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Liquid metal: only useful for direct die cooling?

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I have some conductonaut, it worked really well on my 1080ti, but that was direct die. Is liquid metal really only suitable for direct die applications?
 
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Is liquid metal really only suitable for direct die applications? = No.

I've had it on my i7 4790K, i7 - 7700K and my current i9 - 9900K all using the original heat spreader and they all had a temp drop of around 22 - 25 dec C from standard.

Mind you my system has customer water loop.
 
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Wow that's excellent Fangio1951. Is your waterblock Ni plated Cu or just plain Cu?
 
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Memory G Skill - Trident Z RGB DDR4 - 3866Mhz x 32Gb @ 3800Mhz
Video Card(s) Gigabyte Aorus 11Gb GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce Extreme @ 2250Mhz
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hi 80251,

CPU = EKBW Supremacy EVO copper base with a aftermarket pure copper (After delid (recent purchase)) heat spreader.

Also water cooled VRM's =

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