Making Intel's Worst Product Better.... And Also Worse

I just can't get over Alex's soul leaving his body every time he has to tell Linus "Don't do that."

This is quite literally the most Linus video in a while, the number of drops, incredible

With the massive premium Intel charges for the KS variant cpu, they should include a machined copper IHS kit like shown free.

Seems like a process that should be implemented by CPU producers on their top-tier products.

"can you believe they wouldnt send me a second unit after the review?" "What a bunch of jerks" "I know right?" Intel, sponsoring the Intel extreme upgrade: "yes please, insult me more"

Finally something in Linus Tech Tips that I might be able to afford: the copper heat spreader.

This may not be the right place to say this but I want Linus and the whole team to know that the love of my life looked up to Linus and loved everything about you guys. We would watch your videos together, and he would explain everything because I'm not techy. He was taken from this world way too soon. Thank you Linus for bringing a smile to his face everyday. Every time you all drop something, too of course.

Weird to find a compromise in a no-compromise CPU. I wonder how much more Intel would have to charge per CPU if they used a tighter tolerance heat spreader for the massively high end CPUs only. If it doesn't matter for 99% of all chips okay, use the other process, but for that remaining 1%, it seems like billions of dollars of R&D could be bought cheaply simply by refining this one component. I hope someone with some power and vision at Intel watches this, since AMD is looking to eat their lunch again with Ryzen 7000 and they could use every advantage. Or someone at AMD could watch this, improve their own high-end and continue embarrassing Intel in the future.

Linus: rips a top of the line Intel CPU apart Also Linus: Why won't they send us more free processors?

Linus: "I wonder why they won't send us any more CPUs..." Also Linus: Drops the CPU.... twice

main issue with this is that cupper and gallium will react and liquid metal will "dry out". Maybe precuring cupper surface with LM will create layer of CuGa2 and it will not dry out anymore, but I did not test that.

The stuff they used to get rid of the solder is actually a Gallium, Indium, and Tin alloy called “Galinstan”.

For 10celcius, intel could have made a special heatspreader just for the KS mostly for the money. At least it worked flawlessly, nice job.

"Your house might burn down." "But look at these reflections." That's right; priorities.

10 extra lower degrees of temp for just 40 dolars is actually amazing

Few hints (from old delidder): 1. Cut the cotton part from ear-stick-cleaner and spread thermal grizzly with plastic sharp part (avoiding any cotton hairs that can stick in), and 2. Don't remove all glue from cpu pcb just gently clean it with isopropyle alchol, (it's okay to have part of it left on pcb) then apply medium-thin silicone glue / whatever you use. Tested many times, 100% best way. And gift tip ... dont wait too much for glue to settle, put in cpu socket and lock it, left it there to settle under pressure of locking mechanism, that way you get correct thermal compound distribution over cpu die + IHS.

I want to see how Silver which is more conductive than copper would perform. Like Linus and a few other youtubers could afford to show testing on Silver heatsinks. I guess it would perform 7% better than copper.

"This isn't abuse, we're making it faster" I get the feeling Alex blew up a few engines back in school

7:26 Dracula from Hotel Transylvania

Man, this takes me back to when I had a phase where I lapped the mating surface of my heatsink as well as the top of the IHS so there was less thermal compound needed to fill the gaps. I certainly didn't get a 10c improvement, but it was pretty cool to have a near-mirror finish on your CPU 😎 That was right in the era of having a DFI LanParty motherboard with UV reactive PCI slots. Wish I had pictures of that setup still!