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Originally posted by sunblade
About Intel's IHS, does anybody think it'd work using the IHS as a baseplate? I mean, remove the IHS, then attach a direct-die block to the heat spreader and reapply the heat spreader with thermal epoxy?
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I probably don't understand your question correctly, but the way I interpret it, you want to remove the IHS, use it as the base of a poly-topped block, then reattach it?
I would say you're just adding another poor thermal interface at that point with the thermal epoxy, since you are replacing Intel's thermal paste/epoxy with a different kind that is quite possibly of lower quality, and I doubt you could mount the IHS as well as they did.
It does make sense to me to remove the IHS, though. I had a great boost in my ability to cool my old K6-2 when I de-capped it; I doubt the P4 is much different in that respect (removing two thermal interfaces which are _not_ flat, b/c of the serials, etc...).