Peter2k
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mobo is an Asus Maximus Formula VIII
before I start improving on cooling I wanted to do an apples to apples testing on temps
what the result of delidding would be under the same circumstances
the air cooler is going to be replaced for a Kraken X62 in 2 weeks
I went with Phoya LM, instead of liquid ultra pro
no idea why exactly when I think of it now
I have them both
personally Liquid Metal handles better at first, but Phobya's seems nicer once you know its kinks
its hard to describe
its like a bit magnetic, or it doesn't want to go into the brush
and handles like it
of course its not magnetic, but its cohesion and adhesion just work strange that way
its a bit like trying to "paint" a drop of oil over an area of water
anyway
I've bought my 7600K from Ebay, and it was delivered in the first week of January
put the latest stable UEFI on my board, installed the i5, put some Phobya LM on
but damn that stuff handles like , well you have to get used to it, after I applied it now a few times it gets way easier
and was greeted by a normal boot screen.
Went straight in, set multiplier to 45 and left everything else on auto.
Booted without problems, everything looks good.
Opening CPU-Z (its the latest)
mmm, clocks only at 4Ghz.
Checking Power settings; set at 100%.
mmm
Lots of back and forth and trying.
Trying for maybe 3 hours of all kinds of different settings that all have to do with the speed of the CPU
Speedstep, C1 states, Asus multicore enhancement, you name it.
nothing
Boosted to only 4Ghz.
Then I noticed, when 1 core is being pushed, it boosts to 4.2Ghz.
Sooo it runs stock
More searching and I found that the latest stable UEFI release for all Asus boards (2202) lets you run Kaby Lake, but full support comes later.
Kyle said I could trust Asus Beta UEFI.
so that's what I did, upgraded to the latest Beta UEFI.
And voila, everything works like a charm
Now onto the actual interesting parts
Like I said its an air cooler, specifically an ARCTIC Freezer XTREME Rev. 2 .
Now it seems to be doing its job well enough, the clocks and voltages are nothing to scoff at.
That being said, its base is kinda rough as seen here.
my i5 performed so well in Prime and RealBench that I went immediately higher
to a multi of 50
setting voltages at 1.3v
after a while of testing
5.1 Ghz, and setting the voltage to 1.35v (although as can be seen, my boards puts a bit voltage on top)
I let Asus RealBench run for 4 hours
88 degrees, mmm
well not the worst, considering its under air, methinks
so a day later I got the delidding tool
I scraped of the glue with an old credit card
no idea why picload turned this picture upside down, funny note, if I flip it myself and upload it, it stays like in this picture
that liquid metal sure handles
there's a small smudge next to the die; on 4 golden contacts, the only spots under the IHS that a contact with the liquid metal might be quite problematic
I put some of the original TIM from the IHS on those contacts
I put a bit of silicon on the bottom of the IHS;
made it as thin as I could make it, and put everything back together.
first shock
the side of the tool for gluing back the 2 halves doesn't fit
fits for older models
hint
it was good I left just the tiniest of leftover from the old glue, so I had a bearing/marking where to put the IHS back again
if the tool would have fit, it wouldn't have mattered
soo, err
put a small piece of paper on top, a very even flat piece of metal (something from work) just to kinda cure the silicon for a few
minutes
heart pounding
put the CPU into the socket
put the small retention frame or what its called on it (came with the mobo; to "help" installation of the CPU, but it also lends a bit stability in holding the IHS in place)
the latches came down nice on the IHS
liquid metal on, arctic freezer on
aaand
everything booted up nicely (well the board said new CPU installed, but the settings where all the same)
so after a while of calming down
I ran Asus RealBench again
for 8 hours
everything is left the same
voltages, cooler, fan speeds, timings, everything
even tried to get the same ambient temperature
looks like I got the temps down by 21 degrees (highest temp on 1 core was 88, now its 67)
so its actually come down quite a notch
makes me happy to have done it
next I'd like to see how far I can actually push
especially once my AiO arrives
hint
am trying with 5.2 Ghz and voltage set to 1.38, which by board pushes to a beefy 1.424v
seems a bit high, especially on air
but we'll see
will update this thread when I have new stuff to report
before I start improving on cooling I wanted to do an apples to apples testing on temps
what the result of delidding would be under the same circumstances
the air cooler is going to be replaced for a Kraken X62 in 2 weeks
I went with Phoya LM, instead of liquid ultra pro
no idea why exactly when I think of it now
I have them both
its hard to describe
its like a bit magnetic, or it doesn't want to go into the brush
and handles like it
of course its not magnetic, but its cohesion and adhesion just work strange that way
its a bit like trying to "paint" a drop of oil over an area of water
anyway
I've bought my 7600K from Ebay, and it was delivered in the first week of January
put the latest stable UEFI on my board, installed the i5, put some Phobya LM on
but damn that stuff handles like , well you have to get used to it, after I applied it now a few times it gets way easier
and was greeted by a normal boot screen.
