viivo
[H]ard|Gawd
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- Sep 7, 2005
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My 8700k has been pretty disappointing lately. While I know the CPUz benchmark isn't the most accurate source, it's still a place to start, and my CPU results come nowhere near the reference 8700k. Reference single-core score is 550, whereas mine struggles to top 490.
Anyway, that's beside the point as I've reached the point in my troubleshooting where I may need to remove the CPU, but I reeally, really don't want to do that right now. In the past I had an issue with a boot loop which ended up being thermal paste on some CPU contacts, and now I'm wondering if I didn't get it all. Could that potentially cause reduced performance, or would it just not function?
Anyway, that's beside the point as I've reached the point in my troubleshooting where I may need to remove the CPU, but I reeally, really don't want to do that right now. In the past I had an issue with a boot loop which ended up being thermal paste on some CPU contacts, and now I'm wondering if I didn't get it all. Could that potentially cause reduced performance, or would it just not function?