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Delid your CPU with the Rockit 88 Intel CPU Delid tool!

By Wong Chung Wee - on 18 Apr 2016, 3:26pm

Delid your CPU with the Rockit 88 Intel CPU Delid tool!

(Image source: Rockit Cool)

You can now delid your Intel CPU with the Rockit 88 Intel CPU Delid tool. The company, Rockit Cool, who is behind this KickStarter campaign, has raised US$10,000 to bring this nifty device to fruition. For the uninitiated, you might be asking why the need to "delid" the processor.

(Image source: Rockit Cool)

Desktop processors have a CPU lid attached to the CPU’s PCB via a thick layer of adhesive. This actually creates a sizeable gap between the lid of the Intel CPU and the CPU die. The gap is filled with a thicker layer of thermal interface material (TIM), which isn’t ideal for heat dissipation. So some PC enthusiasts will delid their CPUs in order to get ‘closer to the metal’.

(Image source: Rockit Cool)

They will scrape off the offending TIM and reapply a thin layer of a high performance thermal paste of their choice. They claim that such a move will lower the operating temperature of the "modified" CPU. Well, for a start, the Rockit 88 Intel CPU Delid tool only works for socket LGA 1155, 1150, and 1151 processors; these processors include the second generation (Sandy Bridge) Intel Core chips to the current crop of sixth generation Skylake processors. So with the Rockit 88 Intel CPU Delid Tool, they will be able to do so conveniently.

According to the demonstration video, the Rockit 88 tool has a vice that tightens around the CPU until the CPU lid "pops off" the PCB. Prior to this tool, most PC enthusiasts will risk damage to their processors by either attempting to scrape off the CPU lid with a sharp tool or use a mallet to hammer off the lid. These actions are usually performed after the CPU has been secured in a workshop vice. All in all, these procedures will risk permanent damage to the processor. With the new Rockit 88 Intel CPU Delid Tool, such risks appear to have been minimized; however, any attempt to meddle with your processor will naturally void any product warranty. So do proceed with caution if you are planning to delid your Intel CPU. For more product details, you can visit Rockit Cool’s site here.

(Source: KickStarter, Rockit Cool)

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