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by PascLeRasc
2640 days ago
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Professional overclockers usually use liquid nitrogen (LN2) to cool down their CPUs to <0C, but significantly below this point the thermal paste between the CPU and its heatspreader will snap [1]. If this system ever saw extreme cold, like leaving it in a car overnight in the winter, or being transported in <0C plane/truck storage, that might be a possible explanation. It looks like you have the i7-8700K and a suitable motherboard/CPU cooler for overclocking, and from what I've read, the stock thermal paste isn't enough for it which is why Intel switched to soldered IHS's with the 9700K. I'd try replacing the thermal paste if I were you, here's a video showing how to delid it [2]. Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut is the best paste in my opinion, and it's super cheap. If this doesn't work, you could try posting your story to the HWBot forums [3] and see if anyone has any ideas. [1] https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/splave-overclocking-wor... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ixxYDMFR24 [3] https://community.hwbot.org/ |
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