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Armand Karlsen · 01-16-2004, 02:21 AM

I used to have a Northwood 1.8GHz running quite happily at 2.7GHz, but I had to retire it after a botched mod on the heat spreader left it making improper contact with the core. The resulting in temps were 10-20'C too high even when I clocked it back down to 1.8GHz. Is it possible to ditch the heat spreader all together and use a cooler on the bare core of a Northwood 1.8GHz? I've got either the original Intel cooler that came in the PIV retail box, or a Swiftech MCX4000.

01-16-2004, 02:21 AM	#1
Armand Karlsen Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: London-ish, UK Posts: 4	Cooling a Northwood PIV without the heat spreader I used to have a Northwood 1.8GHz running quite happily at 2.7GHz, but I had to retire it after a botched mod on the heat spreader left it making improper contact with the core. The resulting in temps were 10-20'C too high even when I clocked it back down to 1.8GHz. Is it possible to ditch the heat spreader all together and use a cooler on the bare core of a Northwood 1.8GHz? I've got either the original Intel cooler that came in the PIV retail box, or a Swiftech MCX4000.