Liquid metal/delid on new build

[Hmour]

I am going to build a computer and I have some liquid metal. 

I was planning to delid the cpu (ryzen 7 3700x) but I did not find any results for amd cpus.

Is it going to be safe or am I going to destroy the cpu?

 

[Levent]

1 minute ago, Hmour said:

I was planning to delid the cpu (ryzen 7 3700x) but I did not find any results for amd cpus.

Because they use better TIM than shitty thermal paste intel uses and unless you are looking for setting world records, its kind of pointless. 

 

1 minute ago, Hmour said:

Is it going to be safe or am I going to destroy the cpu?

Not safe but it could be done. Question would be why?

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

In all likelihood you will

3 minutes ago, Hmour said:

destroy the cpu

Liquid metal on the IHS can still bring temps down, though.

[Stahlmann]

Delidding current CPUs doesn't make sense unless you're going for world record overclocking. Both intel and AMD have soldered their IHS to the die, which makes it incredibly difficult to remove without damaging the CPU itself. And there are no substantial gains in temperature when using the CPU under normal conditions (stock or a standard OC).

[Mateyyy]

It's going to be a pain to delid, and if you actually manage to put it all back together without breaking the chip, you'll only see, at best, a minimal temperature drop.

 

The 3700X is a rather cool running chip anyway, so I really wouldn't bother with LM. A good thermal paste will work perfectly fine (TG Kryonaut/Hydronaut, Arctic MX-4, Noctua NT-H1/H2, etc.), just like the paste that comes preapplied on the stock cooler will.

If you're absolutely set on using that liquid metal, you can also use it on top of the IHS; though again, don't expect too notable of a difference over a good thermal paste. Also make sure the cooler you're using has a copper base, as opposed to aluminium, if you do end up using LM.

 

8 minutes ago, Levent said:

Because they use better TIM than shitty thermal paste intel uses and unless you are looking for setting world records, its kind of pointless. 

Intel's been using solder since 9th gen, just like AMD has been on all of their Zen CPUs (pretty sure their APUs, or at least older ones, used to have paste instead).