Early Ryzen 9000 delid failure highlights the dangers of delidding

Extreme overclocker reveals what could be the world’s first Ryzen 9000 delid failure

The extreme overclocker Tony Yu has revealed to the world what may be the first Ryzen 9000 delid failure. For the uninitiated, CPU delidding is the process of taking off the Integrated Heatspreader (IHS) of modern CPUs. This allows users to directly mount cooling solutions to the silicon dies of their processors. This process has the potential to damage your processor, as these integrated heatspreaders are not made to be removable.

AMD’s Ryzen 9000 IHS is soldered to their Zen 5 processors. This enables maximum heat transfer, and makes delidding an incredibly dangerous process. This is why overclockers often develop specialised tools for CPU delidding.

Ryzen 9000 CPU users shouldn’t risk delidding their processor unless they are willing to risk damaging their CPU. AMD’s Ryzen 9000 series CPUs feature a new IHS design and thermal interface materials to enhance its cooling performance. For the upcoming Ryzen 9 9950X, AMD claims that these changes have enabled a 7-degree drop in CPU thermals when compared to the Ryzen 9 7950X under the same TDP and workload. If you want your Ryzen 9000 CPU to run cooler, you should invest in a better cooling solution before you consider delidding your processor.

If you want to know more about Ryzen 9000, you can read our review for AMD’s Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X. AMD’s Ryzen 9 9900X and Ryzen 9 9950X will be available later this month on August 15th.

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