So, given my like to try and repurpose hardware before recycling or similar, I finally found a suitable case to get my Sandy bridge build where it'll fit in for the living room arrangement. Not only that, but that would mean I can use it to handle encoding duties, since earlier experimenting saw it handling an ndi encoding feed much better than either of my amd fx builds.
So, with the recent situation regarding the Rx 6500xt, and the fact I have it on a z77 board, it seemed prudent to do an insitu upgrade and get an ivy bridge CPU; to that end, settling for a 3770 at $57 makes a lot more sense than $130 for a K chip.
That said, it has me thinking... If I recall right, Ivy bridge was the start of when delidding an Intel CPU was dead easy, and being able to direct die cool saw dramatic thermal improvements. Given I did so with my main PC and its i9, I'd like to do it again, locked chip or no.
My lingering question mark, is simply... I can't find a direct die frame for the 3rd gen chip anywhere. Even the shop where I bought the delid kit for my i9 only goes as far back as 4th gen, unfortunately.
Was the schematic ever made as a 3d print, maybe? I don't have one myself, but in a pinch I could maybe check in to a local maker space to have it made. I just feel like if I'm going to go through the trouble to delid a chip, direct die cooling just seems like the way to go from there.
So, with the recent situation regarding the Rx 6500xt, and the fact I have it on a z77 board, it seemed prudent to do an insitu upgrade and get an ivy bridge CPU; to that end, settling for a 3770 at $57 makes a lot more sense than $130 for a K chip.
That said, it has me thinking... If I recall right, Ivy bridge was the start of when delidding an Intel CPU was dead easy, and being able to direct die cool saw dramatic thermal improvements. Given I did so with my main PC and its i9, I'd like to do it again, locked chip or no.
My lingering question mark, is simply... I can't find a direct die frame for the 3rd gen chip anywhere. Even the shop where I bought the delid kit for my i9 only goes as far back as 4th gen, unfortunately.
Was the schematic ever made as a 3d print, maybe? I don't have one myself, but in a pinch I could maybe check in to a local maker space to have it made. I just feel like if I'm going to go through the trouble to delid a chip, direct die cooling just seems like the way to go from there.
