This guy removes the top casing of the uProcessor and applies this own thermal paste onto the chip.
I'm not a hardware expert and I would like someone to tell me an opinion reguarding his temperature "fixing" method. Would anyone try this at home, or is he nuts?
It's called delidding; it's rather simple - I will be replacing the TIM on my 3770k with CoolLaboratory Liquid Ultra in a few weeks in preparation for watercooling. Actually, I may even go heatsinkless on the CPU die, and simply use the EK mounting system to mount my waterblock directly on the die.
Use DE razor blades instead of x-acto blades. They are much thinner and sharper and allow you to get between the IHS and PCB without an angle that may damage the PCB and short out your chip. Tape up the other side of the blade to not cut yourself.
A friend of mine is a metal machineist - We talked about making a solid copper replacement of the Intel heat spreader - but would this work better and would it be worth it?
Someone please try to delid by using some high tensil strength thread, like dental floss. I really want to see if it works like I think it should. I just don't have an Ivy Bridge or Haswell Chip, or I would do this myself to test it. It shouldn't damage anything, and you can cut a large block of clay with a piece of floss, I don't see why it should be able to cut through some adhesive. Use uncoated if you need it to saw into the adhesive.
From what I could tell about the adhesive that they use to secure the heat spreader, it isn't that hard either. It was just an idea, if it doesn't work, then nothing is lost or damaged. I mean, it is only thread. It's not like you're hacking at it with a hunk of sharpened metal.