OwlTree CPU Delid Tool to Remove Cover for 3770K 4770k 4790K 6700K E3-1230 7700K 8700K 115x (delid)

I was cautious about the device because I'd read reviews of metal shavings and cracks in the frame.When I received mine it wasn't in bad shape and had few shavings. I just blew it off with compressed air and wiped it with a microfiber cloth to be sure.It worked awesome, just I required more torque than I was willing to give on the small allen wrench. I used a larger right angle screw driver with an allen bit that allowed me to go slower and have it slide off as it got tighter instead of just cracking the paste/silicon loose at once.Overall a great tool for the price, but as everything cheap and made in China it requires your diligence to be used properly without damaging anything else.

It works great and easily delids a cpu in less than 5 minutes. I recommend putting something like scotch tape or thin packing tape on the rails before putting in your cpu if you want to make sure you don't scratch your contacts. Just as good as the overpriced competition for a fraction of the cost and so easy to use a novice could get in to delidding. If you look at my photos you can see where the tape is supposed to go. I put a coat of nail polish over the caps on the cpu so I can safely use liquid metal thermal paste inside without having to worry about a short circuit.

The media could not be loaded. Worked great! I have a few goofs in the video but it shows how I did everything. If you have a CPU that has fresh adhesive (mine was from 2014 so glue was quite old) it may take more pressure than this tool can handle. That may be why some of the reviewers earlier were complaining about stripped threads.MAINTENANCE WARNING! If you delid your CPU, you will need to regularly remove the old and re-apply new thermal compound to your delided CPU. Once a year should be good enough. The factory thermal compound was designed to last a long time and the trade off for that is poorer thermal conductivity.

Do your research, know what you're doing, be confident about it and this tool will do the job. Make sure your CPU is a member of a generation that uses thermal paste instead of solder as this tool is not intended for soldered CPUs. Watch a lot of videos and know exactly what you're doing before you go through with anything.I used this for my first delidding experience on my 8700K and it went flawlessly. With Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut under the IHS and Kryonaut on top of it I'm looking at 10-15 degree cooler temps under a high load. Take your time, go as slow and steady as possible on the wrench and the IHS will come right off. Have everything you need prepared ahead of time and be very careful when you're working on the exposed CPU die.4 stars because, like other reviewers have mentioned, you absolutely get machining debris with this. Make sure you detail-clean this thing before you put your CPU in it. Per some reviewer's recommendations, I put electric tape on the rails to protect the pads as well because the finish is far from perfect.

Pre greased was a nice touch . There was some imperfections in the threading so it might have. Been a one use product for Me... if ur on the fence about deliding. Dont . 30deg drop instantly with grizzly liquid metal ... nuts. Sadly my chip still won’t go over 4.5 but it’s really helped my bottleneck running a devils canyon cpu. Infact I just tested this delid agains my new 11600k build and they got literally the same FPS in uniheaven ... swear.That pc also feels snappier ocd than the new 11600k... doesn’t make sense but is what it is.Don’t get me wrong get a 11400f or 11600k now if any of this relates to you...It’s finally a descent upgrade and for not much money . It’s very clear the 11th gens are crushing it in multi tasking ... I can’t seem to bog mine downI HAVE DONE TWO 11 builds one 11400f and b board and the 11600k with z board.In recommendation the prior.... hands down. Intel squeezed as much clocks as they can out of these 11th gen chips there is little to no oc headroom. The 11400f actually oc better . Even on a b board . So yea for like lower 200$ 1440f with b series board can’t beat it ...

Very easy to use. Make sure you line up your processor with this markings on this and slowly add pressure by tightening the screw. It very quickly removed the IHS on my i7-3770k without damage. I then was free to add liquid metal to the die and drop my load temperatures by nearly 20C.

Usable.The manufacturing is not good. Big gap, not accurate, Chinese characters inside. It might mess up the thing. Not recommended for rookie.It break my cou using for try.

Purchase date: May 31, 2020.This review date: June 6, 2020.It did what it was supposed to without damaging the CPU. I heated the CPU with a lighter (about 30 seconds) and then tightened/turned the unit. The cover came off easily. It's also reusable if you need to use it again. I would recommend this unit for the price.Note! - This unit did not come with razor blades, like similar models being sold. I would advise you not to use them. You can damage yourself and the CPU.