Thermals
We ran tests using watercooling both delidded and non-delidded Intel Core i7-8700K
CPUs to show the difference in thermal performance.
Our Watercooling Setup
Water cooler: LEPA AquaChanger 240 AIO
Motherboard: Z370 AORUS Gaming 7
Non-delidded temperatures in Celsius (average of all cores)
Intel Core i7-8700K
1.28V idle @ 5GHz
Idle ~31.33
Load ~91.83
Delidded temperatures in Celsius (average of all cores)
Intel Core i7-8700K
1.28V idle @ 5GHz
1.32V idle @ 5.1GHz
Idle ~30.16 ~31.16
Load ~82.66 ~86.66
We recommend to always keep an eye on your temperatures and to keep them below
90-95 degrees Celsius.
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