Direct Die Cooling

[Whatisthis]

I have a 9600k that I’m thinking of doing direct die with, just because it seems like a fun project. 
 

Anyway, my question is do I need to replace the stock lga1151 retention mechanism because it will interfere with cooler contact without the added height of the ihs?

[RONOTHAN##]

12 minutes ago, Whatisthis said:

do I need to replace the stock lga1151 retention mechanism because it will interfere with cooler contact without the added height of the ihs?

Yes. You also need to replace the cooler mounting hardware, and figure out a way to desolder the IHS. IMO this just isn't going to be worth the effort. 

[SorryBella]

14 minutes ago, Whatisthis said:

Anyway, my question is do I need to replace the stock lga1151 retention mechanism because it will interfere with cooler contact without the added height of the ihs?

Its either that or you have to build a block that can mount inside of the retention like this thing. 

 

 

IMO though delidding and going with liquid metal with conformal coating protection would be more than enough for LGA 1151 chips all the way up to 9900K. The thermal paste TIM was that poor.

[johnno23]

If it is an older system that you have kinda sitting around not doing anything then I would say it could be a fun project as I also enjoy tinkering.

It's value would be the experience and learning process not any possible performance gains. 

[Whatisthis]

9 hours ago, johnno23 said:

If it is an older system that you have kinda sitting around not doing anything then I would say it could be a fun project as I also enjoy tinkering.

It's value would be the experience and learning process not any possible performance gains. 

Yeah, I’m getting the 4 year itch to build a new system so current one would become a spare that I could tinker with. I’ve never delidded, but grew up building computers in the days of no heat spreaders, homebrew fan controllers, and 38mm delta fans…so a fun project.