A couple weeks ago I did a custom water loop.
Reservoir—>5070ti—>240 rad—>CPU—>dual 360 rads—>back into reservoir. If I’m being honest, I couldn’t be happier with the temps already. Especially being my very first attempt. BUT I’m afraid I’ve become more of an enthusiast now. Sure I play games and get amazing performance especially in BF6. But there is now a constant itch to try something else. I’m using a bykski block on the cpu and it is nice and heavy and built well.
Early last week I ordered the TG delid tool and a direct die frame. Saw some inconsistent mounting results and possible incompatibilities with the 9800x3d. So I decided to just go ahead and get the TG direct die mycro water block straight from Germany. Well, it’s now held up at Memphis FedEx hub in customs. Has been since Wednesday. I think I will eventually get it, fedex has been great and very responsive in the emails. TG has also been very helpful sending over everything they asked for as well.
My question, should I go ahead and delid and try to use the TG frame until the cooler shows up? Has anyone else been successful in using the frame? My chip was manufactured in March of 25.