Opteron 185 IHS Removal! + pics :) :)

[mandelore]

yeah its a bit of a risk to do, and I only resorted to this due to a bad stepping, as a sort of last resort, as my previous opty performed very well @ 3ghz with decent temperatures, so i wouldnt have really been needing to remove its IHS tbh

 

[mandelore]

Yeah man that's what i'm talking about. So it's not only the temps that make i worth to do. but it comes in pair with the voltage drop. Very nice indeed.

But i am not planning to do that on my new X2 4000 how tempting it is.
I'm still thinking of doing it with my 3700. But i can use the cash that i can get for it to.. And not only the cash for the cpu but also for the mobo and ram.

But a second rig would be cool.

oh, and good luck with ur new rig mate

 

[technicks]

Thanks. I really can't wait. I'm like a little kid right now, waiting for his birthday.

 

[mandelore]

Thanks. I really can't wait. I'm like a little kid right now, waiting for his birthday.

hehehe, yeah its cool getting a new piece of technology for yer rig. Even more when your getting a system overhaul or a new rig

 

[rhythmeister]

Nice guide, shame the links from that overclockers club page don't work! I've been thinking about it myself for this 3700 Sandy but my temp's are decent enough I think and I may go 3800 x2 again cos they're cheap as chips now

 

[technicks]

Yeah i slowly upgraded so it would be not such a big dig in the old wallet.

 

[rhythmeister]

Where does that liquid pro TIM hail from?

 

[mandelore]

Well... I think the removal of the IHS from this stepping opty 185 has remidied most of its issues, but a bad stepping is a bad stepping.

I could not get the processor stable at 3026Ghz with 11x multiplyer even when i pumped 1.58 Volts into it, which resulted in the temperatures soaring to 40+

I mean i "could" maybe if i kept upping the voltage which i can do on my volt modded mobo, but being honest, for a few extra Mhz on the core, the phenomanal voltage increase required just isnt worth it. I may try another multiplyer, or even the extra voltage, but running at

2970Mhz @ 1.25V is far better than 3026Mhz @ 1.6ish + volts with much higher temperatures

ahh well, maybe i could have on a better stepping, but i dont think its bad what i have got out of a sucky stepping. I can live with that (well not happily, but nowt I can do about that )

 

[technicks]

Well i think it's quit a improvement. Nice job.

 

[Boneface]

Ive done it to 2 of my amds and on the 64 2800+ it dropped temps alot and let me go from 1.8ghz to 2.5 stable but when i did it to my 64 3200 i still got the temp drops but didnt help at all for overclocking. So it doesnt always work the way u want it to, But at least u get the temp drops which is always good

 

[mandelore]

Where does that liquid pro TIM hail from?

you can get it from here

http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=351

or

http://www.xoxide.com/coollaboratory-liquidmetal-thermal-interface-material.html

 

[Tatty_Two]

I might have a few beers tonite (for courage) and give it a go on my E4300

 

[mandelore]

I might have a few beers tonite (for courage) and give it a go on my E4300

haha, good luck, i had a beer during my attempt too!

was bleedin worrie when i came to remove the cap, incase i had chopped an ic/capacitor thingy off

Edit: oh yeah, check out ur retention mechanism incase it needs modifying etc, nuthin worse than removing ur IHS only to find ur cooler wont reach the chip

 

[WarEagleAU]

you can remove the black or white retention guard around the chip. I did that for my AMD opty for my water cooling setup. Still have the retention plate on the bottom. I Wonder if this would be a wise thing to try on my Opty 165 CCBBE stepping?

How did you get your volts to go that low??? My lowest setting on my Abit AT8 3200X CFX mobo only has default proc voltage as the lowest? Maybe I Should burn my cpu in from this afternoon til tomorrow afternoon and make it nice and toasty.

 

[mandelore]

you can remove the black or white retention guard around the chip. I did that for my AMD opty for my water cooling setup. Still have the retention plate on the bottom. I Wonder if this would be a wise thing to try on my Opty 165 CCBBE stepping?

How did you get your volts to go that low??? My lowest setting on my Abit AT8 3200X CFX mobo only has default proc voltage as the lowest? Maybe I Should burn my cpu in from this afternoon til tomorrow afternoon and make it nice and toasty.

my mobo allows the lowest cpu voltage to be 0.8 volts

only reason i needed the retention bracket left on was for the neoprene gasket seal, which sandwiches either side of the bracket.

Id imagine u may get some benefit from doing it on ur opty 165, but again , personal choice as risk is somewhat high

 

[d44ve]

how does taking off the IHS allow you to use less voltage for the OC though?

 

[d44ve]

I might have a few beers tonite (for courage) and give it a go on my E4300

hell, I will buy the beer if you do... I wanna do it to my e6600, but wayyyyyyy to scared to do that

 

[ex_reven]

is intel or amd planning on improving IHS design?
I havnt seen it change and im curious...

 

[technicks]

hell, I will buy the beer if you do... I wanna do it to my e6600, but wayyyyyyy to scared to do that

The Intell cpu's are way more difficult to do. http://www.legitreviews.com/article/402/2/

No propane torch is coming near my cpu. lol

 

[WarEagleAU]

rofl. So you got the lower volt settings, doing a volt mod. Yeah, I Dont think I could do that to my motherboard.

 

[d44ve]

The Intell cpu's are way more difficult to do. http://www.legitreviews.com/article/402/2/

No propane torch is coming near my cpu. lol

Oh see they did it! It didnt work afterwards.... but I think I am differant and it will work for me. I will just pray really hard before hand

 

[d44ve]

Still kinda curious though..... how does removing the IHS allow you to run lower voltages though?

 

[KillZone]

yeah, had to cut some spacer brackets on the pelt block to get proper contact, or im certain id have boiled my cores haha, well i can laugh now coz its all over and done with i bent 1 pin, but it was only slightly and easily fixed.
What sort of temps did u end up with btw?

I think Idle was around 22C with the water setup. Thats in the winter, it will be higher in the summer . On startup it was around 19 C

 

[KillZone]

Hell yeah!!!!!!

removing the IHS has made a universe of difference, and im still just in the middle of overclocking

Previously, i needed 1.55-1.6V to get around 3Ghz overclock, which resulted under load of temperatures around 60/65 on core0 and 50ish on Core1

Now: at just 1.25V i can get a whopping 2970Mhz oc

and the load temperatures are shown in the core temp pic below

a huge 35ish Degree C drop in temperatures on core0 and 33ish drop on core1 under load for a similar overclock, thats just insane!!!
I therefore have major headroom for further overclocking (i hope) especially with those temperatures. damn, now if i had done this on my previous better stepping 185 opty...

Obviously the IHS on your processor was making very poor contact.

 

[Ketxxx]

Bad mand.. makes me want to butcher my CPU to see if I can hit 3.1GHz cos the wee chip can do up to 2.9 on 1.47v.. again bad mand