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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------