Hey Earl!

I don't know if you've done a lot of searching yet, but I did, and have some
links for you:

http://www.heatsink-guide.com/
http://www.coolerguys.com/
http://www.hardcorecooling.us/subcat.asp?0=207
http://www.thermaltake.com/support/CoolingGuide.htm

-Steve Gregory-




> Well I did it. I destroyed the heat sink in the name of what makes thins
> work. It turns out, to get the nearly half pound heat sink to sink, it's
> not
> just a film thermal thing. It is a thermally adhesive backed very thin
> aluminum foil heat spreader about .100" over the size of the CPU.
>
> Again, the back side is attached to the heat sink surface. The front size,
> with its carbon based gunk, interfaces with the CPU and does come off with
> removal. An interesting part of this is it will come off and leave exact
> imprints where parts of the material is left on the CPU.
>
> What's interesting, as I have junked the Intel MB in favor of my favorite
> Asus brand MB, is the heat sink mounting orientation is 90 degrees
> different
> than the Intel setup. Therefore, it is impossible to achieve the desired
> orientation to take advantage of mating with the patterns left on the CPU.
> Hence, I cannot use the heat sink again. This leaves me in an interesting
> situation concerning whether I buy another processor with required heat
> sink
> or solicit Intel for more heat sinks.
>
> I'm thinking of buying some brass or copper shim stock and using thermally
> transmissive goop to attempt simulating or improving thermal conductivity.
> Might be an expensive buty very interesting experiment.
>
> Still, I wonder, with all the conversations we've had on fourm about
> thermal
> grease effectiveness and other materials, what is the best?
>
> MoonMan
>


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