Enthusiast under the nickname Madness boasted of a successful operation to remove the cover from the processor AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Subsequent testing revealed that scalping significantly improved the performance of the chip: performance increased, power consumption decreased, and operating temperature dropped by 10°C. The test load was the game Forza Horizon 5.
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The operation was not an easy one: the edges of the lid had to be pushed through the edges of a clerical knife, while hot air at a temperature of 150–200 °C was supplied from a hot air gun. The procedure was stressful. Having removed the cover, the enthusiast faced a choice: replace the factory solder or take a chance and install the cooler directly on the “bare” crystals. Madness chose the former – instead of solder, Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut’s “liquid metal” was used.
Processor readings before (left) and after (right) surgery
Efforts were not in vain. Under heavy loads, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D temperature was 10 °C cooler, power consumption dropped slightly, and the clock speed was stable at a maximum value of 4450 MHz. This processor does not support overclocking, although, of course, it would be interesting to look at the results of tests with overclocking – scalping would clearly provide a wide field for maneuvering here.
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