Looks like someone tried to lap it with like the most aggressive sandpaper ever lol
human_flavor_meat
I usually use an angle grinder on mine
spicyketamean67yu
Typical intel builder
AndroidUser2023
r/HardwareGore
Deceiver999
Steel wool? That looks like the work of a screwdriver.
JunkRatAce
Tbh steel wool would do a much better job than this 😆
ashyee
Don’t be silly, this is the work of a screwdriver
Suspicious-Cash9386
I mean… more surface area, more cooling potential right?
jadeia1
I came for the second image…
MysteriousDrStranger
It adds more grip.
Nicademus2003
No… that’s what isopropyl alcohol and a paper towel is for…
Azuras-Becky
It may well be common, unlike sense.
LowQualitySpiderman
If it works, it isn’t stupid.
Rabbit_AF
They are just custom lapping the CPU. It’s going to get really good temps now.
Jamwap
That will actually effect the performance too since it basically just added a ton of micro grooves…. Which the point of thermal paste is to fill in
LonelyNinja157
GG
Death2Gnomes
Well, now it has grooves to hold more paste.
tesmatsam
my guy decide to lap the cpu but left halfway through
Rybrook
It’s a key for the AS thermal adhesive, makes it easy to pull the socket off the board.
Maleficent-Sample921
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JakkoWasHere
I swiped right atleast 5 times. Re launched the app because it was lagging. Then I tried again swiping right yet it still didnt work. THEN I restarted my phone and tried yet again to swipe. I only then realized that it was only one singular photo.
DreYeon
Sure if you are a psychopath
xprozoomy
Ihs is ruined.
bdash1990
All of the scratches increase surface area, and therefore increase the amount of heat you can radiate.
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What the hell, how can someone be this stupid.
My eyes.
They burn.
This looks like some people’s chairs that are posted here. Did they own one of those chairs and sit on this chip?
sandblasting works better.
Nope. thermal paste is used to fill in the little holes you cant even see on the top of the CPU, this would require something on an industrial scale.
While it’s not, assuming it works, lapping it should get rid of any issues caused by this stupidity.
They’re on crack to be asking $290 though. That’s like new prices on something I might be willing to gamble a tenner on.
Oh my stars! This just gave me chest pains!
I know it looks ugly as hell, but would it actually cause any issues with the CPU?
You can get i5 13600kf/14600kf almost same price brand new. And it wont be that much slower.
Looks like a horrible attempt at hiding an egineering /qualifying sample lol
From the discolouration I‘d say the owner used liquid metal
You can buff it out. I will take a **long** time and you’ll have to be careful to keep it as flat as possible, but you can.
Delidding and using a custom IHS would probably be easier.
These temps gonna go crazy
Funny 😂
I’d pay about half that, knowing I’ve got a CPU which has been abused and needs work done on it.
https://preview.redd.it/1gze0pbnfhbc1.jpeg?width=496&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=901d7c644b3a68f5ea26b87cc3ec6380289c9824
How many people tried to swipe to the next image?
I just slice the die with a lightsaber
Looks like someone tried to lap it with like the most aggressive sandpaper ever lol
I usually use an angle grinder on mine
Typical intel builder
r/HardwareGore
Steel wool? That looks like the work of a screwdriver.
Tbh steel wool would do a much better job than this 😆
Don’t be silly, this is the work of a screwdriver
I mean… more surface area, more cooling potential right?
I came for the second image…
It adds more grip.
No… that’s what isopropyl alcohol and a paper towel is for…
It may well be common, unlike sense.
If it works, it isn’t stupid.
They are just custom lapping the CPU. It’s going to get really good temps now.
That will actually effect the performance too since it basically just added a ton of micro grooves…. Which the point of thermal paste is to fill in
GG
Well, now it has grooves to hold more paste.
my guy decide to lap the cpu but left halfway through
It’s a key for the AS thermal adhesive, makes it easy to pull the socket off the board.
☹️
I swiped right atleast 5 times. Re launched the app because it was lagging. Then I tried again swiping right yet it still didnt work. THEN I restarted my phone and tried yet again to swipe. I only then realized that it was only one singular photo.
Sure if you are a psychopath
Ihs is ruined.
All of the scratches increase surface area, and therefore increase the amount of heat you can radiate.
hear me out:
more surface area
Photoshop would cure it..