gmat
the IHS is a completely different situation
it is convex by design, intended to deform under load and to apply that load to the TIM joint on the opposite side
my (quite individual) opinion is that before I would lap an Intel IHS, I would simply remove it
- but I have heard the P4 chips are not so robust as the AMD ones, the latter being designed for the direct application of the load
the IHS is not what its name suggests, it is a crush protection package
and you are quite correct about the 'issue' of bp flexing wrt all these 'thin' designs becoming popular
keep an eye on JoeC's "Roundup" on OC, some info on this will be coming up in a couple of weeks
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