• Thermal Grizzly pops the top on Ryzen 7 9850X3Ds for you, charges eyewatering premium for delidded chips - almost double the cost of a regular model, comes with its own warranty They don’t come cheap, but TG is picking up warranty service, so it’s a more sensible option than it looks. • Get Tom’s Hardware’s best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. • You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Folks who follow hardware might recall that, right about a year ago, Thermal Grizzly started selling delidded Ryzen 7 9800X3D processors for a small markup. • These CPUs are functionally identical to the chips sold by AMD - indeed, they were chips sold by AMD to begin with - except that they’ve had their Integrated Heatspreaders (IHS) removed. • Well, if the Ryzen 7 9800X3D isn’t good enough for you anymore, you can now pick up a Ryzen 7 9850X3D with the top popped for a bit extra. • It makes more sense than you think, even at the eye-watering prices the company is asking.
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- Thermal Grizzly has expanded its delidded‑CPU line, now offering the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Intel Core Ultra 9 285K with the integrated heat spreader removed. Prices start at $794 for the 9800X3D and rise to $1,169 for the 9950X3D, roughly double the cost of the stock chips. Each unit comes with a USB drive detailing the testing protocol, a microscope image, and a 24‑month warranty (first year covering most failures except user damage or over‑clocking beyond AMD/Intel limits). The company markets the parts as ideal for direct‑die cooling solutions, though the stock heat spreader must not be used.
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