I actually went to 3 different places trying to get all the different grades of sandpaper I needed. I bought some 1500 grit from a local auto parts store (AutoZone). I got a pack that had some 220, 320, and 400 grit from Wal-mart, and I got some 600 grit from Home Depot. I lapped in a back and...
Currently running Prime95 for about 10 minutes now and all cores have dropped in temp between 7 and 10 C! I'm running at 1.44Vcore and my temps are all below 60 on load.
Well, I'm lapping my Thermalright Ultra 120 right now and I'm strongly considering lapping my Q6600 as well. Anyone think I should wait about 30 days? I want to get the best temps possible with my hardware right now and I figure I might as well get it over with.
I think I'm going to do both today, lap it and add a washer to ensure enough pressure is applied. Now I just have to look at different lapping techniques and decide on one and how high grit I want to use. I hear anything beyond 800 is pointless, except if you want a mirror finish.
BTW, been...
Just found out that my TRU120 mounting bracket is missing the silicone washer in the center. I am able to rotate the heat sink while it's mounted. I think I need to get a washer.
Check this out.
Is that with your Q6600 in your sig? Also, what is your VID? Mine is 1.3250. And did you also have to lap the IHS on your processor? The CPU temp my mobo reports is 56C under load right now.
Thanks for the response Virge. Well, I just reseated my TR-U120 E and I realized I had too much Arctic Silver on my original application. So I redid it and I also changed the direction of the heat sink so it now blows air out through the back of my case. Between the front and the back of my case...
I was under the impression that Core Temp 0.95.4 was fairly accurate in reporting temps and currently my CoreTemp reports temperatures exactly 15 degrees C higher than SpeedFan 4.33. I hope I'm wrong. :P
There's also the extra cooling pipe and larger heat sink on the north bridge chip. Also, the mosfets on the top of the board have a heatsink on them whereas the P5K-E doesn't have a heatsink on all of the mosfets. I heard that the Deluxe has mosfets on the bottom of the board as well, whereas...
Yeah, I saw that. Thanks for the suggestion. I'm definitely going to check out my temps unlapped, and then make my decision from there. I really hope the rest of my parts come in tomorrow so I can build the damn thing :P.
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