CPUs generate their heat in the silicon die that does all those wonderful calculations which make our computers work. But silicon conducts heat fairly poorly, so the thinner your CPU die, the better ...

I ran a search and didn't find this so....<P>What's the best grit to use when lapping a CPU? I'm going to be lapping my Duron since I've noticed some gaps between it and the heatsink. The heatsink has ...

I'm new to ARS and overclocking. Right now I'm gathering info for my first overclocking try. One item that intrigues me is the subject of lapping the base of the CPU heatsink ( right now I'm favoring ...

Perhaps you can remember him from that liquid cooling block that made direct contact with the processor Die of the 9th Intel Core processors. NudeCNC now released new tools designed to lap both the ...