German overclocker and enthusiast Roman “der8auer” Hartung has successfully delidded a couple of AMD’s latest generation Ryzen Threadripper processors, including the 3970X and 3960X. He then cleaned them up, applied thermal paste, and was successful in getting them to boot into Windows and run through Cinebench, though there were some hitches

Source: Hot Hardware – AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X, 3970X Meet Scalpel For Zen 2 Delidding Operation