|Aegi3|
01-07-2008, 05:37 PM
Finally got the guts to lap my e4300, and ordered myself a kit of easypckits...
Was a tedious 2 and 1/2 hours but it was worth it. Used 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000 grit sand paper and printer paper to finish it off. After about 15 minutes on 400 grit to get the ihs flat, was wicked concave, spent about 10-8 minutes on all the others. Noticed the scratches on the outer edges of the ihs where a lot deeper when i was finishing off with 2000 grit and there was a sort of ring because i didnt get the edges to well so i went back to 1500 to get a better finish on the edges (youll notices a light ring in the pic even though the ihs is flat).
When all is said and done, it helped my temps quite a bit...
W/Arctic Freezer Pro and cpu @ 3.1ghz 1.35v
Fresh boot temps
before:33/36
after: 29/34
Idles temps after some gaming
before: 36/38
after: 32/35
as for load temps i stupidly never checked so ill ive got is a reference while playing GW which aint much of a load but nonetheless
before: 44/47
after: 38/41
picture time :D (really bad as always)
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b19/rv8080/P1250343.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b19/rv8080/P1250340.jpg
Was a tedious 2 and 1/2 hours but it was worth it. Used 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000 grit sand paper and printer paper to finish it off. After about 15 minutes on 400 grit to get the ihs flat, was wicked concave, spent about 10-8 minutes on all the others. Noticed the scratches on the outer edges of the ihs where a lot deeper when i was finishing off with 2000 grit and there was a sort of ring because i didnt get the edges to well so i went back to 1500 to get a better finish on the edges (youll notices a light ring in the pic even though the ihs is flat).
When all is said and done, it helped my temps quite a bit...
W/Arctic Freezer Pro and cpu @ 3.1ghz 1.35v
Fresh boot temps
before:33/36
after: 29/34
Idles temps after some gaming
before: 36/38
after: 32/35
as for load temps i stupidly never checked so ill ive got is a reference while playing GW which aint much of a load but nonetheless
before: 44/47
after: 38/41
picture time :D (really bad as always)
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b19/rv8080/P1250343.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b19/rv8080/P1250340.jpg