delidding

Forum discussion tagged with delidding.
  1. C

    Question Xeon processors

    My mate works for a tech support company. They offer tech support to companies too small to have their own IT departments. This company offers storage space for a fee. and its been a process to upgrade and expand this part of the company. It a very successful company and the guys working there...
  2. S

    [SOLVED] Relidding Sealent Recommendations

    I'm planning on delidding my old intel i7 7700k with the Der8auer Delid-Die-Mate. However, I'm not sure what's the best "glue," for the relidding process. What are your recommendations, i.e., a high-temp silicone sealant?
  3. jiang-v

    Question is my 9980XE really a bad one?

    I just build a new liquid cooler with a massive 560 radiator. really big one. now I have two cpus, a delided 7980XE, and a 9980XE, both was boxed. my new cooler can easily hold 7980XE oc to 4.8G and 3.0G mesh, even I try use prime95 to stress it, option 2, maximum heat and power consumption...
  4. Andyus86

    Question I7 8700k delid core #0 high temps

    Hello, I'm selling my 9900k for downgrade purpose and a guy offered me his i7 8700k delidded + money. He said the cpu have some issue, during stress test one core (core #0) temps is more higher than others, like 22-27c more. Delid was done about 1 year ago and he discovered this issue 6 months...
  5. abryant

    How To How to Delid Your Processor and Why it's Worth It

    Delidding, the process of removing your CPUs integrated heat sink and replacing its thermal paste with better material, is fairly easy with the right tools. Read more here. ZAK STOREY Zak Storey is an editor at Tom's Hardware specializing in system-building, liquid-cooling and overclocking.
  6. G

    [SOLVED] 970 pro to 970 pro copy windows 10

    I upgraded my ssds to 970 pro s . I have one for the operating system and one for the games . Both ssds are running at 3.0 x 4 . When i copy from the one 970 pro to another the ssds are working only at 40 / 100 active time and they are copying at 1,2 gigs per second . Can this be a limitation...
  7. J

    X370 power problems

    I’m not the biggest tech wizz but my motherboard (msi x370) doesn’t seem to be working, i recently got some corsaie vengence to install and once i did this correctly and turned it back on the motherboard does not light up but the everything else does? Even the usb slots on the back of the...
  8. A

    1st pc Build

    Hey guys I am buidling a pc and have doubts about the compativility and gaming performance of my selected components. Wich are...
  9. E

    MSI H110 Mobo & new Kaby Lake CPU, no video output

    I purchased the following components for a media server build MOBO: MSI H110M ECO CPU: Intel G3930 Storage: 2x Seagate ST2000D HDD PS: Antec Earthwatts 380W RAM: Corsair CMK16X4M2A200C16 2x8GB DDR4 CASE: Antec P50 Case When I boot I get no speaker beeps, the CPU LED on the MOBO flashes once...
  10. D

    Can you lower the frequency on RAM?

    My computer runs slow - lower FPS than it should be. and the fun part is when I decrease the quality from ultra to high or even to medium nothing really changes. I ran Afterburner and AIDA and it showed that only about 3 gb is in use while hardware mem is over the roof. around 9GB! I turned...
  11. R

    Is Asus gtx 960 mini compatible with my motherboard?

    I have MSI MS-7680 motherboard and I want to know if I can put the Asus gtx 960 mini on it?
  12. S

    Have questions before I really start OC'ing 4470k

    Have a few questions before I start oc'ing my i7-4770k on a Asus Max VI Hero: 1. It seems like every cpu has a listed 'turbo' clock speed. What is that? Maybe the speed its safest to oc to? 2.Do, whats considered, 'dangerous temps' change depending on cpu? If so, what temperatures should I be...
  13. E

    Will an Athlon x4 860k bottleneck the GTX 960?

    Will an Athlon x4 860k bottleneck the GTX 960? I have this CPU and an R7 265 and right now I'm looking to upgrade. If it does bottleneck, which mid-range CPU won't bottleneck it?
  14. AviateX14

    Hybrid RAID solution for SSD+HDD

    Hey guys, First post here despite having lurked for a few years, go easy on me yeah? :P I've decided to build myself a high spec PC, I'm looking at storage options, particularly RAID, in aware that setting up a RAID 0 array with an SSD and a HDD is next to pointless, what I would like to know...
  15. L

    how long might this GPU last for fps over 40 on good settings?

    gpu:r9 270x dual-x oc bf4 edition Sapphire thanks in advance!
  16. S

    recommend good fans and controllers

    Hi looking to get 4 x 140mm fans and fan controller for my case (corsair 300R) I have like £60 or so of amazon.co.uk vouchers that i want to use (willing to pay another £40 or so) I kinda ordered Scythe KM05-BK Kaze Master II 4-Channel Fan Controller (£37.96) but amazon.co.uk doesn't have...
  17. Pineapple20

    Building a PC for £1500

    I will be building a PC soon with the budget of £1500. I will be playing and recording games like BF4, AC4, Minecraft and lots more next gen games in 1080p. I will be rendering in 1080p and livestreaming as well. I'm use a bunch of programs like Photoshop, Premiere Pro and Vegas Pro and I also...