9800x3d experience
Its my first time delidding a cpu was pretty nervous
- pic 1: delidded using the thermal grizzly delidder ... i turned the allen key at a slow and steady pace each time as i didnt want to break off the dies (about 40-50ish turns each side)
- pic 2: delidded cpu shows that the solder sheared instead of breaking loose ... throughout the process i only heard the sound of the glue stretching and did not hear any cracks or pops
- pic3: used a thin but dull flat hard plastic wedge to slowly scrape off solders off the dies (there wasnt much solder on it to be honest with mine)
- pic4: apply liquid metal for 10 minutes to dissolve any remaining solder cleaned it off and use a cotton bud with thermal paste to polish the surface ( do not use force or you might crack the die ) also it comes in handy to have lots of cotton buds a small bottle of spray with 75% alcohol and alcohol wipes at hand to clean up messes
pic5: insert cpu into the socket with the top left arrow thing slotted in the correct direction and apply liquid metal on the die. Remove the cpu clamp mount and replace with TG heatspreader but do not screw it in. Turn motherboard upside down to remove the heatspreader from the motherboard the cpu should stick onto the backside of the heatspreader. Remove cpu carefully and reapply liquid metal to the shape the die made on the backside of the heatspreader and also the dies itself.
step 6: reinstall everything back in and now comes the moment of truth of turning back on your pc. I thought i bricked my pc to be honest at this point because it took a whole 5minutes for it to turn on then i remembered i removed the motherboard along with all its components and thats why it had to memory train again phew
pic 6: 30minutes cinebench23 temps wont touch 70c im pretty happy. prime95 large ftt wont even go past 60c. Idle temps are also 2-3c lower than before but most of the extra cooling is seen when under full load