has anyone taken the ihs off an Opteron?

[smopoim86]

I was wondering if anyone had experience taking the ihs off the processor and if it made any temp difference.

 

[Shimmishim]

Yes. I have off of 2.

My temps dropped by about 8C's.

one chip i gained nothing in terms of overclock.

another chip i gained 100 mhz.

 

[Keysplayr]

Is it really worth the risk? These chips run cool as it is don't they? I'd hate to see you crack your core inadvertantly while putting on your hsf. I think that was the main reason for the heatspreader in the first place. Too many people cracking their cores.

 

[TrevorRC]

Just push down
That'll give you better contact; and you have [as much] of a risk of crushing the core.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: TrevorRC
Just push down
That'll give you better contact; and you have [as much] of a risk of crushing the core.

What are you talking about?

 

[Shimmishim]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
Is it really worth the risk? These chips run cool as it is don't they? I'd hate to see you crack your core inadvertantly while putting on your hsf. I think that was the main reason for the heatspreader in the first place. Too many people cracking their cores.

some chips run hotter than others but it's hard to say why.

i haven't cracked a core yet but i don't use a normal hsf. i'm using a waterblock so no problems or issues (at least) with cracking the core.

 

[Keysplayr]

Ok, but I thought the guy should at least be aware of that danger.

 

[smopoim86]

I'm going to watercool and thought it would be good to have as little resistance as possible. I'm probably going to wait until the new video cards come out to build. I want to wait for directX 10/direct3D 10. (I'm also fairly broke right now)