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Just did mine last night!! Don't need a kit though homie. I bought a butt load of sandpaper for $4
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kit shmit!! go to an autobody paint and supply store. I bought five 7x10 sheet of sandpaper of each grit, 400, 800, 1000, 1500, and 2500. Hit it with some metal polish and bam! $4 for that much sandpaper, im working on my gpu coolers now.
Originally Posted by pbasil1 ya u usaully wanna buy a premade kit cuz it is cheap and works well, but if your like me and have tons of leftover sandpaper.... you can just use that... u wanna start with 400,then 600,800,1000,1500,2000 than if you really want it like a mirror and to be perfect, use some polishing compound w/ a polishing wheel... bling bling!!! |
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Ya, i used a peice of glass from an old picture frame!
Originally Posted by pbasil1 ya either way works....but you just need to have a piece of glass to do it on....or super flat surface |
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Do you have a pic of how bad the groove is?
Originally Posted by xchrisposix I would like to know if there is a way to restore the "perfect flat" surface of a heatsink(the part that actually comes in contact with the CPU). Like if it had small grooves in it or something, how could I fix that? |
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Final grit was 2500 yes. I did rub the shine into it with a diamond micron metal buffing compound. Just finished installing the GPU dropped 2c at idle!!
Originally Posted by pbasil1 what was the final grit you used? 2500? or polishing compound? and if compound what kind? |
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Yeah, i didn't know for sure, did you see the before pic of my GPU cooler though? It's not even a machined surface, just straight out a mold. I still have one more cooler to do now! I'm going to do my chipset also, not this crappy asus fan though, thinking about a custom heatpipe for it, the AC6 cooler fan sits right above it so i can't put a taller cooler on it.
My CPU cooler was way worth it! When I first started sanding it, i could see a low spot in the middle, so it wasn't exactly flat to the CPU.
Originally Posted by pbasil1 sweet! im planning on lapping my cpu,chipset cooler,and maybe gpu...but i dont think the gpu is worth it 
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My CPU cooler was way worth it! When I first started sanding it, i could see a low spot in the middle, so it wasn't exactly flat to the CPU.
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Ya, 2500 grit paper was the highest I could find, it was at an autobody paint store also, home depot only had up to 600 grit. 2500 grit and you almost don't need to polish it, it had a reflection, the polish just was the icing on the cake for the pics.
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Well i just had a couple thoughts on it, still need to make a sketch of it and figure some things out. I don't have anymore time tonight to go into it, so i will do some figuring and post something at a later date.
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Originally Posted by pbasil1 ya i lapped my vga cooler with 400grit paper cuz thats all i had, it was a molded heatsink and it wasnt very flat either... but how are you gonna setup a heatpipe cooler on your northbidge? i would like to know this... |
Well i just had a couple thoughts on it, still need to make a sketch of it and figure some things out. I don't have anymore time tonight to go into it, so i will do some figuring and post something at a later date.
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Yeah, I'm going to attempt to make a custom heatpipe for it, since nothing will fit beneath the VGA cooler.
Originally Posted by pbasil1 so r u gonna like make your own heatpipe or what? im kind confused on what your planning to do.... |
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