Intel IHS removal... Any reason boiling water couldn't be used?

[Methylphenidate]

I hate to do this to you guys, but I do not have my idle/load numbers from before my experiment. I can guesstimate that I got about 5C off my load numbers and almost nothing off my idle numbers as read by core temp. Overall whether you're better off lapping or removing IHS is totally up to you. I honestly don't think this is that much riskier, and they both void your warranty. This gives slightly better results by a couple degrees (I'm using an APOGEE, under better water, the difference might be more pronounced), but the choice is up to each individual user. I'd love to see other people try this and report their results though. I have an X6800, but I don't know if I can remove the IHS on this one because it might need to go back where it came from.


It looks like this was moved to help and support... Weird...