Retail X6800 lapped

[PcCI2iminal]

X6800 @ 3.6ghz vcore default

before lapping
idle:36C
full load:63C

after lapping
idle:35C
full load:59C

CPU ：Conroe X6800 rev B2
COOLER：Scythe Ninja 120mm x 1600 rpm ,room temp 25C
M/B ：P5WDH
MEM ：Team Group 2.3v 3-3-3-8
HDD ：Hitachi 80gb 7200rpm
VGA CARD ：MX4000
FORCEWARE ：91.31
BIOS ： 0901
BIOS 1 ：MCH @ 1.65v, vcore 1.53v, vdimm 2.3v
BIOS2 ： Hyper Path3 auto,TURBO on,VT enable
PSU: ZIPPY Type R 600w
OS ：WIN XP SP2

[Silver Bullet]

Not to bad 4c at full load .. how long it take you ?

[AndrewZorn]

i like the sticker collection

[PcCI2iminal]

Not to bad 4c at full load .. how long it take you ?

a hour and half

i like the sticker collection

[theteamaqua]

umm did that 4c help u go higher?? like from good air cooling jump to watercooling ... cuz if not then watercooling is worthless ...

[eva2000]

dam that's some collection!

[bugeyes]

How did you lap it? on a flat piece of glass with jewlers rouge, or piece of wet and dry and a flat surface?

[pogiman]

can the IHS be taken off?

[BlazingArrow]

umm did that 4c help u go higher?? like from good air cooling jump to watercooling ... cuz if not then watercooling is worthless ...

Well watercooling wont ALWAYS help you get a way better overclock then air. It really depends on the system being overclocked, and the quality of the water cooling system. Also, when you are overvolting your components, having a watercooler will make your hardware have longer life most definitely.


The other plus, which is the main reason I have one, is that with a good fan controller, you can keep your system almost silent even on load.

[VictorWang]

1.53v 3.95G　dual_pi_32m, really a good chip.

[PcCI2iminal]

How did you lap it? on a flat piece of glass with jewlers rouge, or piece of wet and dry and a flat surface?

dry and wet

600 grit
800 grit
1200 grit
1500 grit
2000 grit
on a flat surface

can the IHS be taken off?

my guess is no

@theteamaqua

any help on temp is welcome

on water before lapping(my max was 4150mhz)



after lapping

[AndrewZorn]

what if you [carefully] sanded all the way through the IHS
youd have some warning when you hit the material between IHS and core
youd have to go sloooow but youd eventually end up with a lapped core (which ive seen before) AND a CPU that still fit the mounting system

[death metal]

Wow, very nice lapping job! Great work, and great temp, and great results. You rock!

[guess2098]

but no warranty lol

[Ychocky]

Lovely work.

Shows a great amount of care taken to achieve a very decent result.

[bugeyes]

any help on temp is welcome

on water before lapping(my max was 4150mhz)

Have you seen C2D white paper, seems thermal control circuit kicks in around 60 deg C @ 75 watts... http://download.intel.com/design/pro...s/31327801.pdf

[death metal]

but no warranty lol

Well, at least he'll not be doing any RMA if it does break. For those who OC, and kill their CPU and then RMA it? Well, shame on them.

[RAGING DRAGON]

Great job on the lapping. I've been looking for wet and dry grit for ages but can't find any in the UK. Anyone got any links?

[Jessfm]

Great job on the lapping. I've been looking for wet and dry grit for ages but can't find any in the UK. Anyone got any links?

B&Q or Halfords
or any body reapir shop close to you are likely give you what u need.

[nachthymnen]

Looks beautiful!
And impressive improvement!


P.S.: How many CPU do you have?

[Dumo]

Nice lapping job there PC ...Plan to add 6800 B3 retail stepping soon to your collection

[dissident]

I lapped mine too... first with 600 grit then with 1500, though I didn't get all the way to the copper on the entire sink, only the raised areas such as the outsides and the very middle.. I may redo it just for peace of mind

Load temps on my E6400 running 400x8 (3.2 ghz) dropped from 57 degrees to 43 degrees with fresh AS5 and room temp of 24 degrees. Mine really needed lapping. The corners were up higher then the rest of the sink, and contact was poor, now it's much better, though I may redo it and go right through so the entire surface is pure copper.

I used masking tape and the black cover that came with the chip to cover up all componants of the sink except the top of the IHS. Easy as pie, only took me about 30 minutes.

[wa77ss]

Thats a sweet lapping job, and one mell of a hollection too !!!!

[Nitrogenium]

How on the account of LN2 or a dry ice?

[xgman]

I lapped my 6800 a little bit and the first thing you notice is the outer edges are visably higher than the core area, so at least this helps flatten it out. I do think that even if you coould remove the spreader entirely, there would be sink seating problems as the frame of the socket is already higher than I would like and even a med size sink would sit on some caps in all likelyhood. In any case, the closer to the core the better the temps as a general rule. I haven't seen a spreader yet that actually helped cooling. they are there to avoid crushing only.