I advise against this. Once I heard the word epoxy I stopped messing around for two reasons.Originally Posted by g0dM@n
1. damage
2. the concern has always been surface contact. I removed many an IHS on single core processors and found obvious problems, Dual Core is another story as the surfce area has a more complex architecture beneath it. In that case an IHS is a good thing because it's epoxied on there. The following statement is undeniably true: if you could solder your IHS or exposed core to your baseplate (albeit a water-block or air-cooler) you would get better temps then removing th IHS and using thermal paste.
When we removed Prescott IHS we found (as expected) a low quality thermal paste (Compared to AS5) and in some cases there was so much paste it was akin to throwing a blanket over the core because it acted as an insulator. Once that was cleaned yes there was better temps, but not in every case because some people had not prepared the surface correctly or the IHS made better contact then the core to the baseplate.
My point is this, it's not worth losing your warranty. I would bet anyone I could take their system and for the same amount of money ($0) improve the cooling without going to that measure. In most cases just removing your dam radiator and washing 3-months of dust out of it will drop temps 10C. I know it's not as fun as playing with tha CPU but it's necessary. Removing your IHS is optional.
Anyay as you can see below the processor is being stress tested at 100% LOAD using S&M, cooled by Swiftech's APEX Ultra system Dual Core radiator my E6400 running at 8x405FSB on the P5W DH 1.30Vcore and only 37C, actually CoreTemp s probably more accurate so we'll say 40C still pretty da goo when some people are at 60C at these speeds under LOAD some even at IDLE!
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