SL6WU IHS Removed! 4Ghz...

[nikhsub1]

Call me crazy and stupid I hate IHS's, the just are awful for cooling. I bought Fuzion's 12 cap SL6WU that did 3.9Ghz barely on my water setup. On my 2.6C, I have also removed the IHS over a year ago. The temp drop on the 3.0 that I just removed the IHS on was more like 10C, no joke! I think the thermal paste between the IHS and the core was bad... I knew there was a chance that the IHS would not come off at all, but it did. I would NOT try this on the new Z steppings or the 30 cap CPU's as I believe those IHS's are somehow soldered to the core. Anyway, I haven't tried any higher yet, but this was pretty stable... won't be able to do much testing til next week.

 

[nikhsub1]

OMG!

 

[Sophisticated]

very nice OC..what r ur temps

 

[nikhsub1]

very nice OC..what r ur temps

At 3.9 and 1.65V with 2 instances of FAH running at about a 27C ambient my core temps are reported at 39C

 

[Sophisticated]

nice n cool how i like it....any stability problems???

 

[JDXNC]

Now that ought to push out the gromacs like mad Good work Nik!

 

[krag]

Man sometimes I hate the forums! (not really)

The carrot is dangeling just...just...out of reach...a little more...try a bit more harder....crap it topped out at 240fsb


Ohh, uuhh, where was I? Oh yeah, nikhsub1 you are the OC forums GOD!

 

[LtBlue14]

that is NICE man
how's that 1.1ghz fsb workin out for you?

it's not stable at 4.1ghz is it??

 

[Sophisticated]

that's what i wanna know ltblue...

 

[scanido]

Great overclock!

From the three 3.0C's I had, I did notice the 12 cap core getting a tad bit hotter than the 30 cap. It might just be the way I mounted my waterblock. Just one of the observations I made.

 

[nikhsub1]

that is NICE man
how's that 1.1ghz fsb workin out for you?

it's not stable at 4.1ghz is it??

Hell no! But it is so far at 3.9 running 2 instances of FAH. I may be able to get 4Ghz stable with some luck.

 

[KK_Disco]

thats very nice OC you got there Nikhsub1!!
good luck on 4Ghz. stable.

 

[FIZZ3]

Nice. Kind of a shame that the newer steppings have the unremovable IHS. A mature stepping of a 3.4C with the IHS removed and properly watercooled would be the ideal candidate for maximum Northwood performance in a hassle-free system.

 

[(HR)Titan]

At 3.9 and 1.65V with 2 instances of FAH running at about a 27C ambient my core temps are reported at 39C

u are so lucky
nice ocing

 

[dudleycpa]

What memory are you using?

Congrats. Incredible o/c.

 

[nikhsub1]

What memory are you using?

Congrats. Incredible o/c.

Twinmos with BH-5 modules... will only do about 240 1:1 though. I have some adata 4000 coming to test out.

 

[Fuzion]

Glad to see that chip worked out good for you. I was wondering how it was doing.

Good Job, and keep us posted.

 

[coachphil5]

How did you go about removing the IHS?

 

[nikhsub1]

How did you go about removing the IHS?

With a straight edge razor blade. I don't recommend doing this unless you are prepared to totally blow your warranty and risk killing your CPU either removing the IHS or crushing the core with your HSF. On the Z steppings and all 30 cap CPU's the IHS won't come off anyway.

 

[sandman001]

why not give it 1.7V? might get you closer to 4ghz.