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Old Oct 11, 2012, 06:27 PM   #54
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Well if somebody were to plan on de-lidding/removing fluxless solder I think there should be a planned TIM to be used. Makes no sense to destroy the factory IHS design if an improved method of cooling isn't possible.

Not all CPUs would benefit from de-lidding but IB does because of Intel's poor IHS design.
Most CPU's benefit from delidding. AMD chips do as well and since most have been soldered people have been sanding through them for a while. The trick is to wrap the sandpaper around a small piece of glass to make sure you are sanding nice and level.
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