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Ryzen 9 9950X3D delidded and pushed to nearly 6 GHz with direct die cooling

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A Redditor successfully removed the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D's Integrated Heat Spreader (IHS) using an unusual method involving a clothes iron and fishing line. Read more...
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Ryzen 9 9950X3D delidded and overclocked to nearly 6 GHz by first timer

Last Updated on April 1, 2025 The AMD Ryzen 9950X3D is AMD's most recent addition to the X3D lineup. CPUs with the X3D suffix have proven popular with PC gaming enthusiasts thanks to additional 3D V-Cache. Some users have managed to get even more performance out of these chips, resulting in some incredible figures. Processors ...

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Ryzen 9 9950X3D Delidded With Clothes Iron And Fishing Line Flirts With 6GHz

Back when AMD's Ryzen 7000 processors first came out, enthusiasts theorized that the extra-thick heatspreader used on Socket AM5 CPUs—required to maintain AMD heatsink compatibility that extends all the way back to Socket AM2—would harm cooling performance. Enthusiasts quickly popped the top on some AMD chips and found that, yeah, it does.

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Ryzen 9 9950X3D delidded and pushed to nearly 6 GHz with direct die cooling

A Redditor successfully removed the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D's Integrated Heat Spreader (IHS) using an unusual method involving a clothes iron and fishing line. Read more...

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