Quote Originally Posted by uwackme View Post
Umm, I wouold mention, if the core really is soldered, its going to be getting a REALLY good heat conduction contact with the IHS. Much better than with plain old goop under the hood. So it really woouldn't help much going neked vs staying covered.
I agree, I wouldn't go through all that trouble and possibly killing your cpu. Just lap it if you want better temps.