Prommie+P4 Heatspreader yes/no?

[WildKard]

When cooling the P4 with a Prometeia should you

A-Use the p4 as is
B-Use use p4 LAPPED
C- remove the heatspreader DIRECTDIE!

My educate guess would be C as, A would not make perfect contact, and B would just good contact with an extra 1/12th inch of copper in between the cooling and the core

Also ive heard about the p4 heatspeader POPPING off and killing the cpus?!!?

[JCviggen]

A is most recommended, not to f*ck up your warranty...

I wouldnt lap the heatspreader, doesnt make much difference I think.

Removing the heatspreader does give you the best overclock, but you will need to seriously adapt your CPU kit to lower it onto the mainboard. Because if you just remove the heatspreader you will no longer get contact between the evaporator and CPU. You can win 50-100 MHz like this, but keep in mind you need to use a shim to protect the P4's core

just depends how far you wanna go I guess...

[mkleingeld]

If you were to do that, remove the heatspreader, I would be very curious what the result will be. Big respect if it works.

[JCviggen]

Originally posted by mkleingeld
If you were to do that, remove the heatspreader, I would be very curious what the result will be. Big respect if it works.

plenty of people have done that...

I popped the heatspreader off a 2.8, and I gained about 70 MHz, but getting good contact was a §§§§§.

[Tweaked!]

I've seen others remove the heat spreaders in the past, and the outcomes were not worth it. Like Jc said, you'll be lucky to get better than a 100mhz gain. In my opinion, that's not worth the risk or effort.

[ctgilles]

oh, you could buy a 3.06, take a bad 1.60A and switch heatspreaders... will work 100% :D even with a 90° CW twist in it :D (yeah, saw it too late :))
it'll take a bit longer, but think, 2 3.06 :D
heh, JC :sarc:

ontopic now: it's good, but getting the coldplate right is one §§§§ of a job :mad: or run it w/o hs, possible, but my guess is it'll hang sometimes :)

[PiLsY]

No heatspreader on gives hotspots on the cpu. You need some sort of coldplate to retain stability and prevent cpu death :). Believe me - I know ;).

PiLsY.

[petervandamned]

when i look at my heatspreader and the core it seems there is not that great contact ? this is a 3,06

i was thinking of making the heatspreader much thinner