Delidding is the process of removing the IHS to re-apply a better form of thermal interface material. Traditionally, this arduous task meant you had to gently pry between the IHS and adhesive at four ...

If you've been keeping up with Intel's upcoming Kaby Lake-based Core i7-7700K, you'll know that they run - well, rather freakin' hot. Way hotter than the previous 6700K, and normally double the temps ...

Delidding was once only for extreme overclockers, but this tool makes it easy for anyone to drastically lower their CPU's temperature. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

People who buy the latest and greatest high-end Intel CPUs fit into a particular niche -- they expect high performance. Some owners of Intel Core i7-7700 and i7-7700K chips have been complaining for ...

Today, Intel is taking the lid off its 7th Generation Core microprocessor family, codenamed Kaby Lake. It's been roughly five years since Intel last delivered a significant performance leap in a ...

Reviewing PC components can be a demoralising business. For all the game-changing new technologies offering tangible performance boosts to your gaming rig there are always the dry, nothing-to-see-here ...

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As you can see, delidding the i7-7700K dramatically changed the load temperatures at both 4.5GHz and 5.0GHz. More specifically, the stock thermal reading plummeted by 18C while the overclock ...