Went straight in, set multiplier to 45 and left everything else on auto.
Booted without problems, everything looks good.
Opening CPU-Z (its the latest)
mmm, clocks only at 4Ghz.
Checking Power settings; set at 100%.
mmm
Lots of back and forth and trying.
Trying for maybe 3 hours of all kinds of different settings that all have to do with the speed of the CPU
Speedstep, C1 states, Asus multicore enhancement, you name it.
nothing
Boosted to only 4Ghz.
Then I noticed, when 1 core is being pushed, it boosts to 4.2Ghz.
Sooo it runs stock
More searching and I found that the latest stable UEFI release for all Asus boards (2202) lets you run Kaby Lake, but full support comes later.
Kyle said I could trust Asus Beta UEFI.
so that's what I did, upgraded to the latest Beta UEFI.
And voila, everything works like a charm
Now onto the actual interesting parts
Like I said its an air cooler, specifically an ARCTIC Freezer XTREME Rev. 2 .
Now it seems to be doing its job well enough, the clocks and voltages are nothing to scoff at.
That being said, its base is kinda rough as seen here.
my i5 performed so well in Prime and RealBench that I went immediately higher
to a multi of 50
setting voltages at 1.3v
after a while of testing
5.1 Ghz, and setting the voltage to 1.35v (although as can be seen, my boards puts a bit voltage on top)
I let Asus RealBench run for 4 hours
88 degrees, mmm
well not the worst, considering its under air, methinks
so a day later I got the delidding tool
I scraped of the glue with an old credit card
no idea why picload turned this picture upside down, funny note, if I flip it myself and upload it, it stays like in this picture
that liquid metal sure handles
there's a small smudge next to the die; on 4 golden contacts, the only spots under the IHS that a contact with the liquid metal might be quite problematic
I put some of the original TIM from the IHS on those contacts
I put a bit of silicon on the bottom of the IHS;
made it as thin as I could make it, and put everything back together.
first shock
the side of the tool for gluing back the 2 halves doesn't fit
fits for older models
hint
it was good I left just the tiniest of leftover from the old glue, so I had a bearing/marking where to put the IHS back again
if the tool would have fit, it wouldn't have mattered
soo, err
put a small piece of paper on top, a very even flat piece of metal (something from work) just to kinda cure the silicon for a few
minutes
heart pounding
put the CPU into the socket
put the small retention frame or what its called on it (came with the mobo; to "help" installation of the CPU, but it also lends a bit stability in holding the IHS in place)
the latches came down nice on the IHS
liquid metal on, arctic freezer on
aaand
everything booted up nicely (well the board said new CPU installed, but the settings where all the same)
so after a while of calming down
I ran Asus RealBench again
for 8 hours
everything is left the same
voltages, cooler, fan speeds, timings, everything
even tried to get the same ambient temperature
looks like I got the temps down by 21 degrees (highest temp on 1 core was 88, now its 67)
so its actually come down quite a notch
makes me happy to have done it
next I'd like to see how far I can actually push
especially once my AiO arrives
hint
am trying with 5.2 Ghz and voltage set to 1.38, which by board pushes to a beefy 1.424v
seems a bit high, especially on air
but we'll see
will update this thread when I have new stuff to report
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