Putting a heatsink on the SB, correct?

[Quattro]

I am planning to stick a NB heatsink from either an old Abit board or from my recently destroyed Epox 8RDA+ board.

Now once I have lapped the heatsink I choose, I then stick the heatsink to the SB using, this. . .
Arctic Alumina Adhesive

Is that correct?
Or would that destroy my new board.
Since my 2500+ Barton is coming soon I am running: Operation Kelvin

Thank you!

 

[Quattro]

Incase you didn't know "Kelvin" is used ot measure very low temperatures! I think 1 Kelvin equals -280*C.

 

[Cutter]

Yes you can use Artic Alumina Adhesive. The best thing to do though, is mix in like a 2:1 or 3:1 ratio with Artic Alumina ceramique or Artic Silver, as this will make the Heatsink more easily removable, if you ever have the need. When it comes to selling the board later or RMA'ing it is a good idea to remove these extra heatsinks before shipping, as some have been known to cause damage during shipping.

Hope this helps you

 

[Quattro]

Cool I have some AS3 lying around.
So basically if I use 1g or adhesive I mix with it 2g of AS3?

 

[GM1010]

Kelvin isn't necessarily used to measure low temperatures, it's just an absolute scale so that 0 Kelvin is absolute zero. So in celsius it's roughly -273 deg.

 

[Quattro]

I was close though. Well done for picking that up!

 

[GM1010]

Yeah at least you didn't say degrees Kelvin...some say it's ok but I hate it lol.

 

[drewmister]

even though this post is dead

just thought i would enlighten you kelvin = celsius -273

this is an exact conversion.... kelvin is a scientific measurment of temperature because in kelvin 0 degrees kelvin = absolute zero (actually now they think it is closer to -273.15 C which is slightly lower than 0 Kelvin for absolute zero)

ne wayz thought i would share some useless knowledge from physics / chem

 

[tom10167]

Also, absolute zero can not be reached on Earth, because no matter how cold you make something, it's always connected to something that's connected to something that's connected something that generates heat.

 

[pwnt by pat]

if i remember right, it cant be reached anywhere because even the deepest, darkest regions of space, there is still some solar energy coming from some star to warm it. it may only warm say 1x10^-160061631 but its still not zero. (thats an exaggeration but it gets the idea across)

kthxbye
pat

 

[AngryAlpaca]

He has got a point. The lower possible temperature is 0.3 Kelvin.

 

[GM1010]

Didn't I say the exact same thing to him a month ago?

 

[Agent_Mull]

i think scientists have gotten with in like billionths of absolute 0.

 

[GM1010]

NIST scientists chilled a cloud of cesium atoms very close to absolute zero using lasers to catch the atoms in an optical lattice. The atoms reached 700 nanokelvins, or 700 billionths of a degree above absolute zero. Zero kelvin (minus 273 degrees Celsius), or absolute zero, is the temperature at which atomic thermal motion would cease.

From: http://physics.nist.gov/News/Releases/n94-30.html

 

[Quattro]

Wow. You are clever people.
This has truly increased my knowledge!
At least now, we all know the true story about absolute zero!

 

[drewmister]

lol

i didn't mean to start a royal rumble.... hehe surprising number of replies to a old post just cause i mentioned kelvin... lol

 

[Yamiyanazz]

hmm..I wonder if creating absoloute zero would lead to a black hole... not sure what one is...

I'm making this up out of my ***, so bear with me if I'm not correct at all..
if e=mc², then when the electrons stop completely at the temperature of absoloute zero, the atom would just, like, dissapear... yes, no? Science majors help me here...

 

[pwnt by pat]

the atoms would still be there, just not moving. uh, think jurasic park - if a t-rex sees you, you stop moving. then he cant see you anymore but you are still there.

 

[Artisan]

Cool I have some AS3 lying around.
So basically if I use 1g or adhesive I mix with it 2g of AS3?

Sort of off of the off topic, but I've never purchased thermal epoxy. I've just mixed as3 with a+b epoxy from the hardware store. Works great for me. I got the idea and searched and there was this article waiting for me, even included testing.

I used the recomended 1 part each of hardner, epoxy, and as3 for my SB on my rev 1.04 a7n8x and it really stuck it on there.

On my new board I used 1 part each epoxy and hardner to 2 parts as3. I kept banging it because my vid card cooler half blocks my mobo battery and I've been clearing the cmos alot oc'ing it. Anyway I knocked it off and reapplied with the original mix. The weaker stuff should work well if your not banging it all the time like me.

Its very economical for me, because I never use all the artic silver I buy before they come out with an upgrade. I have as5 now, but I still have plenty of as3 to make thermal epoxy for all my needs. If I run out, I have some free arctic alumina I got with a heatsink.

 

[Yamiyanazz]

the atoms would still be there, just not moving. uh, think jurasic park - if a t-rex sees you, you stop moving. then he cant see you anymore but you are still there.

but if energy is equal to mass multiplied by lightspeed squared, and there is no energy, then by simple algebra, there can be no mass... OH. Maybe there is a perfectly weight-free atom?