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Removing the IHS on a AMD crazypc

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• amd

[xyvc]

there only in place so people dont crush the proc die... removing them decrease temps usually by 5 C

[noahkungfoo]

Probably so he wouldn't make a mess or so it wouldn't slide all over.

[themassau]

@RavinTekman so blakc edition and other tdp at 125watt and there next high end phenoms at 95 watt (the x4's)

[RavinTekman]

@themassau

usually only for their 'high performance' chips,

the chipset spiked before i could do this though (cheap motherboard with a dangerous combo of NVidia chipset and AMD),

i recently got a 3Ghz all AMD bundle, amd chipset, 3Ghz 64Bit dual core amd cpu and an ati card (AMD owns Ati) therefore i doubt anything can go wrong this time.

except the fact the heat plate is soldered as this is 3Ghz+

[themassau]

@RavinTekman isn't it mostly soldered on so there is excellent conductivity

[doct0rthrill]

i can't stink anything in any of my processor. not enough room. most ihs are glued to the surface of the pcb.

[SeikoPsycho]

Are there any advantages for doing this on a non-overclocked CPU?

Will the decrease in temps improve the CPU's life at all even if it was running at normal temps with the IHS attached?

[RavinTekman]

i wanted to do this so i could put real thermal compound between the spreader and die, not their thermally conductive (insulating) rubber.

[dstefanescu]

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[Ormaaj]

With an ihs, its like a sandwich: processor core -> thermal compound -> IHS -> more thermal compund -> waterblock. What physically rests on the processor core in either case is a flat surface of equal surface area, so cooling performance is improved.

The problem becomes seating the waterblock - where before it was on a larger stable surface, it is now balanced on the smaller processor core and needs to be perfectly flush.

[kpyhere]

Great man!