Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra long term effect on delid CPU?

[buklau]

What's the long term effect of using CLU between the CPU die and IHS? Is it safe to do so?

I usually clean my computer every 2 months, try to dust out and currently I been reapply my TIM MX-2 every 2 months due the pump out effect.

Thanks

 

[Yuriman]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2362347&highlight=clu

^ Should find that relevant.

 

[DrMrLordX]

I have used a long-term mount of CLU without issue. In my case it was the CPU, not the TIM that degraded from abuse. CLU will exhibit some of the behavior noted in the thread linked by Yuriman, but in my case, it has never resulted in massive "clumps" that caused problems.

It may be that using too large a quantity or allowing air bubbles to form during initial application of the TIM will lead to long-term issues. I use lower-than-normal amounts during application. You can spread tiny droplets of the stuff really thin.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I have used a long-term mount of CLU without issue. In my case it was the CPU, not the TIM that degraded from abuse. CLU will exhibit some of the behavior noted in the thread linked by Yuriman, but in my case, it has never resulted in massive "clumps" that caused problems.

It may be that using too large a quantity or allowing air bubbles to form during initial application of the TIM will lead to long-term issues. I use lower-than-normal amounts during application. You can spread tiny droplets of the stuff really thin.

Well, it just begs the question as to whether use of CLU on bare die is as good an idea as we thought.

What I'd read about liquid metal or even the Indigo pads: it will indeed make an amalgam with the copper. With an IHS either with nickel-plate or copper, it does the same thing. It might require some patience separating a sink from an IHS -- I'm not sure.

But it wouldn't form an amalgam with the silly-cone die.

So maybe uneven application is a risk, or when the CLU "sets" it can leave "inadequate" spots.

And I just stumbled in on this thread! I acquired a 3570K and was thinking to make preparations with a razor-blade. I think I'll shelve that idea for a bit . . . The IB wasn't the focus of my hardware-coveting, so I can just use it with lesser ambitions.

 

[hawtdawg]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2362347&highlight=clu

^ Should find that relevant.

Your temps are awful. I have a delided IB 3770K running at 4.6 with HT on, with more voltage than you give yours (1.36ish), and I barely break 70C with IBT max with an NH-D14. Im still using the heatspreader too.

I've been using CLU between the IHS and the core for over a year too

 

[Yuriman]

Your temps are awful. I have a delided IB 3770K running at 4.6 with HT on, with more voltage than you give yours (1.36ish), and I barely break 70C with IBT max with an NH-D14. Im still using the heatspreader too.

I've been using CLU between the IHS and the core for over a year too

My temps are consistent between mounts. I have an air cooler, a Hyper 212+, which tends to be ~10c higher than my bare-die watercooling at these clocks. Using another thermal paste also results in several °C higher temps.

There's really not much I could've done wrong. I'm guessing it's either your board reporting different, or perhaps just a lucky low leakage chip.

Ambient is lower than 26c perhaps?

 

[hawtdawg]

Ambient is lower than 26c perhaps?

thats probably what it is. house is usually around 21-22c