tweaked
01-11-2008, 06:34 AM
(NOTES: Computer Case has excellent airflow in a room with excellent airflow that is 20*c ambient)
I've had the Vendetta for a little while now, cooling my q6600 that i run at 3.2 on 1.32 volts on an Asus Maximus Formula.
Until recently it never performed as well as i expected having read many reviews proclaiming it a high quality cooler.
Phase 1:
"What the frak? it's running hot as hell hitting the upper 70's while priming!" I dismounted the cooler and found it to be anything but "flat". Only the aluminum was contacting the cpu, and only just barely. :mad:
Began lapping with 100 grit sand paper... arm got tired after an hour and whipped out the power sander to grind off approximately .5 mm of aluminum and .25 mm of copper. :shakes:
I finished lapping by hand for another 2 hours.
Phase 2:
Temperatures are in the upper 60's while priming... Fan is "jet engine" loud.
Triple check all mountings and flatness of lapped CPU and heatsink. All surfaces true and flat, cooling by heatsink still not acceptable.
I examine the actual airflow of air pushed by OCZ fan... Another problem found! Air doesn't go through the heatsink, it goes out the sides... :eek:
Phase 3: The duct tape on my desk is staring at me. "Don't look at me like that!" "oh wait... isn't duct tape used to stop air leaks in ducts? hmmm..."
1 week later.
"stops air leaks.... hmmm..." Gears grind in my brain and somewhere in my brain a lonely neuron fires up.
Phase 4:
I take 1 strip of duct tape and wrap it around the top and sides sealing both the mount at the fan and heatsink and sides of the heatsink where 80% of the air was blowing.
End result:
It now primes small FFT's at 55*c with the fan set to auto in the Bios. the fan now never goes above 1800 rpm and is near silent. :cool:
It took way too much work to get it there tho.
I've had the Vendetta for a little while now, cooling my q6600 that i run at 3.2 on 1.32 volts on an Asus Maximus Formula.
Until recently it never performed as well as i expected having read many reviews proclaiming it a high quality cooler.
Phase 1:
"What the frak? it's running hot as hell hitting the upper 70's while priming!" I dismounted the cooler and found it to be anything but "flat". Only the aluminum was contacting the cpu, and only just barely. :mad:
Began lapping with 100 grit sand paper... arm got tired after an hour and whipped out the power sander to grind off approximately .5 mm of aluminum and .25 mm of copper. :shakes:
I finished lapping by hand for another 2 hours.
Phase 2:
Temperatures are in the upper 60's while priming... Fan is "jet engine" loud.
Triple check all mountings and flatness of lapped CPU and heatsink. All surfaces true and flat, cooling by heatsink still not acceptable.
I examine the actual airflow of air pushed by OCZ fan... Another problem found! Air doesn't go through the heatsink, it goes out the sides... :eek:
Phase 3: The duct tape on my desk is staring at me. "Don't look at me like that!" "oh wait... isn't duct tape used to stop air leaks in ducts? hmmm..."
1 week later.
"stops air leaks.... hmmm..." Gears grind in my brain and somewhere in my brain a lonely neuron fires up.
Phase 4:
I take 1 strip of duct tape and wrap it around the top and sides sealing both the mount at the fan and heatsink and sides of the heatsink where 80% of the air was blowing.
End result:
It now primes small FFT's at 55*c with the fan set to auto in the Bios. the fan now never goes above 1800 rpm and is near silent. :cool:
It took way too much work to get it there tho.