Re: [gentoo-amd64] quadcore - part 2

[Martin Herrman]

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:01 AM, Branko Badrljica
<brankob@××××××××××.com> wrote:

> Well, if he is going to buy new cooler, then why not spend extra couple of
> $/€ and go for the best ?
> I have Thermalright's IFX-14 on my Phenom 9950 and it is BIG but works
> phenomenally.
>
> Good cooler and liquid metal thermal paste is my solution. Be careful with
> aluminium, though. Liquid metal reportedly "loves" aluminium, but love is of
> suicidal kind ;o)
>
> You have to be a bit careful with liquid metal, though. First, it conducts
> electricity, so spills can be bad thing.
> Second, you have to undestand when applying it that you are effectively
> doing low temp soldering.
> So, it is of _vital_ importance to get the liquid to _wet_ _both_ surfaces.
> Since you can't do it with soldering iron and you don't have chemical aids,
> you9 have to clean both surfaces ( fine grit paper etc), apply a drop of
> metal liquid and rub it in with some sharp edged metal (Xacto knife comes to
> mind). Sharp edge will create high pressure , which will push liquid through
> oxide barrier.
> Once you have done that, liquid will behave just as if it were molten
> solder. You can then wipe off liquid with metal oxide remains from both
> surfaces.
>
> After that, you have to ensure that there is just enough liquid to fill in
> voids between both surfaces, so you add liquid by droplets until you can
> slide CPU over heatsink and it feels wet.
> After that, you are ready to mount whole thing.
>
> One nitpick with LM: you will have trouble getting it off CPU, so warranty
> is kinda problematic. On the flip side: when was the last time you killed
> the chip without you or something else ( board, PSU ) being the culprit ?

what about ccache?

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=3#doc_chap3

I'm using a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro at my Q9300.

Martin