[ShrimpBrime]

Originally Posted by MaadDaawg

black plastic casing on the motherboard socket Have no clue what you're talking about I'd leave the socket on anyway, you don't want any movement of the chip and can't think of what removing the socket would gain you?

The pins come through a plastic container that shells the processor.

I mod things. I remove things. I add things. That's why. I've run cpu's in AMD boards with the top part torn off, but I understand that's a different creature.

I'd like to remove it so it doesn't absorb heat. Does that make any sense? No doubt in my mind that's what it does.

The cooling device mounting is plenty pressure to hold it still isn't it?

Oh yea and the screws are super close if not touching my case. I could cut that part out, but the next board may have the Cpu located in a different area and I don't want to hack the motherboard tray up.

So look. The black plasic thing that holds the cpu in place. Not the metal hold down that's flipped up. The black thing is glued on right? No worries? The Cpu should pretty much stay put?

This is NOT an exact picture of MY board. just an example cause mine looks like this one.

[rickss69]

Looks like a lot of work for little gain and lots of pain...

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Originally Posted by ShrimpBrime

The pins come through a plastic container that shells the processor.

I mod things. I remove things. I add things. That's why. I've run cpu's in AMD boards with the top part torn off, but I understand that's a different creature.

I'd like to remove it so it doesn't absorb heat. Does that make any sense? No doubt in my mind that's what it does.

The cooling device mounting is plenty pressure to hold it still isn't it?

Oh yea and the screws are super close if not touching my case. I could cut that part out, but the next board may have the Cpu located in a different area and I don't want to hack the motherboard tray up.

So look. The black plasic thing that holds the cpu in place. Not the metal hold down that's flipped up. The black thing is glued on right? No worries? The Cpu should pretty much stay put?

This is NOT an exact picture of MY board. just an example cause mine looks like this one.

I've removed the metal bracket before with no ill harm, just make sure not to over due when you tighten the block down........................

[ShrimpBrime]

@Philly.... I figured as much. I left the bracket on and decided to play with the cheaper AM3+ stuff instead. NP

And here's a few pictures for ya fellas! This is FX-6100 under my monster 40mm peltier.

The PSU is great for running a TEC. 12v with 30 amps. Upgraded the trickle fan for something that pushes a lot of air to keep the PSU nice and cool. It is in fact louder than the rest of the system now lolz.

Plenty of frost there, should prove the feezy freezingness of the frozen cpu cores.

4ghz is the best I can pull off. The copper plate just isn;t thick enough, but I do plan on testing different thicknesses.