Yes, you can test your CPU without heatsink as long as you leave the bios CPU settings to default so that the motherboard will shut down automatically once it reach to limit.
Thermal compound come with manufacture heatsink are craps and not all the thermal compound are the same. Some are higher quality then others, as of right now, AS5 or Arctic Cooling MX-2 are the best. Also, I have a P5k Deluxe with E8400 and it works fine with my old bios 603 (newest 705...
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