Relid Your Intel CPU on the Cheap with no Delid Tools

I recently published an entire series dedicated to Delidding and Relidding a Kaby Lake Core i7 7700K processor.  You can find information in three locations.

First is the Hardware Asylum Podcast Episode 72 Main Show.  In that episode we dive into delidding, why it is important and the tools you need to make it happen.

The Second and Third are combined starting with a short review of the Rockit Cool Rockit 88 delidding tool followed by a short video showing you how to properly delid a processor WITH real temperature testing.  Some have commented on the process and all make really great points however my Core i7 7700K will eventually find cold so I took some care to make sure I used good thermal compound for subzerio operation. 

As you may expect HardOCP has also taken on the task of delidding and started looking at all of the current methods used to delid a processor and his review on how effecive they are.

While many folks do not worry about affixing their Integrated Heat Spreader after delidding and replacing the Thermal Interface Material, I have found it to be somewhat important that it be done in my testing. So yes, I have found "relidding" your processor to be functionally important. I have seen higher temperatures when not affixing the IHS. If done properly, I think properly "gluing" the IHS to the processor substrate helps keep the CPU die and IHS mating surfaces closer together. This is all based on what I have seen over the last month while delidding, running naked, and relidding CPUs.

I would fully agree and would also agree that heatink force plays a huge role in how effective your heatsink works.  This wasn't a huge issue with Haswell and Ivy Bridge however with Skylake and Kaby Lake the substrate is so thin that it will bend rather easily.  (and break as I have also discovered.)

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