De-IHS'ed my X2 4400+

[MadCow]

After my DFI board died with the X2 installed, I wanted to see if the CPU was still alive, so I put it in my asus a8r-mvp. Problem was, the cooler retention bracket was already modded for an IHS-less CPU (my old Venice 3500+), I didn't want to take out both boards and swap the brackets, so I decided to just cut the IHS off my X2. I scraped a bit of the green PCB stuff off and nicked one of those chips around the edges , but luckily it still works perfectly. I'm loving this, at stock clocks and volts it never went above 46c load with an AC freezer 64 and a really shitty case with only 1 exhaust fan, on a decently hot day. I think the bracket still needs a bit more trimming, but it's fine for now.

Anybody else have experience with removing their IHS?

 

[choppy]

can this be done to intel's? im thinking abt doing it to an intel celeron 420 ive got lying around

 

[blueskynis]

You should posted some pictures here...

I like to watch naked CPUs

 

[hat]

can this be done to intel's? im thinking abt doing it to an intel celeron 420 ive got lying around

Not LGA775. The cooler won't make contact with the core.

 

[alexp999]

Why do they have IHS' when they operate better without them? NB chipsets are naked.

 

[MadCow]

Why do they have IHS' when they operate better without them? NB chipsets are naked.

Just a safety precaution I think, no chance to crack the core this way if you screw up with mounting a cooler. I remember the socket A days when people kept cracking their CPUs, I actually cracked 2 2400+s, but they still worked after that. But then again, sith the new mounting bracket, I don't actually see how you can manage to crack the core unless you really screw up.

And here it is next to my 3500+:

They feel so small and insignificant without that massive IHS.

 

[hat]

Yeah, safety precaution. The chipsets have no IHS cause the heatsinks are all factory installed so there's little chance for human error to creep in and break the core.

 

[alexp999]

Yeah, safety precaution. The chipsets have no IHS cause the heatsinks are all factory installed so there's little chance for human error to creep in and break the core.

Ahh fair enough, I always used to replace TIM (or whatever TF, they put on the chips at the factory) on my mobos, but this one has a fancy heatpipe thing and I'll prob end up breaking it trying to get it off, temps arent too bad anyway.

 

[hat]

Yeah I wouldn't be getting into all that just to change thermal paste.

 

[ascstinger]

I've seen people remove their socket 775 heatspreaders, most are soldered onto the core, but there are ways around it. also, you can either machine a solid heatsink (or waterblock) so part of it is deeper and would contact the core, but the temps arent worth it. on the other hand, the athlons, in which the heatspreader is not in direct contact with the core, see a bigger improvement.