Pvt. Pritchard

wow, Very nice!!

claymanhb

You would die for your CPU? Wow,

radbirts

awesome guide man, but you've got a typo. (says "hers", should be "here's", I'm assuming anyway)

HardwaterH4ck3r

Are all IHS copper?

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CrimsonMango

yes - they're made out of zinc-plated copper

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DrDeville

What about pushing the CPU into a block of styrofoam to protect its pins? Anything wrong with that? I'm thinking the styrofoam would protect the pins well, and give something easy to grab onto.

Polishing the CPU, what a trip! What's next? Chrome plating it? Nah, forget I said that. ;)

CrimsonMango

styrofoam should work fine as long as you don't have to push too hard to get it to stick on the pins


and why would you chrome plate it in the first place? that would add another layer on top of the copper, hindering heat transfer... which is what we're trying to eliminate

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That was a joking reference to car customization. Apologies for the obscurity. :D

rrobbie

hey nice job
i used to work in a machine shop an lapped alot of valves etc
we started off with a speacial lapping block and with lapping paste
then your sandpaper technique but with 1000grade
but after that to get it even smoother use brasso on the glass

dont belt sand a cpu if u dont want it to get hot cause it will get so hot the metal will turn blue and it will change the molocules of the metal an it wont be flat there's no way u can put it down on the sander flat' one side will hit first

i once lapped the face off a coin in this method wast planning to do two coins and locktite together to make double sided tails

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here are some results after lapping, usually about 2 degrees celcius better: http://www.tweakers.com.au/articles/...ping/page3.asp