My 3770k de-lidding results

After killing my 4P board, I thought I’d chance killing something else! The whole process took about 30 minutes from pulling the CPU to reinstalling it. First, some de-lidding pictures, and then the results.








And here are the temps. Not quite as big a difference as others, but I’m happy:

Idle before:


Idle after:


Folding before:


Folding After:


Prime95 Small FFT before:


Prime95 Small FFT after:


IBT before:


IBT after:



Now to see how far this little chip can be pushed.

I've never heard of anyone doing this before.. Pretty cool. So what, you just take the top off of the CPU? Do you put a fan/cooling apparatus on it somehow?

Pretty simple process. You take the heat spreader off, replace the thermal paste with better thermal paste, and then put the heat spreader back on. No extra fans necessary, just put your heat sink back on and you're good to go. This is only possible with Ivy Bridge, Sandy Bridge CPUs have the heat spreader welded on, which is why they don't run hot like Ivy.

Nice job!

Thanks! Better temps allowed my to push my OC to 4.8GHz, so I'm happy.