Sanding the heatsink

DarkDraco

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• Aug 9, 2003

• #1

I was snooping around the internet and i came across this. It talks about how to sand your heatsink to make it perform better. I thought it was interesting

http://www.8ballshardware.com/articles/lapping/page1.cfm

 

FIZZ3

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• Aug 9, 2003

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A very common procedure around here.

http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70679

 

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fubulg6000

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• Aug 9, 2003

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here is another: http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=170745&highlight=lapping+guide

 

Tekime

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• Aug 9, 2003

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They're everywhere. I think I wrote one a while back. Lapping is a common procedure for those looking to squeeze every degree out of their rig. It's not that hard, doesn't take long, and it's actually remarkably effective in some situations.