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Originally Posted by RoboTech
I "could" but: (1) I don't have a spare CPU I'm willing to sacrifice if I screw up and (2) its not really necessary as you can buy them with the IHS already removed (actually never put on) => mobile CPU's.
As BillA pointed out in another thread, the ONLY real purpose for having the IHS is mechanical protection. The copper base of a HSF or waterblock makes a very good heat spreader without introducing another set of thermal boundaries into the mix the way an IHS does.
Agreed, one of the best TRUE tests of waterblock performance is how much of a stable overclock you can get. Who cares what the IHS surface temp is?...  |
Lee,
(3) It will void the AMD warranty on the little, but expensive CPU.
Like I had mentioned at SystemCooling, we should start a RoboTech AMD64 CPU fund raiser to take off the IHS.
The Inquire mentioned that AMD was dropping a chunk of the AMD64 939 cores. So, even the processors in inventory will remain high until they are all gone.
As for the mobil processor without an IHS skin, does that run cooler anyways? Is this the Turion processor that is only 35W?
Lee, you have provided great help this week. Thank you!
Stev