Golden Orb surface slightly pitted....

[ride525]

Just bought a golden orb used....the surface that makes contact with the CPU is slghtly pitted in a few places and the gold surface is missing in just these few spots.

Should I lightly sand or lightly steel wool the surface to smoooth out? Does it matter if gold is there or not?

 

[Rain Man]

Do you mean the round ridges on the surface? The gold is just paint, I'm pretty sure - Thermaltake seems to like to make all their products look nice. I lapped mine to make it flat, but it only decreases CPU temp by 1-2C

 

[ride525]

No...since it was used there was slight pitting....gold had come off in a few places....just slapped some thermal paste on it anyways...and am up and running 566@850 and 875 at 1.6volts

 

[MaxFPS]

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/coppershim/

 

[Kogan]

Only sand/lap it if you're not happy with your current cpu temps. I wouldn't bother with it

 

[cdrakejr]

There is a new article on lapping the Golden Orb here.

 

[optoman]

I lapped my gorb and went from 42`C to 39`C. The measurements were both taken at full load and a case temp around 32`C. It was a hot one today.