Hi all,

I have read with interest some discussion of these CPUs. It is fairly noticeable that most of these CPUs seem to run with high load temps when overclocked to around their limit. Most people seem to be able to hit 3.2ghz fairly easily, then hit a FSB wall where vcore increase doesn't help much. That's exactly what I experienced with mine. Anyway...

What I would like to discuss here is how many people are considering and possibly have already removed the IHS on these CPUs? To me it seems easier and a lot less time, effort and bother than lapping, as lapping often doesn't give the desired results after a lot of work. I have seen that it seems all of these e21XX series CPUs come with a differetn IHS "seal" to other more highend CPUs which affects their load temps. Other more costly CPUs tend to have their IHS soldered on around the sides, where as these are not and are able to be removed.

Is the IHS removal on these pretty much the same as you would do with other CPUs? I removed a couple of socket 939 CPU IHS's. I am also interested in how it affects heatsink block mounting. Is a make up shim required and does it affect the stability of the CPU being held in the socket bracket clamp? Are the cores able to take pressure without IHS ok?


Many thanks for discussion on this matter.