Anyone tried to lap away the Thermalright issue

Exactly, and well pointed out Helmut. It is bad QC on TT behalf. Also pictures on the net show some of the bases slightly convex. Very poor, cheap manufacturing process used.

(Lot of heated "threads" debate over on XS regarding this "base issue" )
 
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Oh Helm m8 by the way i saw the read the memory issue and i had to read the post 5 times and i understood exactly what you said ( I too thought it was 3 or 5 sets as well)

;)
 
Well he is on ignore, I am over arguing, I was 1st to try help him and he admited it was posted a bit confusing, then gave me a lot of crap.

Dont get his patter about "sleeping or drinking part"

I got better things to do but I think I am one of most helpfull Mofo's on here.(also hot headed but that being Scottish for you) ;)
 
I wrote to Thermalright last night and found to my amazement a reply this morning.

Hi

The heatsink base is designed that way (convex) to work better with the retention mechanism. Just mount it and check temperature and you will know.

There is no need to RMA the heatsink unless you totally can not accept the idea of a convex base. As I explained, every Ultra-120 eXtreme heatsink comes with a convex base. And it works as most of the processors nowadays come with a slightly concaved heat spreader.

I hope I answered your questions.

Thank you for choosing Thermalright!

Chris Lee
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I wrote back saying...

What happens when ‘those in the know’, lap their CPU’s and get better temps and core temp evenness? My CPU is lapped and was never as concave as the 120. Forum members say that the heatsink moves around and needs modding to keep it still. In doing so you get better temps. A fully lapped Ultra 120 Extreme is said to be a near legendary cooler. Was it TR’s intention to compensate for the uneven surfaces of CPU’s, such a high end heatsink would be used with?
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I am going to have mine machined flat by a mate who skims cylinder heads, then lap it myself some more.
 
helmutcheese said:
Well he is on ignore, I am over arguing, I was 1st to try help him and he admited it was posted a bit confusing, then gave me a lot of crap.

Dont get his patter about "sleeping or drinking part"

I got better things to do but I think I am one of most helpfull Mofo's on here.(also hot headed but that being Scottish for you) ;)
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Begins in F and ends in EM;)
 
HatMan said:
I wrote to Thermalright last night and found to my amazement a reply this morning.



I wrote back saying...



I am going to have mine machined flat by a mate who skims cylinder heads, then lap it myself some more.
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Count yourself lucky you got a resposne albeit the standard bs they spout.
 
I remembered I have flat Gerber Pro diamond blade sharpener. So I spent 20mins or so flattening the HS, then returned to the good old glass and wet'n'dry sandpaper. 1500 grit later I have this.

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More to the point it is flat!!!!

Oh well I'm off to dismantle the rig AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh while I remember my idle temps are currently 52°/52°/51°/52°c Q6600 B3 lapped and at stock speed @ 1.325v
 
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HatMan said:
I remembered I have flat Gerber Pro diamond blade sharpener. So I spent 20mins or so flattening the HS, then returned to the good old glass and wet'n'dry sandpaper. 1500 grit later I have this.

RDHQS-100_3256.JPG


More to the point it is flat!!!!

Oh well I'm off to dismantle the rig AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh while I remember my idle temps are currently 52°/52°/51°/52°c Q6600 B3 lapped and at stock speed @ 1.325v
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Lapping at its finest:D look foward to your update HatMan
 
pegasus1 said:
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro @ £12.95 kept a E2180 at 3.3ghz (1.40v) below 70C constantly during a 24 hour Orthos run.
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As did mine but its not stable at that temp. I have random reboots with temps in high 60s. Where if I wind the fan up to 100% and get the temps down to 60ish its fine.
 
HatMan said:
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I wrote to Thermalright last night and found to my amazement a reply this morning.

Quote:
Hi

The heatsink base is designed that way (convex) to work better with the retention mechanism. Just mount it and check temperature and you will know.

There is no need to RMA the heatsink unless you totally can not accept the idea of a convex base. As I explained, every Ultra-120 eXtreme heatsink comes with a convex base. And it works as most of the processors nowadays come with a slightly concaved heat spreader.

I hope I answered your questions.

Thank you for choosing Thermalright!

Chris Lee

It would appear this is TT solution to the issue raised regarding the "loose mounting" issue peeps have raised.

Shabby manufacturing. Why not just flat the base instead of concave then convex. Does not appear logical at all to me. TT is just giving the finger to the consumer imo
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If you email'd intel asking them if there IHS come concave or convex they would probably just state that they ship as flat as possible basically. I think TT are cunningly trying to say that there base might flex under mounting "pulling" the base into shape around the hump (convex base) at the sides. Sniff sniff.....
 
sniper007 said:
I think TT are cunningly trying to say that there base might flex under mounting "pulling" the base into shape around the hump (convex base) at the sides. Sniff sniff.....
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reminds me of a saying, as you say sniff, sniff "be carefull of the BS, a person might just step it"
 
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