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On Saturday 29 November 2008, Martin Herrman wrote: |
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> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:01 AM, Branko Badrljica |
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> <brankob@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Well, if he is going to buy new cooler, then why not spend extra couple |
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> > of $/€ and go for the best ? |
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> > I have Thermalright's IFX-14 on my Phenom 9950 and it is BIG but works |
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> > phenomenally. |
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> > |
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> > Good cooler and liquid metal thermal paste is my solution. Be careful |
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> > with aluminium, though. Liquid metal reportedly "loves" aluminium, but |
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> > love is of suicidal kind ;o) |
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> > |
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> > You have to be a bit careful with liquid metal, though. First, it |
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> > conducts electricity, so spills can be bad thing. |
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> > Second, you have to undestand when applying it that you are effectively |
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> > doing low temp soldering. |
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> > So, it is of _vital_ importance to get the liquid to _wet_ _both_ |
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> > surfaces. Since you can't do it with soldering iron and you don't have |
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> > chemical aids, you9 have to clean both surfaces ( fine grit paper etc), |
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> > apply a drop of metal liquid and rub it in with some sharp edged metal |
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> > (Xacto knife comes to mind). Sharp edge will create high pressure , which |
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> > will push liquid through oxide barrier. |
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> > Once you have done that, liquid will behave just as if it were molten |
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> > solder. You can then wipe off liquid with metal oxide remains from both |
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> > surfaces. |
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> > |
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> > After that, you have to ensure that there is just enough liquid to fill |
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> > in voids between both surfaces, so you add liquid by droplets until you |
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> > can slide CPU over heatsink and it feels wet. |
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> > After that, you are ready to mount whole thing. |
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> > One nitpick with LM: you will have trouble getting it off CPU, so |
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> > warranty is kinda problematic. On the flip side: when was the last time |
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> > you killed the chip without you or something else ( board, PSU ) being |
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> > the culprit ? |
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> what about ccache? |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=3#doc_ch |
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>ap3 |
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> I'm using a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro at my Q9300. |
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oh great. AC ... |
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just make sure to check the fan A LOT. AC fans are highly susceptible to dust. |
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More so than any other fan. They also need a lot of room around the fan so |
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the 'air vortex' can build up - without it they have a abysmal throughput. So |
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no cables or anything else next to it! |