Rockit 88 Kickstarter aims to delid your Intel CPU with a simple tool

[Carmaine]

How bout investing that $35 into some type of water cooler, because if you delid your CPU, you cant really hope to ever resell it. I know that this may not cross everyone's minds but it crosses mine, and it may not be much worth doing for most people, but I always either give away or resell my computers or computer parts. Silly to spend money on a one use item like this... one per every 2 or 3 years, I'd say. Not really worth it. Just find a cheap razor blade and watch a few youtube videos of kids breaking theirs so you know what NOT to do.

Much like OC'ing to a degree, there's always a risk when doing this, but some like the achievement of seeing it being pushed to its limit. The thrill of finding ways to OC'ing these chips while achieving the lowest possible temp. The feeling of delidding, cleaning, adding some CLP/CLU inside, lapping both the CPU and heatsink and watching the temps drop in Prime95 is awesome, lol. And for those who delidded successfully, it's our way of giving Intel the middle finger for not soldering it in the first place.

 

[captaincranky]

This is a 6 "dactyl" per paw cat, not a 6 paw cat =P

Oops! I knew I should have searched for freaks of nature at Ripley's instead of the more common cat with extra toes. Quick question, "how many legs does a cat have.

And again... the only reason why I don't buy this, is because this means that they could increase the clocks and decrease the temps at the same time and make a better sale and they are not doing this, they are loosing money on purpose... nah I don't think so.

A quick history lesson here. Once upon a time, when the Core 2 Duo was first released, its native clock speeds were very low. Ergo, people buying them could justifiably expect an almost 100% overclock out of them. Moving into today's environment, the factory clock and expected overclock are much closer together. Thus, one needs to assume, Intel is "pre-overclocking" for you, and dial one's hopes and dreams back accordingly..

In keeping with that, Intel's new methodology for attaching the lids sucks, and the method developed for dealing with them, sucks as well.

With that said, I have an Ivy Bridge i3 @ stock clock and it runs just a hair over room temperature. Whatever complaints about Intel anyone might have though, I'm here for ya! (y)

every time you comment here you turn it into a stupid argument contest and insult people. even if the majority of the time you are wrong. don't you get tired of fighting others for no reason?
I've been accusing Intel of using the cheapest materials they could get and having deals behind closed doors with the companies who make hardware for the aftermarket. how is that me supporting big companies?

Judging by the context here, when you post, you're automatically right. What is there left for the rest of us mortals, but to rail against the gods? BTW, was I right about the resumes...?

To answer your original question, acquiescence by resignation only works in chess games.

Also, railing against a company's policies, and then saying they're justified in following them, is talking out both sides of your mouth. I can see where you might expect to win all arguments that way though.

 

[Kibaruk]

A quick history lesson here. Once upon a time, when the Core 2 Duo was first released, its native clock speeds were very low. Ergo, people buying them could justifiably expect an almost 100% overclock out of them. Moving into today's environment, the factory clock and expected overclock are much closer together. Thus, one needs to assume, Intel is "pre-overclocking" for you, and dial one's hopes and dreams back accordingly..

Yeah that's kind of the thing, they are making sure they get the most out of those procs as possible, instead of letting people do it themselves and loosing the extra dough they could get.

I get it, you hate big corporations, but what do they do best? The make it *k-shing k-shing*

They are not making candy, they are building high tech nano pieces, so...

 

[captaincranky]

...[ ]....I get it, you hate big corporations, but what do they do best? The make it *k-shing k-shing*

Sorry for the delay here, but I don't think you get me, at least not completely.

It is said, "behind every great fortune there is a great crime". (Facebook is a fluke, the exception that proves the rule. I can deal with that).

Henry Ford hired goon squads to police in front of his factories when he got angered up about unionization. I'm still naive enough to believe a large company is an organic entity, designed to benefit its customers, stockholders, and workers, without favoring one over the other.

I don't hate big corporations, I hate the greedy sociopaths which run them. Big difference. The guy at the top is usually a parasite, siphoning off those "pennies saved which turn into millions", and taking them home in the form of bonuses.

A large manufacturing corporation is a conglomeration of men and machines, all with their special skills and talents. You, me, and three dozen of ours friends, couldn't come up with a Pentium 2 if our lives depended on it. I'm acutely aware and awestruck about that. But, would it really hurt for Intel to be a "benevolent dictator", and throw us dogs a bone like keeping solder-on covers, once in a while.?

With those things said, I can't help but wonder if the shrinking pathways of the new CPUs, are more susceptible to heat damage from soldering than previous generations. That would be a plausible "excuse" for the glue and TIM...

BTW, you never answered my question, "how many legs does a cat have"?

 

[alansmith]

Steady down kids, or you'll have to go to the naughty corner.

Please remember what this thread is supposed to be about.

 

[alexnode]

Intel is without serious competition for quite some time now but their biggest problem is that games don't actually drive cpu sales as they did 10 years ago. Nvidia is selling cards for VR but I am very happy with my overclocked 3930k I got 5 years ago.
I have never delided a cpu and I am not planning too. But I can definitely imagine Intel not wanting you to overclock a 3930k to 5 ghz. I have mine at 4.3ghz 24/7 for 5 years, 4+ maybe and I am not sure when I will need a replacement. Imagine if I could reach 4.8 ghz for 24/7 use with a five year old equipment.
I am sure intel tries to keep overclocking to a limit and I could definitely see Intel trying to artificially limit the overclocking ability of their cpus.

 

[captaincranky]

...[ ]...I am sure intel tries to keep overclocking to a limit and I could definitely see Intel trying to artificially limit the overclocking ability of their cpus.

Couple of points. Most importantly, Intel is already "overclocking" for you. It drives the question, "are this "tock's" new processors really faster, or did Intel just jack last generation's multipliers"? (Obviously an oversimplification on my part).

That said, I think Intel is using its monopoly status, along with a bunch of hubris, to skirt the primary issue. Which is, "just because 'Moore's utterance' claims transistor density might increase at "XX" rate, doesn't mean that it will.

IMHO, Intel's preconception of shrinking pathways was conceived anticipating linear successes, while what I believe they've run into in reality turned out to be, exponential problems.

It stands to reason, as materials have fixed properties, equipment is constrained to those principles as well. In simpler, or perhaps less diffuse terms, just because you have it in your head you can put 50TB of information on a 3.5" HHD, doesn't mean the machine needed do do it, can be easily, if at all, built. It's called "manufacturing tolerances", and I expect it can dash your, big, big, plans to small, small dust.

I'd cite today's issues with HDD mortality rates being evidence of that. Smaller drives, seemed to last for decades. Now, if reviews are to be accepted as fact, half of these multi-terabyte monsters go out the door, dead as door nails.