Ivy ihs replacement easy and worth it ?

[wotevajjjj]

Hey folks!
So long story short: I broke my ud5 board and decided to go with a new system so now i've ordered the p8z77 i deluxe and a 3570k. I'll still be using my now modified Dark Rock pro. Is it worth replacing the ihs with something like ic diamond, and how easy is it ? The motherboard is more than capable, and I don't want to be yet another user in the 4.5GHz range (no offense). Ofcourse I'll test the chip first and if it's a bad clocker I wont even bother...
So.. any tips and comments will be much appreciated!

 

[jamesriley94]

What's wrong with 4.5ghz?

We don't stop at 4.5ghz because of temps most of the time, my NH-D14 kept it below 65 degrees at 4.5ghz which is perfectly fine, and I could have easily pushed further on that.
All the Ivy's start requiring more volts at around 4.4-4.6ghz range, and even if temps are fine the extra volts aren't really worth it.

To answer the question though, as long as you're careful, it shouldn't be too hard to do. Razor blade to get off the IHS, then replace it and put it back. The core itself is right in the middle of the chip, giving you half a centimetre or so at every edge if you do make a slip. More effort than it's worth to me considering the reason I mentioned above.

 

[wotevajjjj]

what if you don't put the ihs and just put the chip directly on your cooler ?

 

[jamesriley94]

Performance will be worse I believe. Otherwise I can't see why Intel would have put it on in the first place.

My 3770k for example. I can get 4.5ghz stable at 1.205v. Yet to push it up 100mhz to 4.6ghz, I need over 1.3v... And even though temps are absolutely fine and max at about 65 degrees C... But I personally don't think the extra speed increase is worth the voltage increase, regardless of temps.

 

[wotevajjjj]

Thanks! I think they put it on for protection and maybe increasing the surface area tbh. I'll just see what I can do, and if I'm lucky to get a lot, I'll try to get more

 

[Vlada011]

I keep my CPU in stock but can play on 4.8GHz.
4.5GHz will be last range for me, that is 1GHz overclocking or 30% improvement over stock. Difference between 4.5 and 4.8 will never be something important. When you need more than 4.5GHz you need new CPU.