@ Ace-a-Rue, or someone else that has done the heatpipe TIM job: I'll be getting my Q6600 tomorrow and thought that while I swap chips I may as well take the board out of my case and do the v-droop mod and remount the heatpipe assembly with a better TIM. (pwm temps are good on mine, but the nb contact looks sketchy) Just a quick question on that so I can be prepared for the job. I inferred from your post about the TIM not melting that the stock stuff is a thermal tape or something of that nature and not a paste. Is that correct?