delidding a cpu

[Matteo De Vellis]

I just watched some youtube vids on delidding a cpu, I just want to know whats the point of doing this? and is the metal piece on the cpu, just a metal piece?

 

[i7Baby]

The initial Haswell CPUs had poor TIM between the CPU chip and case. This meant poor cooling and slower speeds.

Some people decided to take matters into their own hand and put better TIM in them. Not long after, Intel followed suit with the introduction of the Haswell Refresh (Devil's Canyon) line of CPUs.

 

[thor220]

The initial Haswell CPUs had poor TIM between the CPU chip and case. This meant poor cooling and slower speeds.

Some people decided to take matters into their own hand and put better TIM in them. Not long after, Intel followed suit with the introduction of the Haswell Refresh (Devil's Canyon) line of CPUs.

Yep, although I don't get the point of TIM being between the package and the CPU at all. Soldering it would give the best thermal performance and using TIM is a recent change many speculate to be due to corner cutting by Intel.

 

[i7Baby]

The i7 4790k runs a lot faster than the 4770k. Seems to work.

 

[Matteo De Vellis]

The initial Haswell CPUs had poor TIM between the CPU chip and case. This meant poor cooling and slower speeds.

Some people decided to take matters into their own hand and put better TIM in them. Not long after, Intel followed suit with the introduction of the Haswell Refresh (Devil's Canyon) line of CPUs.

Wait so does that mean my dc cpu (4690k) doesnt ever need to be delidded?

 

[i7Baby]

Yes. Its a Devils' Canyon CPU. So its fine as is.

 

[Matteo De Vellis]

Yes. Its a Devils' Canyon CPU. So its fine as is.

I wasnt going to delid it, at all, but its good to know I dont have to since its useless, love this cpu