[[Ivy-Bridge] IHS removal extreme Test]

Liquid metal is no-go for subzero, when directly in contact with the die. Between metalls, down to -100 it is superior, but then stiffens up en give terrible results.

I also thought that. So GELID Extreme should be good enough.

You should have quite different thermal expansion coefficients on the liquid metal paste and the silicon. Dropping temperatures stiffens the LM-TIM and the different thermal expansion does the rest and leads to failure in the connection (mikro delamination) - On the other hand it is the best way for the 24/7-overclocker to engage better temps, sure... So for Sub0 the long-established GELID should also do a good job on both sides of the IHS.

[[Ivy-Bridge] IHS removal extreme Test]

I think with IHS is actually the best way because:

 

- the mounting mechanism presses on the IHS to make sure the CPU is perfectly mounted

- without IHS, you will need a perfect mount to avoid cracking and optimal contact

 

+ you have to remove the entire mounting system of the socket. Otherwise the pot would not even get in contact with the die, but would rest on the metal frame due to the reduced height of the CPU.

 

Moreover Intel just seems to have raised the forces for the ILM to a minimum of 317 N (maximum at about 600N !). For applying those forces a heavyweight monster-pot giving pressure onto a few square-centimetres of brittle silicon is not the best idea i think.

 

@Roman: talked about the topic at the EOS - few days later it is done Thanks for sharing your experiences with lots of pics!

 

Edit:

Why kelvin?

Since in sience temperature differences are always indicated by using the kelvin-scale. (fyi: 1 degree celsius equals 1 Kelvin)

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[HWBOT Rev.4 - The Plan.]

Thanks!

 

@ Vote thing: Yea but it shows a direction how the hwbot community would like hwbot. It takes 2mins of time to create a poll. So why not?

 

You're right - it's a way to solve hardware sharing. But it only avoids sharing for Teams-Total and not the personal score. It just prevents a part of hardware sharing for a very high price. I doubt that there is such a huge amount of ppl sharing hardware for Teams-Total. We've got 26000 members in here and i think only few of them are sharing hardware. But this solution will affect everyone and a lot of them in a bad way. The price for this small victory is just to high.

We all want to have less cheat accusations but this is a wrong way.

 

Full Acknowledge.

 

I think the community should be polled. A quickpoll is a thing of 3 mins and gives you (@massman) a precise estimation where your (!) community stands.

[HWBOT Rev.4 - The Plan.]

Wish Rev2 would be back!

 

Especially for the bigger teams with lots of members the rev4 seems to be a punch in the gut. So please reconsider your plans.

[wPrime Validation is just not proof enough...]

I agre, screenshot should be required for wprime as well - we all know the direct submit part of the program doesn't work like it should in alot of cases.

 

Full Acknowledge from my side. Pls update the rules!