Could be cleaner actually. Will give it another go before I install it.

Vice method. Not that ballsy to go with blade method. Lol.

Thanks bro.

Yep, will be cooling my motherboard. Got a universal waterblock for the pch/south bridge and a special full block for the MOSFET area.

Borrow from somewhere.

Vice method. also, I already cleaned up the adhesive residue, only left the staining from the adhesive.

Probably won't bother with sanding the surface of the IHS. But see la how, if I manage to find a small piece of glass then I probably will. Could probably use acrylic as substitute I suppose. Will just need to find scraps or something. haha!

Coming from you, that means alot.

Thanks bro!

Yes, fixed. Just gotta plug it up and test. thanks man.

Yeah, you clamp down the IHS, then place a block of wood (or in my case I used an old hard drive) against the chip then whack the block of wood. You can actually google it up. Plenty of videos online. haha.

Took me awhile to do it though, probably coz I was using a 2.5" hard drive and not a 3.5" one or a block of wood.

Tips to anyone who wants to even try:

Watch plenty of videos and read up before doing it. That way when you actually do it, you won't be as nervous (I wasn't nervous at all whacking my CPU. Thinking back, it was quite crazy and nerve wrecking)

When you do it, get a friend to help. You actually just need their hands to make sure your chip doesn't fly and die.

Haha. No problem man.

Mine nearly fell to it's death, but my brother was there to help me so it didn't fall off the vice.

I've read of some people sending their chips flying. That was either coz they were drunk (I have no idea why anyone would mod while drunk. ) or they whack too hard.

yeah. No blocks of wood lying around, but I have a box full of dead hard drives. Hahaha.

If you're gonna use hard drive, a 3.5" hard drive would be safer to use than a 2.5" one coz of the weight and height of the drive when lying flat. Plus, you get more flat surface height on the sides than a 2.5".

Teaser! My normal image host is down, so just this for now.



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My image host is back up! so More photos!

Hands got itchy to get my motherboard and stuff ready to go into my case(which still isn't complete. )

Patriot "limited" edition RAM all blocked up and ready to goooo:



My motherboard got a clean up, dust free and capacitor label free.



Even Got rid of the PCH heatsink. It's so shiny!



Eh, what's that in the reflection?

EK RAM blocks! The only EK thing in my entire loop. HAHA.



Also in the picture is my motherboard block, probably the only one in the whole of Malaysia.

The PCH can't be left out, so it gets a Heatkiller waterblock!



I haven't got to installing my CPU yet. Checking out a few things before putting it in.

I don't have much faith in mounting without the lid. Too many down sides.

Haha. Sorry la bro. items all bought at various times and funding irregular so yeah..

Haha! Thanks you guys.


wtf.

haha! thx I guess?

Come next year it'll be my turn to jelly over your incoming toy.

Haha! Just regular EK blocks bro.

Haha. I know! : In the midst of finishing my exams again so hopefully soon. Sucks not being able to game.