First time delid tips?

[ApexSutton31]

Hello all,

             I will be embarking on my first ever dilidding project when the delid tool and others arrive from Amazon early next week. I was just looking for some tips you guys would had to offer before I either do something cool and helpful or destroy my CPU. Lol

 

I have a 7800x that I'm running and was thinking about upgrading, but was talked into doing a delid on it from a guy on PCMR's Instagram, oddly enough. I've taken my 1080ti apart to reapply thermal past, but never done anything as risky as a delid before. I've watched the videos about delidding from Tech Jesus over at GN and know that I'll need to use nail polish on the little capacitors or whatever they are around the die itself to protect it from spillover from the liquid metal. I will also be using the NH D-15 CPU cooler for the time being and do some temp testing before deciding whether I need to go liquid cooling or not after the delid. I will also be using der8auer's Skylake-X direct die CPU mounting frame to mount my cooler directly to the die itself, rather than reapplying the IHS to get the coolest temps I can. Plus, I thought it would look cool too see the actual die. Lol. I will also be using liquid metal in between the die and cooler cold plate. I will list all the products I've ordered below. Thanks in advance for the read and advice!

 

Liquid metal: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01A9KIGSI/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Delid tool: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076VQBBJG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Direct Die mounting frame: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CH26JR1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Mamonos]

Honestly I would not say a delid is a risky operation if you use the der8auer tool you linked.

Of course every youtuber is going to tell that to remind you that you will void your warranty and avoid taking any responsibilities, but you will see for yourself it's pretty straightforward.

 

First-time user usually tend to apply too much liquid metal, which is not by any mean "dangerous" but it will increase a bit the temperatures compared to the "right" quantity.

 

The contact plate of the NH-D15 is nickel plated therefore it will be fine for direct contact with liquid metal (remind that in case you go with a bare copper plate - in that case you will need to reapply the liquid metal due to corrosion)

 

However...  I am not 100% sure and maybe someone else can help but I can see a BIG problem with the NH-D15. For direct die cooling you need to mount the cooler few millimeters LOWER than normal (because you don't have the IHS) and you probably will not be able to do that with the stock mounting system of the NH-D15.

 

It's hard to explain but if you know/watch installation of the NH-D15 you will understand what I mean, the screws and the black plastic spacers will keep the mounting plate and therefore the cooler plate to high to make contact with the die.

 

I guess you can manage to trim the screws and the spacers for yourself, otherwise if I remember correctly Rockit Cool make a kit with all the correct-sized components to make the Noctua cooler compatible (not sure they sell it standalone I think it comes with delid tools).

 

[ApexSutton31]

50 minutes ago, Mamonos said:

Honestly I would not say a delid is a risky operation if you use the der8auer tool you linked.

Of course every youtuber is going to tell that to remind you that you will void your warranty and avoid taking any responsibilities, but you will see for yourself it's pretty straightforward.

 

First-time user usually tend to apply too much liquid metal, which is not by any mean "dangerous" but it will increase a bit the temperatures compared to the "right" quantity.

 

The contact plate of the NH-D15 is nickel plated therefore it will be fine for direct contact with liquid metal (remind that in case you go with a bare copper plate - in that case you will need to reapply the liquid metal due to corrosion)

 

However...  I am not 100% sure and maybe someone else can help but I can see a BIG problem with the NH-D15. For direct die cooling you need to mount the cooler few millimeters LOWER than normal (because you don't have the IHS) and you probably will not be able to do that with the stock mounting system of the NH-D15.

 

It's hard to explain but if you know/watch installation of the NH-D15 you will understand what I mean, the screws and the black plastic spacers will keep the mounting plate and therefore the cooler plate to high to make contact with the die.

 

I guess you can manage to trim the screws and the spacers for yourself, otherwise if I remember correctly Rockit Cool make a kit with all the correct-sized components to make the Noctua cooler compatible (not sure they sell it standalone I think it comes with delid tools).

 

Yeah, that's what I figured is that it would be fairly easy with the proper tools, which is why I went with the Skylake specific tool that der8auer sells. My main worry I guess is the amount of liquid metal like you said is the main issue for first timers. But that's why I'm going to put a slight layer of nail polish on the stuff around the die like GN suggested, so if it does spill over, it doesn't ruin stuff. Lol

 

Yeah, I get what you're saying about the mounting of the NH-D15. I just swapped cases from the old Corsair 400C to the new airflow focused Corsair 220T RGB. And I went to upgrade my RAM to 32GB and add that second fan back on the NH-D15 to see if it fits. Well, I'm having issues with my RAM and the cooler doesn't fit both fans.... Lol. So I'm most likely going to go water cooling in the end. Cuz it'll be kind of pointless to run the cooler as a D15S with only one fan if you can run a water cooler and get much better cooling. Or so I would assume.

 

But yeah, I guess we'll just see how she goes when I get to the delid next week. I'll for sure be having GN's video up while doing it so I don't overdo the liquid metal. Lol

[Guest]

These chips arent soldered I dont think.

Should be an easy clean delid.

 

Direct die would be best with a custom water loop.

 

No tips for this really. No solder to deal with.....

[ApexSutton31]

Just now, ShrimpBrime said:

These chips arent soldered I dont think.

Should be an easy clean delid.

 

Direct die would be best with a custom water loop.

 

No tips for this really. No solder to deal with.....

Yeah, I know they're not. Just wasn't sure if there were any special things I needed to know about before going into a delid journey. Lol

 

Well, I'm not much of a water cooler person, other than AIOs I've had in the past. And I don't want to risk the components from my incompetence, so I'll stick with buying an AIO for the delid personally. Lol. But I get what you mean, that would be ideal in my situation, I'm sure