Where most would buy a dedicated water block for their processor, crafty Chinese YouTuber octppus machined a cold plate directly from their CPU's IHS, via UNIKO's Hardware at X. Testing this approach to yield tangible data required some rather unwieldy strategies, like drawing water from a bucket to ensure a controlled environment. While the idea of carving a water block from your IHS seems ingenious, it carries the obvious risk of destroying your CPU and presents some quirky thermal characteristics.
