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has anyone removed the aluminum plate between the copper heatsink and the cpu clip?

was their any change in temp?

from wht i see its just screwed on

 

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which plate?
i see no plate on the one in the review. http://overclockers.com/articles739/

 

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Might be there to increase clip pressure...no point in taking it off really...

 

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Cheesy Peas said:

which plate?
i see no plate on the one in the review. http://overclockers.com/articles739/

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see those little holes on the bottom of the heatsink. those are screw holes

i just got mine im going to see if there is a difference

test1 volcano 11

test2 volacno 11 with thermal paste between the aluminum plate

test3 volcano 11 no aluminum plate

ill post results when im done

 

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hmmm, sounds interesting. i still havnt a clue to why its there though. apart from extra mounting pressure maybe, but that can be done by the size of the clip no?

 

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why does every1 **** with things....including me

 

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JeffW said:

why does every1 **** with things....including me

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all pioneers take risks

 

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here are the results of the test

setup
athlon xp 2200+(tbred a)
asus a7n8x(non dlx)

amd stock
Idle 47
load 52
volcano
idle 38
load 45
volcano no aluminum spacer
idle 37
load 42

dropped a full 10 degrees. pretty good for me so far

temp recorded using mbm5 usind the w*******-diode

 

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I wonder what will happen now you've removed it..

Hope it doesn't fall off in a month, hehe!

 

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what kind a commit is that. man you throwing bad luck at me eh

 

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j/k man

 

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doesn't it reduce the amount of spring tension the clips can exert? did you bend them a bit more?

 

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V8gent said:

doesn't it reduce the amount of spring tension the clips can exert? did you bend them a bit more?

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it was slightly easier to get on but its solidly on there

no ididn't bend them

 

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That little aluminum piece is a guide to more rigidly align the clip with the heatsink. It also adjusts for proper clip loading (adds more force when installed). Theoretically, you should get better temps "with" the aluminum guide - because of greater clamping force. IMHO you would have to try several mountings with and without the piece to really see any difference (to take out the mounting variabilities).

I picked up 3 deg C by removing the fancy Tt fan gaurd (replaced it with a standard wire grill) and another 2 degrees by lapping the base...