can you give us a picture of what you have going now?
 
side note:
you may only need to add shop towels now...

d1eseL

Okay so whats the best way to insulate a HK v.3 cpu block?  I used eraser before and the condensation was coming through.  I tried putting the frostking foam over the eraser and that didn't work so well but it could have been my method.  I was kinda experimenting at the time and didnt really give it a good effort.  What do you guys do?

Try using masking tape on your block covering the copper/metal, with armaflex not frostking over the tape. Armaflex sticks better and should hold to the tape really well. Make sure you don't have any gaps between the block and the eraser around your cpu. I find it best to use paper towels with a hole in the middle cut out for the CPU placed over the eraser or a 4x4' armaflex cut-out.


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  Also its important after all this to make sure you still have good contact with the block and CPU. Do the paste spread test drop a pea size or small dot in the middle of the CPU mount the block tighten it down and pull it back off to make sure the paste spread over the CPU. Hope this helps.

 

lol
i just use my finger and call it a day. that way i know for sure it's covering the whole cpu. then i set the block back on and turn it right and left a bit to get a nice seal. then put the screws in but not all the way tight. i then turn on the phase or if it's the water chiller, i turn the valve to let the ice cold water into the block. i turn on the pc and go strait to bios. and then i start fine tuning the screws for best results.(just me of course)

Haha I usually do a dot of paste the first time I prep something just to make sure before booting the rig. For something like a chiller or SS they don't change much so not much need to worry later down the road. When I do DICE I check the mount everytime lol it's annoying but every bit of -C means I might be able to overclock it that much higher
 
I agree the bios tuning is very helpful, but I get lazy with my chiller and don't do it every time.

When I checked last there was one spot open @ 411 for forum wars you should join us John

Thanks for the info guys.  I was thinking the armaflex might be better.  CPU temp has been down to -18C in bios and the cores were at -4 to -7 in realtemp with no sign of condensation.  Thats with running the chiller off and on.  Mother nature is of coarse helping out right now with the cold and dry ;)

is the spot still open?

Threed, i think that is just the # of bullets Vokl put up. But im pretty sure we can have as many people as we want.
 
John, here: http://www.411overkill.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=7679&p=95704

johnksss

lol
i just use my finger and call it a day. that way i know for sure it's covering the whole cpu. then i set the block back on and turn it right and left a bit to get a nice seal. then put the screws in but not all the way tight. i then turn on the phase or if it's the water chiller, i turn the valve to let the ice cold water into the block. i turn on the pc and go strait to bios. and then i start fine tuning the screws for best results.(just me of course)

Wow, I never thought of that.  Seems like a great idea!

xxrabid93

Threed, i think that is just the # of bullets Vokl put up. But im pretty sure we can have as many people as we want.

John, here: http://www.411overkill.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=7679&p=95704

 
Thats correct, please feel free to join up!  We are working on getting our classes sorted right now and should have a loose roster posted up soon.