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post 171, looks like here I stated my temps, and posted after pic, not before....must have been ocn where I posted before/after....back in july though, if I find that post, will link it.
And my delid pic is post 144 and 146 And post 108 has pic 87C temps with similar settings with prime 27.9, which is 10c cooler than prime 28.5, and post 121. I know I posted my 98C temps somewhere, cause someone chimed in about the temps.
If you do delid, just use vice, much safer than razor.
No real refresh on the "Refresh" then, huh?
Okay, I delidded the thing and didn't bork it. Used Liquid Ultra for the TIM. Now, keep in mind that I did not clean off the black RTV material from the PCB. I decided to leave it on for the time being as it serves as a centering guide for the lid. I didn't want the lid sliding around as I lowered and seated the socket latch. Leaving that bead of RTV may prevent the lid from making optimum contact with the die. I can always remove it later if I decide to. Having said all that, some preliminary testing seems to have resulted in temps that are around 10c lower in the IntelBurnTest. Variance between one core and another is also somewhat improved, being about only about 7c between the hottest and the coolest instead of 9c. Late. Bedtime.