I have made the decision to delid my i7 8700k due to high temps.

Hi,
We don't need no sticking warranty lol
If it dies we just go thread ripper next time around instead of Intel pigeon poop line up

My Delided temps with a Water 3.0 360 4.9 Ghz i took it down from 5ghz no need to push it mem @3500mhz



Max at 100% 80c -83c I have one core i brought down to 4.6 Ghz to compensate for the heat

because that one core can touch 90c easily

solarstarshines said:

My Delided temps with a Water 3.0 360



Max at 100% 80c -83c I have one core i brought down to 4.6 Ghz to compensate for the heat

because that one core can touch 90c easily

While I understand not every core is identical and are in different locations on the die, if your temps are varying that much on a per core basis ESPECIALLY with water cooling, that's what I've heard and seen with poor thermal paste application. It's usually caused making proper contact with the processor die. This happens if the retention bracket and or heatsink isn't properly attached to the motherboard, but usually when thermal paste isn't facilitating contact as intended. This can either have to do with spread or air bubbles. If you haven't, you need to check that nothing is loose and the paste is working properly. I've also heard that not only can paste get "old" over time, but some specific shipments are either mishandled or manufactured improperly and that causes them to not function correctly, even with proper application.

essenbe said:

Tommy, what are you running when you get those temps? I wouldn't think a properly delidded chip should get that hot, or your CPU block isn't seated/pasted right.

It's fine my max temps at 100% pretty much stick at 82c with that one core being reduced to 4.6 ghz and belive me the cooler is seated properly and using noctua paste

All my max temps on other cores max out at 72c and i think the paste still needs cure time i would think it's only been 24 hours

essenbe said:

Speak for yourself, Mike. If mine dies it will be another Intel.

Hi,
Since amd is advancing I'll be considering them next time around so yeah we as in Me myself and I will be and why not tr2 or newer when the time comes look pretty freaking good :)

essenbe said:

Tommy, what are you running when you get those temps? I wouldn't think a properly delidded chip should get that hot, or your CPU block isn't seated/pasted right.

I didn't answer you specifically about that but i was benchmarking when i did it cinebench and some performance programs that's why i am saying it is fine it maxs out at those temps when at 100%

solarstarshines said:

It's fine my max temps at 100% pretty much stick at 82c with that one core being reduced to 4.6 ghz and belive me the cooler is seated properly and using noctua paste

All my max temps on other cores max out at 72c and i think the paste still needs cure time i would think it's only been 24 hours

Hi,
I believe Steve said on his board cpu vid support caused cpu voltage spikes maybe it's doing the same on yours ?