Der8auer achieves "Unreal Temperature improvement" with Direct-Die cooling on Ryzen 7000 CPUs
Has the golden age of delidding returned?
Published: 27th September 2022 | Source: der8auer |
Direct-Die cooling delivers a 20ish degree drop in Ryzen 9 7900X thermals and increases its overclocking headroom
der8auer, the world-class CPU overclocking expert, has become the first person to publically delid and utilise Direct-Die cooling on an AMD Ryzen 7000 series processor. By doing so, he has delivered a huge drop on AMD's Ryzen 7000 series thermals and gave his processor increased overclocking headroom.
Using a custom delidding tool for AMD's new Ryzen 7000 series processors, der8auer has managed to remove the IHS of a Ryzen 9 7900X processor without damaging the processor or any of its components. By doing this, der8auer is able to directly connect a liquid cooling setup to the dies of his Ryzen 9 7900X using a new liquid metal thermal interface material. This lowers the load thermals of AMD's Ryzen 9 7900X by allowing heat to directly move from his processor's silicon and into his custom liquid cooling setup, allowing heat to be transferred away from the processor more efficiently.
Since delidding his first Ryzen 7000 series processors, der8auer has made the design of his Ryzen 7000 series delidding tool and accessories ready for production. This will allow overclockers to delid their own Ryzen 7000 series processors at home to achieve similar cooling benefits. However, it is worth remembering that delidding places your processor at risk of damage, and will void your CPU's warranty. In the process of making the video below, der8auer damaged a Ryzen 7 7700X while testing a prototype delidding tool, highlighting that even delidding experts can sometimes damage processors.
Using his delidding tool, der8auer has managed to lower the load thermals of his Ryzen 9 7900X by 18-21 degrees. Furthermore, this thermal headroom has allowed him to overclock his Ryzen 9 7900X to higher all-core frequencies. With these lowered thermals, der8auer expects to achieve even higher performance levels by overclocking Ryzen 7000 CPUs with higher voltages. With these lowered thermals, we expect Ryzen 7000 series delidding to be very popular amongst overclocking enthusiasts.
Simply put, the thermal drops seen below are staggering. A 20-degree drop is huge, and we can expect hardware enthusiasts to find other ways to increase the overclocking potential of AMD's latest processors.
You can join the discussion on der8auer's Ryzen 7900X delidding success on the OC3D Forums.
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Originally Posted by robbiec
Its a nice POC but proof will be in the delivery of a variant that works with the real 7xxx CPUs, the X3D versions. He might have a winner on his hands with the new backplate / mounting mechanism.
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Originally Posted by AngryGoldfish
Why do you feel that the current Zen 4 line-up are not 'real', so to speak?
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Originally Posted by AngryGoldfish
Why do you feel that the current Zen 4 line-up are not 'real', so to speak?
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It just all feels a bit half assed. Worst Ryzen launch yet imo.Quote
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Originally Posted by AlienALX
I feel the same way. AMD designed something marvelous and instead we got over priced furnaces.
It just all feels a bit half assed. Worst Ryzen launch yet imo. |
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