Ivy Upgrade

[Sasqui]

I don't recommend delidding really. If you ever move your computer around and take it places its gonna shift the damn thing. The clamping isn't really perfect. Also CLU is probably the best right now for direct die to lid. Don't use it lid to anything else it will ruin it (ruined my h100).

Wuss! It does sound like night.fox will end up with a 4770k. Just so much more complicated to overclock from every thread I've been through.

 

[Chetkigaming]

asus rog hero overclocks to 4.8 ghz almost every 4770k

 

[Kursah]

It took me two tries to get a good clocking Haswell but has been a great experience so far and cost the same as a 3770k setup would've...though that was back in late-June. My first one was a fight to get to 4.4... second one effortlessly hits 4.5 @ 1.24v...I'm actually running 1.23v stable atm too under my cooler it stays below 70C this time of year. Haswell does run hotter...that doesn't hurt it...it will throttle if it hits 100C...but yes for many it's more of a pain to cool. Might not be worth it to some...I have setup many rigs using the cheap CM 212+ Evo with an OC near mine and they were fine..ran hotter but were a-okay. FWIR heat doesn't kill Haswells, voltage does.

But seeing as you chose the 3770K that should be a good chip! I hope you luck out and get a good one! You should consider buying this when you do:

http://click.intel.com/tuningplan/

For $25, it's no questions asked RMA from Intel, so if you do give your chip too much voltage and the store won't take it back..Intel will replace it. That's a solid investment IMHO. Not sure if that was suggested, but anyone buying a K chip that doesn't want to delid, I feel should strongly consider this route!

Good luck with your purchase, it will be a good one that lasts you a while! I've been thorougly amazed by my Haswell setup, it runs so cool and quiet and smooth and freaking fast!

to custom PC's, building them, making your own choice, doing your research and building a badass machine with your hard earned money!

 

[MRCL]

It took me two tries to get a good clocking Haswell but has been a great experience so far and cost the same as a 3770k setup would've...though that was back in late-June. My first one was a fight to get to 4.4... second one effortlessly hits 4.5 @ 1.24v...I'm actually running 1.23v stable atm too under my cooler it stays below 70C this time of year. Haswell does run hotter...that doesn't hurt it...it will throttle if it hits 100C...but yes for many it's more of a pain to cool. Might not be worth it to some...I have setup many rigs using the cheap CM 212+ Evo with an OC near mine and they were fine..ran hotter but were a-okay. FWIR heat doesn't kill Haswells, voltage does.

But seeing as you chose the 3770K that should be a good chip! I hope you luck out and get a good one! You should consider buying this when you do:

http://click.intel.com/tuningplan/

For $25, it's no questions asked RMA from Intel, so if you do give your chip too much voltage and the store won't take it back..Intel will replace it. That's a solid investment IMHO. Not sure if that was suggested, but anyone buying a K chip that doesn't want to delid, I feel should strongly consider this route!

Good luck with your purchase, it will be a good one that lasts you a while! I've been thorougly amazed by my Haswell setup, it runs so cool and quiet and smooth and freaking fast!

to custom PC's, building them, making your own choice, doing your research and building a badass machine with your hard earned money!

Well I hope I do luck out indeed. We'll see. I keep you updated.

Hm, that sounds like a good plan. Will have to investigate if that applies to worldwide or just US.

True dat, building your own stuff rocks! I'm so glad my Radeon x600 died five years ago, otherwise I wouldn't have ended up on TPU, met all you brilliant guys and I would have never tossed out hundreds of Dollars of some silicon... huh.