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I have been reading posts online which say that it is possible to get lower CPU temperatures on motherboards using the above socket by putting washers under the screws holding Intel's CPU retention clip to reduce the pressure they put on the CPU. They reckon that because the clip puts pressure on the CPU in the centre of the long edges that it can cause the heat spreader to bend slightly meaning that it is no longer in intimate contact with the cooler plate as the spreader is slightly concave. Having just purchased an asus motherboard with this socket I can see what they mean. I am wondering whether I could go a stage further and remove the clip altogether and rely on the pressure from the cooler to hold the CPU in its socket. You could hold the CPU in its socket with some sticky tape down the very edges so it doesn't come out with the cooler should you need to remove it. You would obviously not be able to run the PC without the cooler as the tape would not hold the cpu in hard enough. My question is this, would the cooler supply sufficient pressure on the cpu to ensure it made proper contact with all the pins in the socket? Thank you for your help.