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pastrychef's Asus ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming (WI-FI AC) build w/ i9-9900K + AMD 6600 XT

Not for the faint of heart. That is a very expensive chip to be taking chances with a delid. I wouldn't attempt this at all.
I would learn to live without the over clock and have a good liquid cooler installed.

Lol. It's one of my worst flaws... I can't leave well enough alone... And I really don't want to use a liquid cooler.
 
I don't know anything about the RX580. I would recommend you post in the RX580 thread, perhaps there is someone there who can help you.
If only the RX 580 were the only problem... :(
Getting ready to create a fresh install on another drive to see if that gets rid of the little things that make me crazy. Too much work to do to mess with looking and trying, so it goes.
 
Lol. It's one of my worst flaws... I can't leave well enough alone... And I really don't want to use a liquid cooler.
Just got rid of my AIO cooler for a Noctua NH-D15. CPU runs 10 to 15 degrees cooler. Much more responsive when pushing the CPU too.
 
Just got rid of my AIO cooler for a Noctua NH-D15. CPU runs 10 to 15 degrees cooler. Much more responsive when pushing the CPU too.

I don't doubt it. The Noctua coolers are really fantastic.
 
Lol. It's one of my worst flaws... I can't leave well enough alone... And I really don't want to use a liquid cooler.

Hmm......I kind of thought it would be hard......this is why I would only have Silicon Lottery do it - at $70-80 (roughly), and one year warranty, that seems the only way I could ever accomplish it.......not sure it's worth it.....but kudos to you for pulling it off!

Love to see your performance specs once you're all done........
 
Hmm......I kind of thought it would be hard......this is why I would only have Silicon Lottery do it - at $70-80 (roughly), and one year warranty, that seems the only way I could ever accomplish it.......not sure it's worth it.....but kudos to you for pulling it off!

Love to see your performance specs once you're all done........
We all await with bated breath.
 
did anyone hear about built 18B3094? is 14.1 ... just that's what I was able to find out about it

It might be special builds for the new MacBook Air and/or Mac mini.
 
I think I did a pretty darn good job. You can see the reflection of my iPhone camera in the last picture.
Nice! I've never seen a soldered die this clean! Did you use any polishing cream/pad, or just conductonaut?
I ordered a copper IHS which is due to arrive on Wednesday. I want to do everything possible to keep this thing as cool as possible.
Yes, with LM+IHS, you should get a 10-15℃ drop, compared to stock. I assume it's the Rockit Copper IHS. If yes, then note that since it's not nickel plated (and its surface, although very flat, not mirror polished), the gallium in the LM (conductonaut is a type of galinstan alloy) will slowly diffuse into the copper to form a copper-gallium alloy (resulting in increased temps), so you might need to replenish/reapply LM for a second time after a few weeks. After that, the diffusion becomes slower.
As tempted as I am to install this thing, I don't want to have to redo it all again in 2 days, so no testing yet. I'll be updating this post with more details when the copper IHS arrives.
In the meantime, (if you still have your 8700K) you could try testing with Prime95 (if you haven't already) to make sure that your M/B can handle the extra load. Using Prime95 v26.6 (i.e. non AVX), run a torture test, for at least 30 minutes, with the settings in the attachment. It would draw ~180W of package power, so about the same (if not a bit less) with what an overclocked 9900K would draw under real-world heavy workloads (e.g. handbrake, blender).

If, during the test, the clocks remain stable at 5Ghz (you could check with Intel's power gadget), then you should be good to go, otherwise, you might also need to look into improving your VRM cooling while you are at it.

Good luck and have fun!
 

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