Step 4 (Success): Congratulations, your current overclock is stable. You may want to try
for a higher frequency. To do so, experiment with raising your CPU Clock Ratio and CPU
Vcore settings either in BIOS or EasyTune and go back to Step 1 to ensure that it’s stable.
Example of a5GHz non-delidded CPU on air:
Delid for Lower Temperatures
There’s an additional way to get extra performance out of your CPU and that is to delid
it. Delidding your CPU will reduce your CPU temperatures by 15-20C under load which
allows for higher voltage settings thus higher overclocks.
Delidding is the process of removing the integrated heat spreader (silver part) from the
PCB (green part). Once you delid you can remove the thermal interface material (TIM) that
is used to conduct heat between the IHS and the PCB and replace it with superior
performing thermal paste.
There are a few ways to delid. The safest way is to use a delidding tool that is available on
the market.
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