- Joined
- Mar 7, 2006
- Location
- Connecticut
It's been a while since I posted here...been a little busy during the summer months...but anyhow:
Recently, I decided to take the time to clean out the computer. It's a good thing I did, too! It was chock full of dust. The reason I decided to in the first place was because I noticed my temps creeping up and up. Also, I noticed my chipset fan had become quite loud. I bought a new fan and got to installing it. I had to take the CPU heatsink off to get my clubby hands in there. And that's when I decided...I'm gonna do some lapping.
I had already lapped my original version Scythe Ninja but was not completely satisfied with the results. This time I started with 220, moved to 320, then 400 and finished with 600. I just put the piece of glass on the table, grabbed a beer and went to it. 3 hours later (I got distracted often) I was satisfied with the results. I had also, during this time decided I might as well lap my CPU as well.
After everything was said and done, I had a reasonably shiney, but most importantly, FLAT CPU and heatsink. I go to install them and what do I see when I boot up? Temps that don't make much sense! Prior to my lapping the CPU or heatsink I had a reasonably small variation between cores ~5 or so degrees. Now I have ~10-13 degrees. Albeit, the difference is throughout the spectrum. Load temps seem to have improved, showing a smaller difference between idle and load. But it's the variation between cores that bothers me.
Is there a limit to what is acceptable as temperature difference between cores? Again, the load temps are not worrisome, but it's just the new/larger difference I'm seeing between cores has me somewhat concerned.
Recently, I decided to take the time to clean out the computer. It's a good thing I did, too! It was chock full of dust. The reason I decided to in the first place was because I noticed my temps creeping up and up. Also, I noticed my chipset fan had become quite loud. I bought a new fan and got to installing it. I had to take the CPU heatsink off to get my clubby hands in there. And that's when I decided...I'm gonna do some lapping.
I had already lapped my original version Scythe Ninja but was not completely satisfied with the results. This time I started with 220, moved to 320, then 400 and finished with 600. I just put the piece of glass on the table, grabbed a beer and went to it. 3 hours later (I got distracted often) I was satisfied with the results. I had also, during this time decided I might as well lap my CPU as well.
After everything was said and done, I had a reasonably shiney, but most importantly, FLAT CPU and heatsink. I go to install them and what do I see when I boot up? Temps that don't make much sense! Prior to my lapping the CPU or heatsink I had a reasonably small variation between cores ~5 or so degrees. Now I have ~10-13 degrees. Albeit, the difference is throughout the spectrum. Load temps seem to have improved, showing a smaller difference between idle and load. But it's the variation between cores that bothers me.
Is there a limit to what is acceptable as temperature difference between cores? Again, the load temps are not worrisome, but it's just the new/larger difference I'm seeing between cores has me somewhat concerned.