j.c.f.'s Overclocked Athlon
Project
Instead of using the MECI plastic TEC housing I figured
that sticking the ACE plumbing insulation I use to the cold plate everywhere except where
the TECs were to go would do a good job of stopping the TECs from slipping to where they
were not supposed to be. Here's the other side of the cold plate, you
can see the two CPU mounting bolt heads, soon to be buried in yet more thermal goop:
Thermal goop applied and TECs in place on the cold
plate:
The MECI heatsink has holes in it where the TECs are
now going to be mating with it so fill them up with more thermal goop:
Heatsink now bolted to cold plate:
Notice how the nylon insulated bolts holding the cold
plate to the heatsink are recessed into the original hot plate. For details of that
assembly see the
Celeron Overclock, the only difference is that this time the springs go on the
heatsink side.
Now we've got the Ace self adhesive pipe insulation
stuck over the remaining exposed bits of the cold plate (at least the ones that we can
cover up, others must be left uncovered otherwise you'd never get it into the SECC housing
on the mother board):
Another strip around the edges and underneath:
All the insulation around the edges near the exposed
cold plate has been stripped of its outer layer of aluminum, don't want to provide a path
for a thermal short. In order to get that outer strip to stick I later resorted to two
enormous cable ties running around the edge.
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