Review on Powerful Intel Core i7-3770K Quad-Core Processor with 8MB Cache and LGA 1155 Compatibility - BX80637I73770K by Ahmad ᠌

Name: Powerful Intel Core i7-3770K Quad-Core Processor with 8MB Cache and LGA 1155 Compatibility - BX80637I73770K
Item: Powerful Intel Core i7-3770K Quad-Core Processor with 8MB Cache and LGA 1155 Compatibility - BX80637I73770K
Rating: 4

October 21, 2022

I'm satisfied with it, there are only some small flaws.

Over time, the factory thermal interface begins to dry out and lose its properties, which greatly affects the temperature regime of the stone.
There are three options in this case:
1) Reset overclocking, partially or completely, thereby losing performance.
2) Change CO for top airs (Noctua NH-D14 \ 15, Thermalright Silver Arrow and the like) or good water, thereby spending a decent amount of money.
3) Decide to scalp the processor and replace the standard thermal interface with solder (liquid metal), thereby greatly risking ruining the stone.

I chose the last option. The operation was successful, the patient is alive and well. In overclocking to 4.7 GHz on an average tower cooler as a CO, the temperature under Linpak for warming up does not exceed 72 degrees (previously it reached 95). In total, changing the standard thermal interface gave a gain of 23 (!) degrees.

Pros

-Performance. To this day, it remains one of the fastest stones (if you do not take into account extreme sports and server Zeons, of course) for all tasks: from rendering and decoding to modern heavy games. -Excellent overclocking potential. My copy takes 4.5GHz at 1200mV, 4.7GHz at 1280mV and 4.9GHz at 1400mV. -Comparatively low heat dissipation of the stone itself.

Cons

- The factory thermal interface between the crystal itself and the processor cover is just forget it. To use cheap thermal paste as a thermal interface for a processor of this class, thereby saving a maximum of $ 1 - this, apparently, is cheap.