YOU’LL NEED THIS
PROCESSOR
DELIDDING TOOL ($43, for Delid Die Mate, or $102, for Delid Die Mate-X)
LIQUID METAL OR THERMAL PASTE (Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut, or Noctua’s NT-H1). + extras
AH DELIDDING, THAT OLD, TERRIFYING PROCEDURE, usually only recommended for the elite. For the uninitiated, delidding is the act of separating the integrated heat spreader (IHS) from the top of the processor, and then replacing the stock thermal paste that the manufacturer has used with something a little more premium-usually liquid metal or a better thermal paste.