Mirror finish

[warpimp]

Thermaltake tower 112

before and after

 

[amd_inside]

wow... that's great!

But I hear it's not too great if you lap too much. Some say it's better to not lap to a mirror finnish and have the thermal paste fill the gaps. But then again, who knows... I guess as long as the surface is flat with the heatsink, there isn't much to worry about .

Cheers!

 

[warpimp]

one thing i didnt do was start all the way with 400 grit to 2000<<(takes off alot of copper) i went from 1500 - 2000 had to rub hard thats all .then used compound. and there is still a few lines left u cant see them though only at certain angles but still looks sharp

 

[_Korruption_]

Do you have any before/after temperature readings, or is this going to be the initial install?

 

[warpimp]

that was my one mistake but my friend has it same cpu and "he said" it was running below 34c so im hoping ido the same atleast or better.

but ill tell u the change with my old HS

 

[Carnival Forces]

wow, it looks really nice...just one question though, how much does that thing weigh??

 

[warpimp]

im getting 35-40c... 3ghz intel, but my room is hot and the shit is heavyyy
pics http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v289/warpimp/

one other thing in an abitic7 max3 mobo the heatsink install the wrong way( fans top, n bottom) compared to the instruction so the air pushing down instead of out towards the exhaust(side to sides). vbgz