"What is most interesting is that we now have some information about how badly the IHS affects temperatures! Testing with the ancient Maze3 on an Athlon64 chip with an IHS shows that it performs nearly as well as a modern Storm WB! That is, within 1C. See this post by Lee. Quite informative!"
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shown was the effect of Lee's technique, to which you have nothing to compare
sorry, enough only for me to say more and better is needed
by what soaring leap of the imagination was it concluded that temps in the center are the same as the edge ?
or that the extent of compression would be the same ?
anyone recall this image ? the 'range' at the edge is 0, 100% compression if you would
it is simple and correct to observe that temps are reduced by removing an IHS, and it is generally held/true that lower temps will boost the OC (sometimes ?)
for enthusiasts whose goal is OCing it would seem AMD products are mandated if removing the IHS intended
no controversy