i7 4770 inside my x51 r2 is delidded

[venticore]

Hi I just to share my experience after I delidded my i7 4770 before the temps was going up to 86c while gaming in a 23-25c ambient I did undervolt the CPU to 1.05v I guess and temps went down to 81-82c then repasted with as5 to get it to 78-79c then I decided to delid the CPU and see what are the results I did apply as5 cause I don't have cool laboratory ultra for now and wow just wow with the as5 applied between the die and IHS I managed to get a temp drop of almost 10c now its max @ 71c using prime small ffts and 68c max with xtu.

Still waiting for my clu paste to arrive along with noctua paste to try again.

 

[venticore]

Update just for the sake of science
I changed the die Tim to clu and boom no change on temps still max at 71-72c in a 25c ambient temp.
I get to 69c when temp around 20c
The change is minimal but counts.
If you are planning to keep your i7 4770 for a long time well said it worth to delid it now playing games are not even making my CPU fan to ramp high rpm.
Happy with my results.

 

[venticore]

Just another update
I reseated my IHS and repaste again.
Guess I did it wrong on the first time now CPU max temp on small ffts in prime is 67-69c in a 23c ambient and 65c in Intel xtu and that's what I call success. Now max temp on the witcher 3 gaming for 30 mins 53c.
I might try to repaste the GPU with liquid metal paste if the cooler base is copper or noctua paste if the heatsink base is aluminum.
Might get temps below 70c @ 1430 MHz for core and 7800 MHz for vram.

 

[venticore]

Last update for this CPU delid repaste thingy
I did set a custom fan profile in fan speed now my max load temp is 64c in a 23c ambient + my CPU fan is so quite even at full load by maxing CPU fan speed @ 2700 rpm
So happy with the results just one test to do by putting clu between IHS and heatsink and do all my tests again.

What I did so far is :
1- delidded my CPU using razor method.
2- put coollaboratory liquid metal ultra between CPU die and IHS .
3- put some noctua NT-H1 paste between IHS and heatsink.
4- replaced a faulty CPU fan with AVC fan.
5- undervolted CPU to 1.05v
6- custom CPU fan profile in fan speed.

Results are temp drop from around 90c to 64c under full load + a way quiter Powerful itx Gaming PC.

 

[Shooter]

Don't think I have the balls to crack the lid off my cpu you using the stock heat sink?

 

[venticore]

Don't think I have the balls to crack the lid off my cpu you using the stock heat sink?

Well yes I use the stock heat sink and upgraded the fan with AVC instead of the DC Brushless.

But I think during gaming seasons I saw CPU temp went up to 68c yesterday while playing The witcher 3.

But it wasn't noisy at all.