On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Bruce Johnson <[email protected] > wrote:
> > > On Mar 14, 2009, at 1:43 AM, pdimage wrote: > > > > > On 14/3/09 02:32, "Wallace Adrian D'Alessio" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Overclockers who are set on defeating heat to preserve costly CPUs > >> yet squeeze > >> extreme clock counts out of them have been known to polish the CPU > >> and > >> heatsink with ever finer grades of wet or dry paper starting with > >> 1000 grit. > >> And even going to finer grits of polishing compound. Some may even > >> " lap : the > >> surfaces together with a polishing compound. > >> > >> Then they apply the thermal paste after all of that. > >> > >> In theory the more closely the parts surfaces match and the thinner > >> the paste > >> needed to > >> make up the difference the faster and therefore the more successful > >> the heat > >> transfer will be. > >> > > > > Seems strange - the laws of physics would suggest that a coarse > > finish - > > rather than a polished surface - would provide a much greater > > surface area > > for a face to face contact - with the compound filling the pits in the > > coarse finish... > > > > Pete > > > Many Overclockers are much like some of the loonier Stereo buffs, the > ones who will spend $300 on a wooden volume knob because it lends a > 'warmer tone' to the sound; the ones who will spend $1300 on speaker > cables that cannot be distinguished from coathanger wire in blind > listening tests. > > Facts and logic only incidentally coincide with their methodology. > > -- > ____________________________________ Well I still envy anyone who will take a chance with a $ 1400.00 processor! It takes either foolishness or a firm confidence with what you are doing. Maybe both. Like high stakes poker with lousier odds. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
