E6600 and Ultra 120 Extreme Lapping
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The Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme has become very popular recently as the ultimate air cooler. Unfortunately the extreme is also becoming a bit notorious as having some quality control issues, mainly due to the new mounting procedure. Because there are more heatpipes, the clamp that holds the Ultra 120 Extreme to the CPU is a scissor design which can be opened and then closed.
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I finally received my new heatsink, the Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme for use in my overclocked main work machine. It is a Core 2 Duo based machine with an ASUS p5B Deluxe motherboard. Since I was going to be taking my computer apart anyways to install the new heatsink, I decided to go extreme in my overclocking efforts, I decided to “lap” both my processor and new heatsink.
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