I have a Gigabyte Z77 UD5H and Antec Khuler 620 watercooler sitting in the cupboard waiting for an Ivy Bridge chip (I was one of the lucky ones to get the mobo/cooler bundle).
I understand the Antec cooler comes with thermal paste already applied to it.
My questions are;
i) What is the Antec thermal paste like? Is it up to scratch or would it be better to remove it and apply something better?
ii) If I don't replace the Antec thermal paste, do you think there would be any benefit in lapping the IHS on the CPU?
(As an aside, one of my other hobbies is woodworking using only hand tools. That involves lots of sharpening and I have a number of different sharpening systems. One of those is 3M lapping film on floatglass. These were developed for polishing fibre optic cables. I can therefore easily polish the CPU using down to 0.3 micron film that will put a completely flat mirror finish to it).
Any thoughts on the benefits of lapping?
Thanks in advance.
I understand the Antec cooler comes with thermal paste already applied to it.
My questions are;
i) What is the Antec thermal paste like? Is it up to scratch or would it be better to remove it and apply something better?
ii) If I don't replace the Antec thermal paste, do you think there would be any benefit in lapping the IHS on the CPU?
(As an aside, one of my other hobbies is woodworking using only hand tools. That involves lots of sharpening and I have a number of different sharpening systems. One of those is 3M lapping film on floatglass. These were developed for polishing fibre optic cables. I can therefore easily polish the CPU using down to 0.3 micron film that will put a completely flat mirror finish to it).
Any thoughts on the benefits of lapping?
Thanks in advance.