Re putting the lid back on:
- First, read a lot of the howto's
- Check the lid fit on top of the bare die. See if it'll rest on the die. (Use some thermal grease and see if it transfers.)
- With the lid on the die, look at the gap, if any, between the lid and the rest of the chip's pcb.
- Put a putty-like bead around the lid and the pcb
- LEAVE AN AIR GAP at least at one point around the lid perimeter. (As the die heats up, you don't want the lid to pressurize. It'll bulge. Or try to.)
Just my .02. (I'm a month or so out from buying and delidding a 4770k, so the above points are only from what I've read, not what I've done. Yet.)
Ken
- First, read a lot of the howto's
- Check the lid fit on top of the bare die. See if it'll rest on the die. (Use some thermal grease and see if it transfers.)
- With the lid on the die, look at the gap, if any, between the lid and the rest of the chip's pcb.
- Put a putty-like bead around the lid and the pcb
- LEAVE AN AIR GAP at least at one point around the lid perimeter. (As the die heats up, you don't want the lid to pressurize. It'll bulge. Or try to.)
Just my .02. (I'm a month or so out from buying and delidding a 4770k, so the above points are only from what I've read, not what I've done. Yet.)
Ken