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I've done it again! This time it took only ~10mins......
3800+ getting mutilated


Ohhh Nakid


All ready for some AS5


Now to test if I can OC this any higher or if it gives lower temps (or both)

CPU temps are down by ~6C
with 1 instance of CPU FAH + 1 of GPU FAH temps are

CPU = 42C
GPU = 48C
Old
CPU = 48C
GPU = 49C

GFX @ 710gpu / 800mem 1.475v(gpu) | 3800+ 2.6GHz 1.45v

:edit:
Can't OC any higher, but lower cpu temps are always nice, especially since I have the OC'd X1900 in the loop...........dang this card pumps out some heat!!!!!!!

You da man Ken

good job!

Thanx,
I still have to get used to the new camera though (Nikon CoolPix L3 5.1MP). When I disable th flash, it's very easy to get a blurred picture. I may buy myself a cheap tripod.
Temps have also settled overnight.
CPU = 39C
GPU = 48C
With FAH running and the GPU clocked @ 710/800 1.475v (1.42v default)
I'm gonna see if I can run the CPU with lower vcore because when I removed the IHS off the 4400+ I could run with .5v less ;)

very cool! (no pun intended) do you have to be any more careful attaching your water block to a proc that has its IHS removed?

HONkUS wrote:very cool! (no pun intended) do you have to be any more careful attaching your water block to a proc that has its IHS removed?

Yep! But if you're careful there's no problem ;)
Just make sure it applies even pressure on the chip, just like the old Athlon XP chips.
Ohh, and the waterblock can't use the standard mounting or it won't make contact with the core.

Nice work getting that gasket seal cut off.

Did you start at the corners first to break them free and then slit the periphery straight sections?

stev wrote:Nice work getting that gasket seal cut off.

Did you start at the corners first to break them free and then slit the periphery straight sections?

Thanks! Yeah I started at the corners, it's the ony place a blade with fit!
I was cutting through the chip and before I knew it, It was done! The last time I done it I was a wreck....It took me ages as I had to start and stop.........giving into nerves in between.
Here's a link to my last attempt from a few years ago.
http://forums.legitreviews.com/viewtopic.php?t=4812

Great job but I am to scare to try to remove the IHS.

Nice I got a similar temp reduction when I took the lid off of my x3 3800. I aslo found that Shin-EtsuMicrosi gave me a 1C reduction over AS5 with a TDX DD water block.

Wow, that looks really hard to do. Have you tried that and taken out a proc before? I would be really scared doing that for a few C lower

That looks like fun! If I found an old processor I would try something like that for fun...but for now, cheers to you mate!

No problem here, but I was really careful. Yes it was worth it to me b/c I was getting over 52c full load even with water cooling.... Max temp now is 47c

That's pretty impressive! I'd probably just end up lappng the IHS surface down a bit since it's safer, and still a good way to void the warranty too...

I'm about to pick a fight with the adhesive thermal pads Gigabyte uses on their DS3 boards with their chipset heatsinks, so I wanted to ask ya. I assume it's better to twist more than pull so as to not damage the BGA solder package CPUs/chipsets use? And secondly, have you considered using http://www.arcticsilver.com/arcticlean.htm or anything similar before or used it before?

I am considering trying the ArcticClean since I couldn't even get the heatsinks to wriggle at all after unpinning them. I've removed the 'sinks on a Abit IS7 board before without issue, but they only had used the cheap pink gum on those and not full adhesive thermal pads so they came off easily.

It seems the TIM on AMD IHS' is still as crappy as on my 3000+ Winchester CPU I had ages ago:
http://www.helsinki.fi/~llounent/Disint ... reader.jpg

Well the hard part is not removing the IHS.
Its mounting the HS on it afterwards.
But if you remember back in the days if you mounted your HS to hard you would brake your CPU.
Good job though I didn't think about that sooner.
I might try it on my PD805 to get it cooler :p

Schwarz wrote:Well the hard part is not removing the IHS.
Its mounting the HS on it afterwards.
But if you remember back in the days if you mounted your HS to hard you would brake your CPU.
Good job though I didn't think about that sooner.
I might try it on my PD805 to get it cooler :p

You can't do this with Intel chips (or not easily anyway)
The IHS is soldered on the chip

See here
http://forums.legitreviews.com/viewtopi ... hlight=ihs ;)

It sure can be done with Intels too, that E6400 in the middle did 3.6GHz stable at 1.5V.