"The Intel Kaby Lake 7700K was then delidded and CoolLaboratory Liquid Ultra thermal paste was applied. Paired with the Kraken X62 cooler it was overclocked to 5 GHz yet again. Overall there was a 30C reduction in temperature and the CPU ran 26C cooler than what we saw before."
https://segmentnext.com/2016/12/16/intel-kaby-lake-7700k/
>having to delid a processor so as to get decent temperatures
Intel shills will defend this
pajeet patrol
>>60849397
>Intel shills will defend this
I thought this was one of those things both sides agreed was shit on Intel's part
>>60849397
>sell cpu for $2000
>Scrimp on tim that saves you 3c
>>60849397
The lid is just there to protect the die during shipping and initial system testing.
After you confirm the cpu functions properly you don't really need the warranty anymore so it shouldn't matter.