Check here for a full review of the Xigmatek 1283 http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2233
Finally getting around to posting the photos and my experience with lapping a Xigmatek 1283 CPU cooler. The lapping process on this cooler was very time consuming due to the heatpipe direct touch technology. The design of the cooler means there are grooves between the copper pipes and the aluminum plate they are sandwiched into. You really have to clean those areas out as when you switch paper grains.
Some other things I noticed is that you will want to limit your strokes when going with the direction of the heat pipes as a clump can fall from between the copper and alluminum and really do a number on one the copper pipes forcing you to drop back to a rougher grain to fix it. When I got to the finer grains I didn't have this problem with much severity, but it seems that going with the direction of the pipes can lead to some nasty grooves getting in there. I don't recommend more than a few light passes when going with the grain before you turn and go back against the grain.
Without further ramblings, the photos of the heatsink after a 2000 grit finish with no pollish applied.
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7985/mg3762ck0.jpg
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/8360/mg3760sc1.jpg
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/7606/mg3761yw7.jpg
Temps
Q6600@3.6 = 38-40 idle, 46-48 load
I'll come back and edit the temps section with numbers and photos for 3.6ghz and 4.0ghz after I get my new board (Rampage Formula) set up.
A side note about my recent board swap. After getting absolutely sick of getting stuck at below 430fsb on my Foxconn x38a board I decided it was time to swap it out for a board with better overclocking features so I ordered a Rampage Formula and cleaned up the wiring a bit more; it was pretty clean to start with. Anyway I was really pleased with how it looks so I'm posting a few shots of that as well.
Antec P182
PC P&C 750
5 Scythe Ultra Kaze fans
My little vortex.
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9320/img3777ra6.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5557/img3772np1.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6500/img3771hl9.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4030/img3770zg8.jpg
Finally getting around to posting the photos and my experience with lapping a Xigmatek 1283 CPU cooler. The lapping process on this cooler was very time consuming due to the heatpipe direct touch technology. The design of the cooler means there are grooves between the copper pipes and the aluminum plate they are sandwiched into. You really have to clean those areas out as when you switch paper grains.
Some other things I noticed is that you will want to limit your strokes when going with the direction of the heat pipes as a clump can fall from between the copper and alluminum and really do a number on one the copper pipes forcing you to drop back to a rougher grain to fix it. When I got to the finer grains I didn't have this problem with much severity, but it seems that going with the direction of the pipes can lead to some nasty grooves getting in there. I don't recommend more than a few light passes when going with the grain before you turn and go back against the grain.
Without further ramblings, the photos of the heatsink after a 2000 grit finish with no pollish applied.
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7985/mg3762ck0.jpg
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/8360/mg3760sc1.jpg
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/7606/mg3761yw7.jpg
Temps
Q6600@3.6 = 38-40 idle, 46-48 load
I'll come back and edit the temps section with numbers and photos for 3.6ghz and 4.0ghz after I get my new board (Rampage Formula) set up.
A side note about my recent board swap. After getting absolutely sick of getting stuck at below 430fsb on my Foxconn x38a board I decided it was time to swap it out for a board with better overclocking features so I ordered a Rampage Formula and cleaned up the wiring a bit more; it was pretty clean to start with. Anyway I was really pleased with how it looks so I'm posting a few shots of that as well.
Antec P182
PC P&C 750
5 Scythe Ultra Kaze fans
My little vortex.
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9320/img3777ra6.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5557/img3772np1.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6500/img3771hl9.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4030/img3770zg8.jpg