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mluckey · 07-15-2003, 12:57 PM

I lapped and polished mine, and removed the spacer/shroud, and noticed a repeatable 1-1.5 degrees C. difference. This difference was mainly due to the removed shroud. I still saw a repeatable .5 degrees C. with only the lapped and polish 8045 however. Further airflow tweaks in the case,, dropped temps. another 2 degrees C.

I feel that the lapping, is only wothwhile if you have the time to spare (i do). Try the heatsink in the blow mode with the shroud removed. It seems to work on many case. I used to run in the exhaust mode with shroud, and while the Mobo temps decreased, I saw increased Core temps. This is most likely due to the wind tunnel I call a case (136 CFM) though, and not a reflection of the heatsink itself.

07-15-2003, 12:57 PM	#6
mluckey Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arkansas, USA Posts: 1	I lapped and polished mine, and removed the spacer/shroud, and noticed a repeatable 1-1.5 degrees C. difference. This difference was mainly due to the removed shroud. I still saw a repeatable .5 degrees C. with only the lapped and polish 8045 however. Further airflow tweaks in the case,, dropped temps. another 2 degrees C. I feel that the lapping, is only wothwhile if you have the time to spare (i do). Try the heatsink in the blow mode with the shroud removed. It seems to work on many case. I used to run in the exhaust mode with shroud, and while the Mobo temps decreased, I saw increased Core temps. This is most likely due to the wind tunnel I call a case (136 CFM) though, and not a reflection of the heatsink itself. __________________ Making do with what the Joneses retired.