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i want to delid my 5960x

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hunkeelin

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BUT NO YOUTUBE TUTORIAL.


anyone did it before and give me some advice? I think the razor blade method is dangerous if I don't understand the chip's layout.

Thanks
 
Have you researched what thermal interface intel uses for these processors between the chip and heatspreader?

I'm honestly not sure what they use, if it's soldered on I would not recommend attempting to delid with any form of physical force.
 
No, you don't want to delid it. It's held by solder, and thus doesn't have the gap that made delidding popular on mainstream Ivy Bridge and Haswell CPUs. Not only do you not need to delid it, but doing so will rip the CPU die from the PCB and destroy your CPU. Not can, but will. Again, DO NOT DO THIS! You don't ever delid X-platform CPUs because they are soldiered, and that's why you can't find tutorials. If you're not satisfied with your overclocking results right now, you can MAYBE try lapping it, but you really should just deal with it instead of getting greedy.
 
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"held by soldier, and thus doesn't have the gap that made delidding popular on mainstream Ivy Bridge and Haswell CPUs"

^ no. it's held by cheap disgusting cement-like thermal paste or so that's what i see when people delid 3770 4770 4790
 
hunkeelin said:
"held by soldier, and thus doesn't have the gap that made delidding popular on mainstream Ivy Bridge and Haswell CPUs"

^ no. it's held by cheap disgusting cement-like thermal paste or so that's what i see when people delid 3770 4770 4790
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You don't have any of those, you have a 5960x which is soldered.
 
hunkeelin said:
"held by soldier, and thus doesn't have the gap that made delidding popular on mainstream Ivy Bridge and Haswell CPUs"

^ no. it's held by cheap disgusting cement-like thermal paste or so that's what i see when people delid 3770 4770 4790
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Yes.
For its most powerful Haswell-E based processors Intel will use Soldered TIM based on a strong epoxy. OCDrift discovered that when they removed (read forced off) the heatspreader. Beneath the adhesive layer that secure the IHS to the package, Intel soldered the chip’s die to the IHS with a strong epoxy.
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http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/intel-core-i7-5960x-de-lidded-haswell-e-uses-soldered-tim,3.html
 
hunkeelin said:
"held by soldier, and thus doesn't have the gap that made delidding popular on mainstream Ivy Bridge and Haswell CPUs"

^ no. it's held by cheap disgusting cement-like thermal paste or so that's what i see when people delid 3770 4770 4790
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The CPUs you noted are the mainstream CPUs I was talking about. The 5960X is not one of those. It uses solder. Don't you think that there's a reason why you can't find tutorials so many months after release? It's because nobody has done it without destroying their CPU. If you really refuse to believe it, use the vice method and see if the die stays on the PCB.
 
Cpu: core i7 5960x mobo: rampage v extreme
win: ocz vortex III max iops game storage: vortex III
storage: 6tb gpu: 2x 970 sli ram: 32gb 3000mhz cooling: corsair 110H mouse: logitech G9
sound card: creative fata1ty x-fi 7.1
sound: shure se535 psu: cooler master silent pro 1000w
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Seeing that you have an extremely old and underpowered system I would definitely do it.

>>
For its most powerful Haswell-E based processors Intel will use Soldered TIM based on a strong epoxy. OCDrift discovered that when they removed (read forced off) the heatspreader. Beneath the adhesive layer that secure the IHS to the package, Intel soldered the chip’s die to the IHS with a strong epoxy.
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Which makes this IDEAL for the vise method. Two, three powerful smashes with a hammer, you will see your system will be waaaayyy faster then.
 
This is what happened to the last guy who tried- he literally tore his CPU in half:

Intel-Haswell-E-Core-i7-5960X-De-lid-635x357.jpg


ITS SOLDERED
 
Hoping to see the OP's de-lidded result ASAP.

Another piece of advice for the OP is to submerge their entire rig in orange juice. It keeps it really cool, and you can skim some out if you get thirsty...😀
 
Techhog said:
No, you don't want to delid it. It's held by soldier, and thus doesn't have the gap that made delidding popular on mainstream Ivy Bridge and Haswell CPUs. Not only do you not need to delid it, but doing so will rip the CPU die from the PCB and destroy your CPU. Not can, but will. Again, DO NOT DO THIS! You don't ever delid X-platform CPUs because they are soldiered, and that's why you can't find tutorials. If you're not satisfied with your overclocking results right now, you can MAYBE try lapping it, but you really should just deal with it instead of getting greedy.
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very tiny soldiers, problem is they revert to regular size after 60 minutes. also, soviets.
 
Thanks. So I was thinking to sand down the lid CAREFULLY, then apply liquid pro then put a new cpu lid on. Do you guys think it will improve my oc results? Or soldier > liquid pro.
 
no doing delid of 5960X, you need for it masters equipment. The highend AMD and Intel platforms are always soldered. The thermal transmission is much, much better than TIM.
SO dont risk killing the chip for maybe 2-3C donw in load!!!
 
hunkeelin said:
Thanks. So I was thinking to sand down the lid CAREFULLY, then apply liquid pro then put a new cpu lid on. Do you guys think it will improve my oc results? Or soldier > liquid pro.
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No, leave the lid in place. Solder is better than liquid pro.

You could lap it if you really want to improve temps.
 
I think we need at least 5 more pages in this thread to establish that the lid should kept in place. And another bunch of pages to explain, repeatedly, that even if IT WERE POSSIBLE to apply CLU (which it isn't since the CPU is soldered on) it obviously won't be an improvement, instead he'll likely lose some C.

It's a troll thread.
 
The FBI should bust down the OP's door, swap his 5960X setup for a G3258 setup and donate the 5960X to a poor enthusiast.
 
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