Originally Posted by Blitzen 
The Wolfdale is supposed to be cooler.
Do Intel or Scan claim that anywhere? If so, and you can prove that it's not actually cooler, you might have some leverage there.
The whole HSF thing surprises me.. only in that Intel seemingly are ok with third party coolers. My retail AMD came with very clear warranty instructions that said the warranty was void with anything other than AMDs retail HSF and thermal paste.
Which kind of makes sense in that the warranty can't know how good the third party cooler is and AMD don't seem to have a certification program that classes certain coolers, pastes and installation engineers as meeting their standards.