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Just getting ready to put my ThermalRight SI-120 on new mobo

BonzaiDuck

BonzaiDuck

Lifer
EXCERPT: ORIGINAL E-MAIL TO THERMALRIGHT TECH-SUPPORT:

Can I lap-sand the bottom of the SI-120 heatsink base with 400-wet-or-dry sandpaper and water?

Please confirm. I?m getting ready to install it, and I?ve been debating about this final step before I go forward.

RESPONSE FROM THERMALRIGHT:
Hi,

DO NOT LAP!! The nickel coating allows for the soldering of the various parts that make up the SI-120. What is important is that the base be flat, in the old days we did not have heat spreaders between our heatsinks and the core of the CPU's, thus the base was more critical.

For Thermalright,

Bob
 
I didn't bother with the XP-120 last year, and it didn't matter -- the earlier model cools better than anything I know of.

But my curiosity got the best of me, and I thought I'd try replacing a Northwood with a Prescott (when I should've just sprung for an AMD-compatible board and started next year's project early).

Given the fact that it is even more imperative that this new model work up to its reported capabilities, I was keen to go after "the last grain of rice" before I put a rice-grain of Arctic Silver and started grunting and straining with the tedium of getting the clips seated. (Nothing, really.)

I had the mobo and processor with the SI-120 sitting on the coffee-table on anti-static wrap. I was thinking I'd lap the base. Looked at it closely, notices these fine scratches from the milling -- just like my earlier XP-120 -- and thought about the nickel-plating, what someone else had said here earlier (" . . .it doesn't matter . . ."), and just had an intuitive inclination to send TR's tech-support an e-mail. It could've taken 24, 48 -- even 72 hours. By that time, there was a 60 to 80% chance I would finally have decided to get out the 400-wet-or-dry and just say "what the hey . . "

I was just about to get started when the e-mail came in.

I sent "Bob" a note about his being "a life-saver." 😀
 
Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
Let us know what ya think...

I got my PSU is today....
So Now I have to pull the XP120 out of the case to install the PSU!!
I could probably leave the XP120 in the case...but just to be safe!

http://www.pcpowercooling.com/products/viewproduct.php?show=T51DX

Plus now I can also concentrate on making even more tidy my wiring job!!

Come on over to my post and have a cookie on the house!! 🙂
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=37&threadid=1695614&enterthread=y
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Dude... that had absolutely nothing to do with Bonzai's post.
 
Gramatically speaking what JEDI said concerning the arrival of the PSU arriving and what BonzaiDuck said about getitng his stuff are both relevant to this thread!

If I didn`t know better I would say you only post when you had an opportunity to flame somebody!

I gave been reading these forums for a few weeks now and I don`t see you contributing anything relevant to these threads.

Peace
 
Originally posted by: Zarubable
Gramatically speaking what JEDI said concerning the arrival of the PSU arriving and what BonzaiDuck said about getitng his stuff are both relevant to this thread!

If I didn`t know better I would say you only post when you had an opportunity to flame somebody!

I gave been reading these forums for a few weeks now and I don`t see you contributing anything relevant to these threads.

Peace
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😕

Paleguy has been really helpful to me, and I'm sure he's a good person in general. You on the other hand, need to understand the meaning of an exclamatory statement. By ending all your sentences with the infamous "!", you come off as very juvenile.
 
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