Sunday's project

[$alvador]

UPDATED 07/18/11

took my loop apart again this sunday to add a NB block, couldn't find AS5 at the store so I tried out some MX-4 TIM and don't notice much difference but whatev. CPU at 4.5ghz now, FSB at 475... need moarrrrr

before anyone says shit about cable management keep in mind i have 5 physical drives, 2 pumps and 6 fans that need power

 

[47]

good stuff man. i love oc shit.

what thermal compound u use ?

 

[wh1te]

47 wants your thermal compound salv

 

[47]

im gonna use it for lube to rape white


edit: lapping cpu = extreme shady territory. id be concerned about metal dust. not for me lol

 

[$alvador]

I always use Arctic Silver 5. Doesn't "cure" (dry out) like the garbage white stuff so it can still be reused.

I was wet-sanding the CPU so no dust went into the air, but since I did it out in the park there was a lot of sun drying out the water so it was more like wet and dry. Either way, both nickel and copper are fairly dense so I wouldn't worry about inhaling anything. You should see how machinists fuck with aluminum!

 

[47]

<--- metal worker/machinist. i was more worried about metal dust getting on the "business side" of the chip.


i also use arctic silver 5, that makes us bros ! metallic compound = bait central. i was shitting bricks when i was applying it to my $350 chip. tinted cooler and cpu then applied in a line. why does the noctua-12 cooler has a ribbed base and not mirror !?!?!? i raged.

 

[$alvador]

why does the noctua-12 cooler has a ribbed base and not mirror !?!?!? i raged.

so the chip can feel it more

yeah a lot of crap found its way onto the chip terminals but i cleaned it off with rubbing alcohol before using, it was no big deal

 

[47]

thank god for pinless chips,eh !?

 

[$alvador]

bump

 

[impruv]

I have some IC Diamond 7 if anyone wants! $5 :)

 

[47]

i read this on a extremeoverclockers once: if it aint broken, fix it until it is

 

[$alvador]

yea that's pretty much what it's come down to. Can't let all this cooling go to waste!