IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 28/05/2012

DIY shop in Akihabara to would-be Ivy Bridge modders: we feel your pain
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Here's a heartening story: upon hearing that replacing the thermal grease in your spanking new Ivy Bridge processor will make it run cooler, one DIY shop in Akihabara has taken it upon themselves to show patrons how it's done - by providing a mock-up made of copper for them to practice with, and offering a 1,000 yen (US$13) discount on brand new i7-3770K chips to folks who've damaged their CPUs when they tried to tear off the integrated heat spreader in a real attempt.


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