oooo shiny cpu! (lapping)

/Thom\ · 22 Apr 2009 at 01:57

So the other day i decided it was time to give my case the once over, clean it all out, remove dust sort out cables etc. so out with the compressor and i start blowing out the case and various other components then i remove the HSF because it was caked in dust, i mean really bad i couldn't believe it! (and i was wondering why my temps were so high

) anyways, after that i was examining my q6600, removing old arctic silver and i decided it just had to be done! So here is my attempt(sorry for the lack of photo's it was somewhat an after thought and my camera was dying, so i had to snap 'em quick with what was to hand lol):

RJC · 22 Apr 2009 at 07:21

Good work

, what are yout temps like after lapping.

FaceplantSi · 22 Apr 2009 at 08:00

yeah congrats! That's some nice looking work there.

/Thom\ · 22 Apr 2009 at 23:05

Temps were a lot lower to say the least, i wanted to do it ages ago because of the difference between the cores when maxed out, rather then the temp the system is running day to day. not exactly sure what they were, but i dropped a good 10 degree's from the lapping and a good clean out

and now there is like a 2 degree difference between all the cores when maxed out if that? i think it was worth it tbh. though at the time i was bricking it, it feels very wrong to be attacking a cpu with some sand paper

mollymoo · 23 Apr 2009 at 08:10

Was looking at doing the same where did you get all the kit from to do it ?

/Thom\ · 23 Apr 2009 at 13:17

Didn't really get much kit tbh lol it was very impulsive, but if you went down to halfords you could get the stuff needed to get results i did, but i had some stuff around the house, well, i just used a piece or two of wet and dry 400 till i was back to copper and nice and flat the used the 1200 to buff it up basically, i didn't work my way up through the different grits of sand paper cause i only had those two grits to hand

have you read the tutorial on the forums on lapping? It's rather good.

mollymoo · 23 Apr 2009 at 17:28

Yeah read up on it for a couple of weeks now deciding if its worth it ........ if I can get a 10c drop I'd have to go somewhere private for 5 mins

/Thom\ · 23 Apr 2009 at 20:01

my hsf was extremely clogged up with dust though, lol if i had the before and after pics you would see what it mean

but the lapping did help with what i wanted and it's look pretty

lol

CaptainRAVE · 24 Apr 2009 at 14:05

mollymoo said:
Yeah read up on it for a couple of weeks now deciding if its worth it ........ if I can get a 10c drop I'd have to go somewhere private for 5 mins

At best 5C. Most people usually only report a few Cs drop.

cmndr_andi · 24 Apr 2009 at 14:14

thom, very nice finish. How long did it take you to get it like that and what combination of sandpaper did you use?

Thanks, a friend is looking to lap his e4400 at the weekend.

/Thom\ · 28 Apr 2009 at 18:57

i used 600 and 1200grit sandpapers, just those two, and time wise.. i am not really sure tbh.about 30 mins maybe 45? lol anyways this is worth a read to anyone wanting to know more about lapping.