Welsh Whoopee wrote:
waste oh time getting the K model as the PC won't overclock full stop and even asus said that

GoHack wrote:
With the i7-4790K (4.0 GHz/4.4 GHz Turbo) ($339.99), even not overclocked, is still faster than the i7-4790 (3.8 GHz/4.0 GHz Turbo) ($309.99).

Paul.Jandali wrote:
Hmmm, are there even 16GB memory modules with matching specs ? Couldn´t find them, yet.

Guess the support needs 4 slots ?

Anyway, since I delidded my 4790K and replaced the thermal compound completely with liquid metal, I´m out of the game.

GoHack wrote:
There is 32 GB memory, or 2 x 16 GB, now available.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226772

As for your 4790K, it doesn't work after replacing the thermal compound, or delidded, meaning you removed the medal heatsink from the CPU?

Paul.Jandali wrote:
Wow, indeed ... Well, that might work... Worth a try ... But not for me... And about three times as expensive... ??

No, my 4790K works perfectly fine but I don´t want to touch that again since for replacing RAM you need to remove the whole heatsink, which could lead to serious problems now.
(The heatspreader (is what you call medal heatsink from the CPU) was removed and the thermal compound replaced by liquid metal, also the regular thermal compound between CPU and heatsink was replaced.)
The liquid metal is conductive and hard to apply since it has the quality of a liquid (f.e. like water). If you are not careful enough the tiniest drop can fall to an electrical contact and you even won´t notice it necessarily.

GoHack wrote:
Did the Asus heatsink still seat properly w/o the Intel metal heatsink/heat spreader on the CPU?

Since you can't o/c on the G20AJ, then why worry about making the CPU run any cooler, especially by risking damaging the CPU by removing the metal heatsink/heat spreader from it?

What's the brand name of this liquid metal that you used?

Paul.Jandali wrote:
I reattached the heatspreade with silicon gel, so everything seats nicely as usual.

I´m very sensible when it comes to noises. And it´s much more quiet now. I´m very satisfied.

You say OC is impossible ? Hmmm... Really ? But okay. That was not the point for me.

Liquid: Coollaboratory Liquid Pro