Observing unusual actions post-delidding Behavior becomes notable after removal of the outer casing.
Observing unusual actions post-delidding Behavior becomes notable after removal of the outer casing.
Hello, I'm observing a curious trend after removing the delidding from my Intel Core i7 8086K. Previously, its all-core turbo ran at 4,3 GHz with only 95 Watts drawing power. Now, when I run Cinebench R20, it consumes around 115 Watts while the turbo reaches 4,6 GHz. It's odd since I didn't adjust the overclocking settings. My temperatures have climbed to a maximum of 50 °C during full load, but still, this is quite unexpected...
No, the lower temperatures likely prevented overheating rather than causing an overclock.
The temperatures before the delay were likely low, possibly due to throttling. Mobo may have had optimizations turned on by default, but performance dropped below 4.6 cores because of heat issues.
The temperatures before delid were manageable—around 70 °C during the XTU stress test, with no signs of thermal throttling. After applying delid, all-core turbo reached 4.6 GHz and temperatures dropped to 50 °C at peak. I'm using an air cooler; it's a big improvement, though still just an air solution.