Well, I finally installed everything. I tried lapping the heatsink, but I don't think I did a very good job. Only 3/4 of it is mirror like and the remaining qaurter consists of scratches near the middle I'm not sure If i accidentally made those scratches with the lower grit sandpaper, but I don't think I did. I also applied a thin layer of ceramique to the die and a film of it on the heatsink. When I first power'd it up I was stoked to see that my temps were pretty low 36/37 c idle for my 2400+ anthlon. But the next day, I checked temps again after it had been on a while and now the processor idle is at 48c, and in the low 50's when I'm gamming. System temp is 39 C. I have two case fans (one exhaust one intake) besides the termal boost and the powersupply fan.
I wonder if i put enough, or too much ceramique? Anyone notice that the applications instructions at the artic silver website are different for ceramique and artic silver 3? I went with the artic silver 3 instructions, so if that matters, then maybe that is making my temps higher than I had hoped they would be.
Another thing I noticed with my new AMD system (I had a PIII before) is that my power supply is a lot hotter.