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Is 9900k worth delidding?

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Hello guys, I'm about to delid my 9900k in order to decrease temps, but I'm still in doubt. Any suggestions?

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you cant... its Soldered....

 

Well, technically you can, but the chances of damaging the chip are extremely high. 

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The 9900K is soldered to the IHS. Much more of a pain to delid and much higher chance of damaging the CPU. Really not worth it in my opinion.
There's a bunch of videos from Gamers Nexus and Der8auer that look at delidding the 9900K and whether or not it is worth it. If you haven't watched those already I would recommend doing so.

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11 minutes ago, pakhtunov said:

Hello guys, I'm about to delid my 9900k in order to decrease temps, but I'm still in doubt. Any suggestions?

It's like a 9-7C gain, not really worth it.

You can however sell it before it loses it's value and get a 3900X 12 core or something...
 

 

 

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Short answer is no. Since it's soldered, it will be a pain to delid it (and also very risky), and you won't notice a temperature improvement unless you use liquid metal.

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26 minutes ago, pakhtunov said:

Hello guys, I'm about to delid my 9900k in order to decrease temps, but I'm still in doubt. Any suggestions?

I would not recommend de-lidding a CPU yourself. 

 

Regardless of the CPU, the STIM is often the only thing keeping the CPU from being destroyed immediately from an improperly mounted cooling system.

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