This is how you can remove your ihs from your cpu. Warning this voids your warrenty and can brake your cpu. Do this at your own risk!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Overclock, overvolt and mod at your discretion, if you break something it is your fault, and yours alone. If you can't handle it buy a Dell.
this is the cpu i will be dissecting, a 3000+ athlon 64
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you will need a razor
in this picture take the razor and slide into the slite gap were the ihs and silicon meet. Do not do a sawing motion just push it along
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only put the razor in as deep as in this picture
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after going alongthe edges twist the ihs slighlty and pull and it should come right off if it doesnt you can use a hair dryer to warm up the rubber that holds down the ihs and make it easier to remove
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taking the ihs off makes temps better and overclocking better becuase there is no metal to ruin the contact between the heatsink and cpu die, but taking the ihs off also lowers the cpu so you might need to modify the socket holder
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and now your ready to overclock to the true limits of your cpu and have better temps
here are some air cooling heatsinks that work with a naked cpu:
zalman
tt big typhoon
ZALMAN CNPS9500 (works with modified screws)
the stock cooler can be moded to work with a cpu with removed ihs
the bracket has 4 little bumps in (1 in each corner) of the corner of the plastic, these can be sawed off or dremeld off to make the entire bracket an even level
(thx ribbon and racinjimy)
Overclock, overvolt and mod at your discretion, if you break something it is your fault, and yours alone. If you can't handle it buy a Dell.
this is the cpu i will be dissecting, a 3000+ athlon 64
pic1
pic2
you will need a razor
in this picture take the razor and slide into the slite gap were the ihs and silicon meet. Do not do a sawing motion just push it along
pic4
only put the razor in as deep as in this picture
pic5
pic6
after going alongthe edges twist the ihs slighlty and pull and it should come right off if it doesnt you can use a hair dryer to warm up the rubber that holds down the ihs and make it easier to remove
pic7
taking the ihs off makes temps better and overclocking better becuase there is no metal to ruin the contact between the heatsink and cpu die, but taking the ihs off also lowers the cpu so you might need to modify the socket holder
pic8
and now your ready to overclock to the true limits of your cpu and have better temps
here are some air cooling heatsinks that work with a naked cpu:
zalman
tt big typhoon
ZALMAN CNPS9500 (works with modified screws)
the stock cooler can be moded to work with a cpu with removed ihs
the bracket has 4 little bumps in (1 in each corner) of the corner of the plastic, these can be sawed off or dremeld off to make the entire bracket an even level
(thx ribbon and racinjimy)