Anyone lapped their CPU heatspreader?

JN

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Just wondering if anyone had lapped their P4 heatspreader?

It seems like with these shiney copper heatskinks and thermal compound that contains pure silver, that a P4 heatspreader (made out of some cheap low conductivity metal) would be the weakest link.
 
Hi XMS

Yep I lapped my XP-90, it has a Nickel base with a copper core underneath. Copper definitely conducts better than Nickel, and around 2-3 deg C difference in temp. :)

PV
 
Yeah i've lapped my wateblock too, because i accidentally made a small dent in it (oops).

But i'm just wondering if anyone has actually lapped the top of their processor? I can't imagine intel taking much time to ensure the top of the cpu is totally flat.
 
if intel were having problems keeping the temps of their 4Ghz chip down then I imagined they would have upgraded their heatspreader but it seems not :(
 
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