Should I lap my IHS?

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Uluquai

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Hi,

I can see that my Core2Duo's IHS when pressed upon the "heatkiller" isn't flat at all. In the middle though where the die is below the IHS, it gets perfect contact with the HS. Only the right and left quaters of the IHS have no contact with the HS. Temps aren't bad, but certainly I would appreciate even lower temps. Would you suggest lapping this IHS?
 
No, I wouldn't. That's what thermal paste is for, to transfer heat even when the cooler and cpu aren't touching each other. If your temps are fine, why would you even cosider it? No point in getting obsessed with low temps. If it's stable, it's stable. After you've lapped the IHS, you'll go for water cooling, after water cooling comes compressor cooling, after that comes liquid nitrogen. Where will it end? Just be happy with your stable system and don't go messing with it. If it aint broken, why try to fix it, right?
 
If you overclock, lapping the ihs is a must imo.
took me about 15min to do mine.
 
SuperKeijo said:
No, I wouldn't. That's what thermal paste is for, to transfer heat even when the cooler and cpu aren't touching each other. If your temps are fine, why would you even cosider it? No point in getting obsessed with low temps. If it's stable, it's stable. After you've lapped the IHS, you'll go for water cooling, after water cooling comes compressor cooling, after that comes liquid nitrogen. Where will it end? Just be happy with your stable system and don't go messing with it. If it aint broken, why try to fix it, right?
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this is the WRONG forum for that advice...haha
 
Hehe thnx for your advices. Currently I'm running @3,7GHz with 1,47VCore.
Idle: 30°
21h Orthos: 57°
never had such great temperatures on a Core2Duo
I'm just worried I could mess things up if I lap!Can it really get even better?
 
maybe by a degree or two...thats about it. i got a little bit better temps when i lapped my HSF and could still come down a bit more if i did the IHS...but since my proc is retail...i dunno if i wanna void that warranty for just a couple degrees.
 
Ok, thank you ;)

I'll just wait and see how hogh temps are going to be in summer and then decide.
Thnx!
 
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