Delid my 2600K?

[TidusJames]

Thinking about de-lidding my 2600K, as it stands, IDLE I get ~35C @4.4 on air, and ~58C under Prime 95 after 10hours. Would it be worth me delidding to go higher overclock? (I'm getting a water cooler when I upgrade everything in March when the (hopefully) GTX800's come out.)

Thoughts?

 

[edogawa]

Other than color, ya wud be hard pressed to tell the difference between the H1xx from the Swiftech

Pretty much agree here, you can choose whatever you want, the SB processors stay very cool even on high overclocks.

 

[edogawa]

Thanks for letting me know. That is good news.

Seems what they have done to get around the patent case was to move the pump from the water block to the radiator .... good idea....takes pumps own heat and moves away from CPU

That's a very clever move.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Bet their lawyers are laughing their tails off

 

[edogawa]

I found the whole thing to be silly in the first, but what do I know? 😛

 

[JackNaylorPE]

GMTA

I thot the same..... yeah like Aseteck thought of it .... all they thought of was making it so ya cant modify it.

 

[TidusJames]

Looking at the Swiftech 220 you keep talking about, and Im not sure Im ready right now to add another 120~ to the cost of this upgrade. Im already getting a new case, and a Higher end CPU controller then i currently have, but also a new PSU and 2 new GPUs as well as rounding out my 3 monitor setup with the final 2 27s (tired of having 23s on the sides).

Already looking at about 1500-1800, I can a few months down the line look into the Swiftech 220, but untill then, I think Ill take a slightly less effective but significantly cheaper block.

thank you for the ideas though, thats not a bad Block in itself, just the price would hurt my already wounded wallet... all this on top of a divorce... I REFUSE TO LET HER GET ME DOWN!

lol, srry, im tired and at work

 

[TidusJames]

Just checked, Im @ 4.4 1.39V I am pretty sure thats high V, but its stable, and like i said before, temps are not bad at all. never over 60C

 

[TidusJames]

Scratch that... 1.39 was the VID, Actual voltage as per CPUZ is 1.27 when under stress.. it clocks down to 1.6 GHz when idle...

 

[edogawa]

Yea, that's not bad. I mean, if you're already in a good temperature range, do you really want to pay 140 more for 8C cooler processor? It's up to you.