v2 temp" on Corsair Link then no, it does not get any close to 50C. The AIO is already placed as intake. I am pretty sure that the pump and fans works just fine. Even if I wanted to switch to a better AIO with a bigger rad, I won't be able to do that since I have Zalman Z11 Plus. I do not believe the block is getting a bad contact with the CPU, everything is installed and mounted correctly. Might be the unglued IHS though but probably should not matter that much. Probably one of the factors is that it's very very hot where I live.

Well, when I just delidded, I had about 70 max temp. That is because of that I did not glue the IHS back.

Well, that does not mean it will not make the temp spikes a little better or the temps in general, right? I did not glue it back together and just left it as it was. When running CPU stress test on AIDA64 I get a max of between 73~76 Celsius. BTW running on 1.315V in BIOS. From what I can understand, almost any 7700K CPU is getting temp spikes. Of course I am not looking for a final solution for the temp spikes, just for a little improvement which will be also more quiet.

Actually it is my best option.. And yes, I did delid with liquid metal. The temp are acceptable but when I'm doing little stuff there are some annoying little spikes.

I have a delidded 7700K overclocked to 5.0 GHz with an H80i V2. I get temp spikes with this CPU and cooling and thought that if I will replace Corsair's stock fans with Noctua's industrials fans (NF-F12 3000) I will get a little better and more quiet cooling performance as the industrial fans' RPM is much higher (about 800~) and from what I can understand, Noctua's fans are more effective. The question is, is it true? Will I get better cooling performance? If I will, what improvement should I expect? (so I will know if that's worth the price, which is pretty high...) Thanks.