Decided to delid my 2nd chip which is IMC 2800+ capable.

IHS was beaten by a big size stationery knife within 5 minutes! It was quick.


The residual black adhesive is removed by my fingernails,


Applied Liquid Pro (elder bro of Liquid Ultra) on four sides: CPU die, IHS top and bottom, waterblock base.
Note that IHS is installed, hence the CPU is not running nakedly

So, here's the results.


Previously I couldn't even finished the tests at 5.0GHz, the speed was throttled because it hit TJmax of 105C.
So, delidding shove off about 30C.