About a year ago the well-known overclocker der8auer created a tool to delid Skylake (and other) processors. It was called Delid-Die-Mate and meanwhile the overclocker has come up with a revised version, which is called Delid-Die-Mate 2.

The tool is simple allowing you to secure a CPU and then move the heat spreader away from the PCB by force. Basically you just have to place the CPU into to correct mold to then force the heat spreader off by tightening a large screw that is moving a bar forward.

Compared to the first version of the der8auer’s Delid Die Mate this second version allows to put the IHS (integrated heat spreader) back in place using glue. According to der8auer, the tool is compatible with Ivy-Bridge-, Haswell-, Devil's Canyon-, Broadwell-, Skylake- and Kaby Lake CPUs.

Usually a CPU is being delidded to improve core temperatures. As long as the standard thermal compounds is applied the temperatures significantly higher. Applying a compound from Gelid or Thermal Grizzly allows you to achieve temperatures that are between 15 and 20°C lower. This can help improving overclocking capabilities in the case of air and water cooled systems.

Delidding your CPU is a must if you’re doing extreme overclocking using liquid nitrogen as coolant. Without delidding you face the issue that the thin layer of thermal compound Intel applies during the manufacturing process freezes and after a certain period of time cracks. That in the end doesn’t allow for even cooling of the silicon underneath.

Nevertheless it needs to be mentioned that delidding a CPU is always a risky task and you it is not covered by the warranty plan when you buy any Intel CPU. If you’re willing to take the risk the Delid-Die-Mate 2 is certainly going to to a good job and it’s available on Caseking for 29.90 Euro.





Source: Caseking