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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] quadcore - part 2
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:59:36
Message-Id: 200811291759.26486.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] quadcore - part 2 by Martin Herrman
1 On Saturday 29 November 2008, Martin Herrman wrote:
2 > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:01 AM, Branko Badrljica
3 >
4 > <brankob@××××××××××.com> wrote:
5 > > Well, if he is going to buy new cooler, then why not spend extra couple
6 > > of $/€ and go for the best ?
7 > > I have Thermalright's IFX-14 on my Phenom 9950 and it is BIG but works
8 > > phenomenally.
9 > >
10 > > Good cooler and liquid metal thermal paste is my solution. Be careful
11 > > with aluminium, though. Liquid metal reportedly "loves" aluminium, but
12 > > love is of suicidal kind ;o)
13 > >
14 > > You have to be a bit careful with liquid metal, though. First, it
15 > > conducts electricity, so spills can be bad thing.
16 > > Second, you have to undestand when applying it that you are effectively
17 > > doing low temp soldering.
18 > > So, it is of _vital_ importance to get the liquid to _wet_ _both_
19 > > surfaces. Since you can't do it with soldering iron and you don't have
20 > > chemical aids, you9 have to clean both surfaces ( fine grit paper etc),
21 > > apply a drop of metal liquid and rub it in with some sharp edged metal
22 > > (Xacto knife comes to mind). Sharp edge will create high pressure , which
23 > > will push liquid through oxide barrier.
24 > > Once you have done that, liquid will behave just as if it were molten
25 > > solder. You can then wipe off liquid with metal oxide remains from both
26 > > surfaces.
27 > >
28 > > After that, you have to ensure that there is just enough liquid to fill
29 > > in voids between both surfaces, so you add liquid by droplets until you
30 > > can slide CPU over heatsink and it feels wet.
31 > > After that, you are ready to mount whole thing.
32 > >
33 > > One nitpick with LM: you will have trouble getting it off CPU, so
34 > > warranty is kinda problematic. On the flip side: when was the last time
35 > > you killed the chip without you or something else ( board, PSU ) being
36 > > the culprit ?
37 >
38 > what about ccache?
39 >
40 > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=3#doc_ch
41 >ap3
42 >
43 > I'm using a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro at my Q9300.
44
45 oh great. AC ...
46
47 just make sure to check the fan A LOT. AC fans are highly susceptible to dust.
48 More so than any other fan. They also need a lot of room around the fan so
49 the 'air vortex' can build up - without it they have a abysmal throughput. So
50 no cables or anything else next to it!

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