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Mrvile

Mrvile

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Oct 16, 2004
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Originally posted by: housecat
i dont even do that stupid baggy and AS trick..

i just put a pea sized amount of AS on the core, slap the HS on and go.

and yes, I OC. makes no damn difference. maybe 1C or 2C.. woot. :thumbsdown:
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My hero.
 
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Brutuskend

Lifer
Apr 2, 2001
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Originally posted by: housecat
i dont even do that stupid baggy and AS trick..

i just put a pea sized amount of AS on the core, slap the HS on and go.

and yes, I OC. makes no damn difference. maybe 1C or 2C.. woot. :thumbsdown:
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:Q

Man, that's WAY too much!

I bought a system from someone on here years ago that couldn't get it running stable. When I pulled it apart, it had about a half a tube of heatsink compound on it. I cleaned it up, lapped everything and put it back together with a (SMALL) amount of AS and it ran like a dream!
 
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sciencewhiz

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Jun 30, 2000
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Originally posted by: WobbleWobble
I haven't checked, but I would think the thermal resistance of stuff like AS5 to be good enough to effectively transfer heat as well as heatsink itself.
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Even if AS5 had a better thermal conductivity then the heatsink, the fact that it is there causes lower overall thermal conductivity.
 
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Howard

Lifer
Oct 14, 1999
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Originally posted by: sciencewhiz
Originally posted by: WobbleWobble
I haven't checked, but I would think the thermal resistance of stuff like AS5 to be good enough to effectively transfer heat as well as heatsink itself.
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Even if AS5 had a better thermal conductivity then the heatsink, the fact that it is there causes lower overall thermal conductivity.
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Thermal compound is way better than air at conducting heat.
 
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everman

Lifer
Nov 5, 2002
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Nope, AS and effective use of fans works just find. I don't recall any lapped heatsink research...*runs off to google*
 
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Conky

Lifer
May 9, 2001
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AS3 is the shiznit.

And I no lap nuttin.

I find AS3 to work better than thatn AS5.
 
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Eli

Super Moderator | Elite Member
Oct 9, 1999
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I would if I had a piece of plate glass.

What're these lapping kits someone was talking about?
 
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housecat

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Oct 20, 2004
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Originally posted by: Mrvile
Originally posted by: housecat
i dont even do that stupid baggy and AS trick..

i just put a pea sized amount of AS on the core, slap the HS on and go.

and yes, I OC. makes no damn difference. maybe 1C or 2C.. woot. :thumbsdown:
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My hero.
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TY TY.

And this is the original Arctic Silver noobz. From my socketA Athlon 700 Tbird.
Ya, its still good.

I wouldnt even be using AS prob if I didnt have it, just ceramic paste.. then I'd OC more just to see that 1C increase to piss you AS-freaks off.
 
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notfred

Lifer
Feb 12, 2001
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I did that when I was a 15 year-old idiot, before I realized it's not beneficial for anything.
 
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dderidex

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Mar 13, 2001
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AS5 >>>> AS3 (or any other)

And I don't lap HSFs - I tend to just stick with brands that don't need it (Zalman CNPS7000 on the CPU at the moment).

I HAVE lapped graphics card *cores* down, though. Pretty damn often before everybody started doing flip-chip cores. Back in the day, you really had to lap those suckers down - WAY down - to get decent, flat, contact with the core and any add-on HSF.
 
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ohnnyj

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Dec 17, 2004
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Originally posted by: dderidex
AS5 >>>> AS3 (or any other)

And I don't lap HSFs - I tend to just stick with brands that don't need it (Zalman CNPS7000 on the CPU at the moment).

I HAVE lapped graphics card *cores* down, though. Pretty damn often before everybody started doing flip-chip cores. Back in the day, you really had to lap those suckers down - WAY down - to get decent, flat, contact with the core and any add-on HSF.
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I never knew you could lap a core. I would be worried it would destroy it.
 
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dderidex

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Mar 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: ohnnyj
Originally posted by: dderidex
AS5 >>>> AS3 (or any other)

And I don't lap HSFs - I tend to just stick with brands that don't need it (Zalman CNPS7000 on the CPU at the moment).

I HAVE lapped graphics card *cores* down, though. Pretty damn often before everybody started doing flip-chip cores. Back in the day, you really had to lap those suckers down - WAY down - to get decent, flat, contact with the core and any add-on HSF.
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I never knew you could lap a core. I would be worried it would destroy it.
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Well, you DON'T lap a flip-chip core. The 'core' itself you don't lap (the silver part).

A lot of older cards (GeForce 4 Ti and earlier) had the core on the back of the 'chip' - facing the PCB, and a huge block of black silica on top of it. SERIOUSLY impeded heat dissipation.

Old-style core

Flip-chip core

The one you lap, the other you DO NOT!
 
Drakkon

Drakkon

Diamond Member
Aug 14, 2001
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Every new heatsink i get that doesn't have a mirror finish i take to my little handy electric sander with some 800grit sandpaper and make it pretty and smooth :)
I've noticed it help temps in the 3-5degree range...not much...but i think its worth it
 
Red Dawn

Red Dawn

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Jun 4, 2001
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I have before way back in another lifetime. These days I do as little as possible to get the system running.
 
aircooled

aircooled

Lifer
Oct 10, 2000
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i used to back in my overclocking days, but now I just stick to default speeds. I do buy better aftermarket heatsinks, but i dont lap them anymore.
 
ElFenix

ElFenix

Elite Member
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Mar 20, 2000
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mirror finish heat sink > lapping.


and 'heat sink' is two words.
 
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Brutuskend

Lifer
Apr 2, 2001
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Originally posted by: ElFenix
mirror finish heat sink > lapping.


and 'heat sink' is two words.
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I suspected as much...

Oh well.

I still like to see myself in mine. :)

(I'm CUTE ;) )
 
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BigToque

Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
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I think it just depends on how serious you are wanting to OC.

I'm not such a big fan of putting in effort in trying to make my PC as fast as possible anymore so I wouldn't have any problems running everything at stock speeds.

If I decided I wanted to push everything I had to the limit, I probably would lap everything down. When you are trying to push your CPU just that much further, 2-3 degrees could be the difference between being 95% stable and 100%.
 
Jeff7181

Jeff7181

Lifer
Aug 21, 2002
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Lap the core? Even a bare core like an Athlon XP?????? Or do you mean the IHS?
 
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