LIQUID METAL DELIDDING

Who here has experience with delided + Liquid Metal CPUs?

I am seriously considering this despite the risks and having never done it (I have fixed my laptop sometimes by openning it and all, but have never tried such a risky procedure).

I've read that it's very likely that the Liquid Metal will corrode the copper and nickel that are in contact with it over time, actually degrading the performance over the years. I suppose this is not salvageable later? Like, if this happens, your CPU's fucked forever? I know we can change the heatsink, but IDK about the CPU's nickel plate.

Some basic googling digs up countless opinions, so it's hard to discern if it's a good option or not. And yes, my CPU will reach +90ºC, hence why I am considering it.

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My 4770k has been on liquid pro for 3 years. Just be slow and you wont fuckup

>corrode the copper and nickel
This pertains to putting liquid metal between the heat spreader and the heat sink, which is not the same as delidding - putting the metal between the heat spreader and the die.
If you buy a kit even a retard can do it safely. (Source: am retarded, but delidded my i7 8700k with no issues)

what the fuck do you really think you're gonna do with a delidded CPU. someone explain to me why the fuck you would willingly mangle a processor like this, because I really can't imagine this providing much in terms of thermal performance, at least at a noticeable rate for the average dumbfuck consumer like OP

>ource: am retarded, but delidded my i7 8700k with no issues)
kek, this is why I never leave

Not op, but am delidfag. I like getting my temperature number as low as possible to appease my autism.

You have some other serious issues if your CPU is hitting 90C and it has nothing to do with the lid.

retards will always find something to mod. The more time passes, the less sensible the mods. Not to mention the insane power draw of the kind of stupid OC'ing warranted by liquid metal. Essentially, there is a dry spell in computer hardware happenings so e-celebs are pushing ever more retarded content to continue the ad revenue stream. The new fad is de-lidding even when you don't have to. I do a small oc over stock, slap on a noctua and call it a day. Retards go the extra mile even though there is no dire need for it.. Likely to get 1 or 2 more fps for gaymen.

So, is there any chance that the die will get any corrosion from the Liquid Metal? (i suppose not, since it's supposed to be silicone, but who knows...).

I am actually thinking about doing this to a laptop, which will probably not have a IHS (Heatspreader) between the die and the heatsink.

I don't know if changing the heatsink will be easy or not in the future, if it does corrode, cause I know it can corrode copper over time.

This is what's keeping me back from getting a custom made laptop with a 8600K or a 8700K.

Having temperatures over 90ºC and liquid cooling not being an option is the reason.

I haven't bought it yet, but I know it will reach those temperatures due to online research.
It will be a laptop... so that's why.

Never attempted this on a laptop but don't all processors come with IHS's?

Laptop processors do not

>why the fuck do you need to drop 20c of your cpu temp
why do you need to live?

Read this.

forum.notebookreview.com/threads/something-to-think-about-liquid-metal-compatibility-with-copper-heat-sinks.800890/

Moral of the story is that copper will get ruined by LM because of the difference in electrical potential causing gallium ions to migrate into the copper and eventually leaving air gaps.

Nickel will last a lot longer (between IHS and CPU die or something like a Noctua U14S with a nickel plated heatsink) because nickel has a electric potential close to LM which means the ions move a lot slower.

The only thing that you have to look out for is basically taking care of reapplying LM any time the application starts to fail aka temperatures start to rise.

Regardless, the only way to

I'm a retard. I tried delidding my 6700K with a razor. I scratched the PCB traces to hell. Use the clamp method every time.

Ignore the last line, I basically started the 2nd last line differently and forgot to delete it.

>Having temperatures over 90ºC and liquid cooling not being an option is the reason.
>why the fuck do you need to drop 20c of your cpu temp
but what are you internet tough guys really doing other than hosting a fucking web server to synchronize your fucking anime? If you're really pushing your hardware like you pretend you are, you'd think maybe it's time to reconsider your hardware setup rather than peeling off the lid of the CPU, but I guess that's what autism does to a person

It's totally the shitty TIM from Intel though. I have a 7700K at 4.9 GHz 1.44 V under a 280 mm rad with high SP fans and my coolant temp will not rise at all but my cpu package gets over 90 C under regular loads. I double checked the thermal compound on the IHS and it's spread evenly as well.

Meanwhile I have a soldered X5650 in another build @ 4.6 GHz 1.45 V with a single 120 mm rad and 2 shitty Cooler Master fans that never goes over 60 C.

why don't delidders buy indium solder and solder the ihs?

Notebook ones usually don't due to the little space in the chassis. But I think, since I am getting a desktop graded CPU, it might have one. I am not sure though. It is quite irrelevant anyway cause what concerns me the highest is fucking up the silicone part of the CPU I guess.

What if he wants quieter fans? This "the mods you're doing to your things are dumb, I wouldn't do it" argument is retarded

Hmm, so maybe I should look to make a modification into the heatsink in order to put a nickel plate into it...
This is getting more complicated , fuark.

Yeah, that's the main reason: Intel using shit TIM between the die and the IHS...

I suppose it's because soldering is actually complicated and even riskier.

You won't fuck up the silicon, you can only fuck up the heatsink.

>What if he wants quieter fans?
i dunno, maybe purchase quieter fans? the argument isn't that I wouldn't do it, it's more that "peeling off a cpu lid because you want quieter fans" argument is retarded

Shut the fuck up, Brian!

I got a 10c temp drop out of this

Better check what's under that precious lid of yours
They call it jew cum for a reason

Tbh I'm pretty scared of material corrossion overtime or the possibility of leaving a small air gap without noticing since it's my first time.

ok but in terms of overall system health/performance what did this do for you other than give you a basis for that post?