i delid yesterday - thot there'll be leftover mark on the ihs to use as reference
but after wiping off intel tim, totally clean no mark - cold sweat...
looks like urs is same?
Yup! Totally clean.
I actually did 2 application attempts. Cause the first try I overdone the internet advice on spreading a super thin layer (looked almost like a metal plating on die and IHS), ended up poor contact and temperatures got worse. BSOD on prime 95 (quick test) I normally don't get maybe from poor coverage.
When I redo the application, I painted the taped IHS with the brush and left a
very small running droplet on the painted region, did the same for CPU die. Heng I didn't lap the surface or else the running droplet will really spill on the anodised IHS surface.
Finished off by using the relid tool (the tripod thing + huge thumbscrew light-moderate hand tightening) for seating the liquid metal properly. In theory the "running droplets" meet and bridge die and IHS properly. Left it in that state for 20 minutes before releasing and putting back into system.
Temps/Voltage:
Final result is 1.351V + 0.25V offset + LLC5 under 60C worse case including prime95, CPU video encode on all threads. But temperature deltas under normal heavy load within 15c from ambient. Peak vcore reading in software (hwinfo64) is barely above 1.4.
Cooler:
H80i GT + single GT2150 with a silent focused fan profile. With a better cooler you should be able to push further at less noise.
Also took the time to optimise the BIOS settings on maximum allowable turbo timings, raising power limit thresholds and removing more safety around the digivrm settings just for sustained performance.
Soli for making this hard to read