Small update, no photos yet
Decided to go against my common sense and delid the Devils Canyon CPU anyway,
I'll run some benches later again and post screenshots with the loop setup but just to get a good idea of the improvements
Before stress test via OCCT
CPU set to 4.5Ghz with 1.150 Volts
idle: 34C
Stressed @ 20min mark: 65C
Always found that pretty damn high for Watercooling and did not like the result.
Since Delidding and making a few loop alterations, as well as improved Airintake
idle: 21C!
Stressed @20mins mark: 54C
A 10C temperature drop in my opinion is pretty damn nice. I havent even attempted to tweak the bios more yet, let alone setup my new fan controller.
That being said, as I am a little OCD on silence my fans only run at 35% so I could obviously improve this much more at the expense of higher fan noise.
While I do like to get the best performance I could not justify spending a premium on Vader fans or Noctua Redux etc.
My "desk" fans are simpl Bitfenix Specters running while the radiator fans (12 in total) are just the basic EK (Gelid) Silent fans which often come with their watercooling kits.