Delid 4670K

[Chrisoldinho]

Hi 8Pack,

I am wondering if you have ever 'delidded' a Haswell, and if so what the material benefit was?

I was considering the 'vice' method of removing the IHS and am pretty comfortable with doing it as there seems to be only 1 person on OCN who has ever broken his CPU doing this, due to the die hitting a wall when it flew off (unlucky).

The aim is to reduce load temps and as such extend the life span of the CPU, as I understand the Intel TIM on Haswell CPU's is pretty woeful, and performs much better with something like CLU on the die itself.

Thanks,
Chris.

 

[Chrisoldinho]

I have delidded CPU yes.

Material benefit is better temps and more headroom in temps for voltage increases to stabilize an overclock.

Having said this the silicon in hand is many times more important than delid etc etc.

Thanks for the quick reply.