8045 Added special washer...

[slick306]

Hey I got my Alpha 8045 and I lost most of the extra washers so I had to go buy some new ones from the store. The new washers are about twice the size of the regular ones. I put one on the top by the screw. I use to have just the regular washers on, when I put this new kind on I removed the old flat washer that came with it becaue the new ones were twice the size, and I have noticed my idle tem drop 3'c, and my load tem drop 3'c! now I at idle I am at 35'c! and 38.50'c at load! and my 8045 is unlapped!

This is at 1.400ghz@1.79v (or so)

Slick

[1Time]

That's great! I'm not getting anywhere near that with my 8045 and I lapped it. I was wondering if doubling the washers would help. Thanks, now I'm going to give it a try.

>AMD XP 1700+ >Epox 8KHA+ >Alpha PAL8045 hs - Panaflo fan >512mb Crucial PC2100 2.5 cas >40 gig Seagate Barracuda IV 7200 rpm >GeForce GTS-V 32mb DDR >LiteOn CD/DVD - CDRW >SB Live Value >Win XP Home >Samsung 19" >Antec case SX635 >Antec 350w ps PP-352X >NIC 10/100 - floppy

[Crazy Jayhawk]

Where can you buy the 8045?

[slick306]

Lots of places have it check www.pricewatch.com

great heatsink but kinda pricey... :/ about $60USD SHIPPED

[mx]

Originally posted by slick306
Hey I got my Alpha 8045 and I lost most of the extra washers so I had to go buy some new ones from the store. The new washers are about twice the size of the regular ones. I put one on the top by the screw. I use to have just the regular washers on, when I put this new kind on I removed the old flat washer that came with it becaue the new ones were twice the size, and I have noticed my idle tem drop 3'c, and my load tem drop 3'c! now I at idle I am at 35'c! and 38.50'c at load! and my 8045 is unlapped!

This is at 1.400ghz@1.79v (or so)

Slick

Sounds like more pressure was applied with the thicker washer.

:burn: :burn:

[Yodums]

Does seem more pressure was applied when the new ones were applied.

Glad your temperatures went down it'll maybe go down 1 more degree since the ASII takes 48 hours to settle in.

Cheers
Yodums

[slick306]

Cool I hope so. But I am very happy, I just need to lap the heatsink tho, I am scared, I need to get some glass first.

[el]

Originally posted by slick306
Lots of places have it check www.pricewatch.com

great heatsink but kinda pricey... :/ about $60USD SHIPPED

got mine with a 53cfm fan for 35shipped but you need to wait until svcompucycle has another sale.

[1Time]

Today I added 4 washers to my 8045 (total of 12), increased air flow 30 CFM and overclocked from 1700+ to 1900+ and dropped temps under load from 46/30 to 41/29. Thanks for your post Slick306.

>AMD XP 1700+ @ 1900+ >Epox 8KHA+ >Alpha PAL8045 hs >512mb Crucial PC2100 2.5 cas >40 gig Seagate Barracuda IV 7200 rpm >GeForce GTS-V 32mb DDR >LiteOn CD/DVD - CDRW >SB Live Value >Win XP Home >Samsung 19" >Antec case SX635 >Antec 350w ps PP-352X >NIC 10/100 - floppy

[el]

just don't go nutz guys too many and you are crushing the core.

[slick306]

So you have 4 washers by the screw head? Where are all the washers? I think 12 might be cutting it close, but if it works that's great :)

Slick