Monday, February 28th 2022
RockItCool Offering Pure Copper IHS Upgrades for Intel, AMD CPUs
RockitCool is a new entrant towards the deliding and IHS replacement game, and the company is offering new delid kits that allow users to replace the Integrated Heatspreader (IHS) on their CPUs in an attempt to achieve better operating temperatures - and potentially improve performance. Considered by some to be one of the most daring quests towards extracting the most performance possible from a given chip, the deliding process is, however, not without its dangers, and will void CPU warranties irrespective of the tool - or care - employed in the operation.
RockItCool's website sprung up earlier this year, and the website doesn't count with many user reviews - but those that are there seem to be glowing. The company specializes in providing complete delid and pure-copper IHS replacement kits, taking advantage of copper's higher thermal conductivity as a way to increase the amount of heat that can be pulled away from the CPU - improving its operating temperatures and power profiles. The copper IHS themselves have guidance markings to ease concerns regarding the application of liquid metal itself, which is a particularly risky substance to misapply around electrical circuitry.
The company claims to have achieved an up to 15º C improvement in operating temperatures for Intel's latest Alder Lake Core i9-12900K, dropping them from around 85° C in full load to 70º C after the IHS replacement (and liquid metal TIM [Thermal Interface Material] upgrade). Those numbers by themselves sound a little bit too good to be true; our coverage of previous delid efforts (some of them led by overclocking legend Der8auer)showcased much minor improvements.
While the latest and greatest processors from both AMD and Intel will always be the most sought-after for aftermarket improvements such as these, the company is also selling kits stretching back all the way to Intel's sixth generation Core designs (Skylake). Just remember - the process is not without its risks.
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RockItCool
RockItCool's website sprung up earlier this year, and the website doesn't count with many user reviews - but those that are there seem to be glowing. The company specializes in providing complete delid and pure-copper IHS replacement kits, taking advantage of copper's higher thermal conductivity as a way to increase the amount of heat that can be pulled away from the CPU - improving its operating temperatures and power profiles. The copper IHS themselves have guidance markings to ease concerns regarding the application of liquid metal itself, which is a particularly risky substance to misapply around electrical circuitry.
While the latest and greatest processors from both AMD and Intel will always be the most sought-after for aftermarket improvements such as these, the company is also selling kits stretching back all the way to Intel's sixth generation Core designs (Skylake). Just remember - the process is not without its risks.
22 Comments on RockItCool Offering Pure Copper IHS Upgrades for Intel, AMD CPUs
Anyway 14°~ lower is not bad at all.
The thing is though in past chips deliding with liquid metal already gave like 15-20c reductions so not sure on their claims but that was also when Intel was still using paste between IHS and die.
They need to show what this IHS does on its own and they also have the ability to strengthen IHS so it doesn't bend so much in the 1700 socket.
PS: when I say strengthen I mean the IHS wall around chip, not the thickness or height.
The solder chips have such a high risk of being damaged from delidding I cant justify it.
Can somebody actually verify the things before posting on the website ? Or is this some of that new type of "journalism" which only cares about the click bait ?
Now, in fairness, how many samples did they test? I believe the liquid metal is what gives the improvement, since the OEM is also copper, albeit nickle plated.
Did they try re-installing the OEM IHS using liquid metal?
I am sure they did not re-solder the CPU using their IHS.
Yep delid is no big loss if you have a chip that needs high vcore to do much with
Scalp the pos sp54-70 and have some fun with it lol
I miss the pure Silver IHSs. Even if a little impractical, if you're going that far, why not all the way?
Maybe someday they'll make an Oriented Allotropic Carbon IHS that beats out Silver.