Here's the ingredients. Quad 6700, Gigabyte X48-DS4, 4 Gig G.Skill DDR 1066, Thermaltake Big Typhoon XV cooler. And Western Digital 750Gig hard drive.
First off lapping the CPU. Before and after.
Easy enough with wet 2000 grit sandpaper.
Next the cooler.
Took a hell of a lot longer...