Thermal Grizzly - Delid-Die-Mate - AMD Ryzen 7000 CPU Delid Tool - Processor Heatspreader Removing Tool - Delidding Tool Developed by der8auer - Enhances Cooling

Got this in, still waiting on the TG AM5 heatspreader which should arrive tomorrow so I cannot speak to temps yet but... Device is very well machined and ready to delid right out of the box. I popped in my $700 CPU and noticed a few things different than my previous 14700K and 14900K delids. The ease of which the 9950X3D comes apart is amazing, the intel chips snapped apart. This was very drama free and it really just comes down to moving back and forth about 30 times (for me, some people have to do it 100's) until the red block just slid around on its own. It took about 8 minutes or so with hand cranking on the allen wrench, I did not use a drill. Once the red piece freely moved I knew the IHS and die's were separated fully. Pulled the unit apart and yep, this was delidded without cracks/breaks/drama. It did not snap apart, make any noise, this indium solder is very soft. I cleaned up the cpu with maybe 6 runs of rubbing in DC2 Pro liquid metal, then switched to flitz polishing compound until the dies were all mirror like. I did the same for the IHS but the indium was very thick on the IHS side. I eventually just used a small bamboo stick from another delid kit I had and just pushed off the solder then cleaned it up with the flitz. Right now the cpu is working, I am using it to type this review. I just have polar therm x10 on the die and on the IHS side until I get the heatspreader in. Temps basically the same but I did set the cpu to 65w eco mode just incase. This is definitely more clean up work than raptor lakes since you deal with 2 cores and the memory/io die but it is 100% compatible with ryzen 9000 and the X3d variants.

The device works. It doesn't break the cpu. The only downside is that using liquid metal on these is dangerous. The hight is so low that any excess liquid metal will go on the resistors, so use nail polish or something to cover them. This was less of an issue with intel cpus. I don't plan on doing this to my 9900x. It did decrease the temps by 5c, but not worth it given the minimal gains. Intel used to get you 20c. I have a custom water loop and used this on a 7800x3d.

I just used this tool to delude an AMD Ryzen 8000. It worked perfectly with one pass through the sliding cycle. This tool is very precisely made and is a real value.

Did what it was supposed to do very well without damaging the CPU, that being said, the design could be improved to only use one bolt to push and pull the top plate. Would speed up the process significantly.

This thing totally worked as advertised. Very well designed and made from top quality materials. It took me about 30 "back & forth" movements until my IHS just "fell off". Using liquid metal I lowered my all-core temps (water cooled) by over than 20C. Using mild water chilling I can get a sustained 5.7Ghz+ all core overclock and still only hit 55-60C. That's a 400MHz overclock and the temps are only 15C over idle!!! Amazing product but not for the faint of heart...

I heard anywhere between 30-100 cycles to remove the IHS on chips for this. Seen people go at it for 30+ minutes. Mine was off in less than 10. Amazing device. Worth every penny.

Does the job well

The screws snapped off while I was working them back and forth. I’m not sure if I was supposed to only have one screw in at a time but the picture shows both screws in, so not sure what I did wrong. Then my cpu was stuck inside the damn thing because the head of the tightened screw got snapped off. The instructions for use of this tool are nonexistent. I followed a video, and still managed to break it.

Funktioniert wie gewünscht. Einfach zu bedienen

Delided my 9800X3D a treat.

Utilisé pour delid un 9800x3d, le tool est de bonne qualité, le procédé relativement safe , il m'aura fallu déplacer l'ihs de droite à gauche pas moins de 25 fois avant que la soudure de cède.

Great device! Very solid build quality. Delids very well. And killed my CPU, too.

I titled this Delid made easy. But I was scared as can be deliding my 7950x3d all I could think was £700 down the drain if this don't go to plan. But it was a breeze. Took a bit longer than expected and the cleaning was a pain but all turned out great. Now using there micro direct die cooler on my custom loop and couldn't ask for a better result . Nice one Thermal Grizzly