Pity that the processor needs more work.

5) Change to 600-grit and continue.
6) Get pissed off about the air conditioner constantly blowing around the drop cover; go crazy taping it down. You will note it is right over me; that is me looking up from where I was standing.

7) The water coming off the paper was clean instead of blue and sludgy; change to 800-grit. Admire work so far.

8) The aluminum is finally gone! It is time to swap to 1000-grit.
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb (CACVC AC 0852APCW) |
Motherboard DFI LANParty DK 790FX-M2RS |
Memory 2x2048 MB G.Skill DDR2-1066 (F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK) |
Graphics Card Sapphire HD 5970 100280OCSR |
Hard Drive Hitachi Deskstar 750 GB SATA-II; WD 80 GB SATA-I |
Sound Card Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Platinum w/ Daniel_K |
Power Supply Silverstone OP1000-E / UPS died on me |
Case Lightly Modded Thermaltake Armor VA8003BWS |
CPU cooling Noctua NH-C12P with Scythe Ultra-Kaze 3000 RPM |
GPU cooling Stock Sapphire |
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
Monitor Dell Ultrasharp 2707WFP |