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added heatspreaders to my UTT,Bad you say?

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deathstar13

FSB FRIEK
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Dec 24, 2001
we all know these things need active cooling to run 3v+ so in this thread i made my cooler.
http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php?p=3726336&postcount=118

effectiveness reading here http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articID=329

but i went shopping yesterday and was busy all night doing some modding and installs.

if you look in th epics i have the ram cooler installed and under the wind tunnel my case has.nice and effective but the cpu cooler sucked,i dont mean i had the fan sucking instead of blowing but it sucked!
i replaced it with a TT typhoon. yeh i posted some info on this in a thread in cooling.
anyhow the TT is so large i lost use of my homemade ram cooler.i will design another soon as i have my dfi nf3 coming soon and will be running +3.6v threw it.
but until then i had an idea,about time i got to that huh?
i bought some cheapo ultra brand alluminum spreaders.mainly out of curiosity for testing but also id like to protect them a little as im pulling a reefa and buying more ram sticks than i could possible use at the same time. "gotta love that guy! :)"

anyhow i went and stuck them on useing the therml sticky pads included.
yeh they seemed to pull some heat even tho im limited to 2.85v but i was stressing out thinking i just put blankets on them and they wouldnt be ready to run 3.6v when time came.so time to strip the spreaders!

i didnt want to use the freezer technique as i was afraid i just pop an ic off.
i removed the clips on top and took a razor blade threw the sticky pad just below the spreader as to not touch the ic's
this released it enough so i could pry it rest the way safely.
i then used a razor blade again to skim the pad off but was left with a sticky glue under it.
i dont see how these could be effective at all with all the glue used.
with a mix of acetone and lighter fluid i was able to rub the glue off but it isnt easy to say the least.

after test fitting them to make sure contact is reaching all chips with the spreaders i then added white silicone grease to the tops of all ic's

this allows me to pop them off at will while still protecting them.
temps? well i dunno.
testing cant be to thourough at the moment until i can feed some volts to them.i hope to buy a cheap probe to get results.if you have one look in the wanted section for a post from me.

but i do feel this may be an even better option to bare sticks and just as good of cooling.
if any ocz guys are reading my warrenty sticker came off while removeing the spreaders and im saving them if needed.will it be any issue if i ever need an rma? or was that voided with voltage?im not sure what its warrented to anyhow.

i just ram prime on them a bit at 2.85v the most i can with my vnf3 and they do get warm and even more than before with the pads.so i did increase it over the pads.
will it be as good as bare? tune in next week,and we shall see!
 
FWI your going to need to modify that case to get your new DFI to fit, the audio module will hit on the back 120mm fan.

http://www.legitreviews.com/article.php?aid=182&pid=4

DSCF0022.jpg
 
infinitevalence said:
FWI your going to need to modify that case to get your new DFI to fit, the audio module will hit on the back 120mm fan.

http://www.legitreviews.com/article.php?aid=182&pid=4

DSCF0022.jpg
thats the 939 mobo im buying the 754 version.hence no riser card.
but later i may buy a 939 dfi but even then id just do what they did.

ty for the info as i would have never seen it and found out the hard way.
 
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