Lapped my CPU IHS and HSF! And it rocks

fallenzeraphine

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    henderson said:
    that's risky, you might not have a chance to sell it to a good price once you lapped it

    yeah i know..then again i never sold anything i bought...i still have all PCS i ever bought with me all completely intact lmao...all 4 of them
     

    fallenzeraphine

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    henderson said:
    :P well, you might wanna put up a museum. I do not keep old crap, I sell them or throw away burned stuff.

    actually i still use them to various things, im hoping to make a seed box out of my old K6-2 system, one is connected to the Dialog SAT tV, one is with my GF (Athlon 64 3200+) lol etc etc
     

    blood_brotha

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    fallenzeraphine said:
    OK guys finally I lapped both my CPU IHS (Effectively removing any warrenty it has, considering its less than one year old :dull:) and the HSF, the results are quite impressive, my temps dropped a whopping 10C under load, (all this using a cheap ass Silicone TIM i got for 250 bucks, mind u its not the avarage ceramic TIM..i think this one is quite good),
    I used :

    Sand papers Grit 150, 350, 1200
    Little pice of glass
    A Razor blade (to see how flat the IHS, HSF surface and to spread the TIM)

    what i noticed is the IHS of my cpu is curved, the edges are higher than the center of the IHS, so I lapped and made it perfectly flat, and did the same to the HSF, applied a thin layer of TIM, and violah its done, all took me about three hours

    Yesterday when i checked using prime during mid day, the Ambient temp was 35 and after half an hour T-junction went to a damn hot 78C, but after lapping with even higher Ambient temp to day the temps are 67-68C

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    Lap away guys lol..it really makes a lot of difference

    wont do any gud for my crap clawhammer