Heatsink lapping and chassis painting.

[m3talc0re]

I'll but shutting my computer down in a few minutes. I'm going to remove everything from my case and I'm going to paint the inside of my case gloss black. While doing that, I'm also going to lap my heatsink and see if it'll help the temps any. I'll post pics when I'm done (before and after).

[Darth Shaidar]

How do you plan on lapping the 'sink and which 'sink do you have? What are you clocking your X2 at now and what are current temps?

[VW_Factor]

Why are you painting the inside of the case black? If you are going for looks go ahead, or whatever. However if you are expecting a drop in temperature because black has greater thermal transfer properties, you are likely going to be disappointed.

[Uber_Tiny]

Why are you painting the inside of the case black? If you are going for looks go ahead, or whatever. However if you are expecting a drop in temperature because black has greater thermal transfer properties, you are likely going to be disappointed.

I think he was going for looks.

[m3talc0re]

Lmfao, yeah, the black paint is purely aesthetic.

How do you plan on lapping the 'sink and which 'sink do you have? What are you clocking your X2 at now and what are current temps?

I lapped it using a lapping kit I ordered from SVC. Used it with water. I have an Arctic Freezer 64 Pro, which is what I lapped. I also used their Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound.

Before Lapping:
CPU: 31.5C idle
Core1: 27C idle
Core2: 26C idle

After Lapping:
CPU: 29C idle
Core1: 24C idle
Core2: 23C idle

I'm not sure about under load because I didn't test it before so there's no since in doing an after, lol. Those temps are from PC Wizard 2007. I'm also guessing the temps may go down another degree or two after the as5 has "settled". I also did some better wire management and moved my sound card further down away from the video card (was a 1 slot gap, now it's 2). Either the larger gap or the improved wire management or both has dropped my video card's idle temps down from 44-45C to 40-41C.

I'll post the pics after I've sorted through them, cleaned 'em (if needed) and resized them (pix are a little on the large side ).

[Uber_Tiny]

Nice, can't wait to see the pics.

[VW_Factor]

Chris, I see what you did there..



My upload sucks this morning.

[Uber_Tiny]

Chris, I see what you did there..



My upload sucks this morning.

Not sure what I did, but ok!!

You have the all mighty top package I see. When I get in my own place I will have that to.

They finally fixed ours to be what it's supposed to.

[m3talc0re]

Here's some pix. I'll upload more later.
http://www.geforce3d.net/forums/inde...=myimages;u=17

[m3talc0re]

Got the lighting done and got pix uploaded!
http://www.geforce3d.net/Gallery/v/m...lighting_mods/

[VW_Factor]

Not sure what I did, but ok!!

Just pointing out.. That silly quote. "I see what you did there".