Been having trouble with the plumbing blowtorch, because it just kept heating everything too quickly, and making the pipes swell up. Ended up soldering it with a kitchen torch meant for crème brûlée haha.
I know it looks terrible. Main thing is it’s all together.
Got it installed with thermal pads on everything. It’s looking good. Hit 95 with no fans on at 3.9GHz @ 65W, then the fans kicked on, and it dropped to high 80s 55W @ 3.7GHz on all cores. The fans didn’t go above the lowest setting. Going to try gaming for 15 minutes. I’ll reset the values in Throttlestop to give a better idea.
I’ve used 2mm spacers around the mounts to keep the whole thing level. Could take them off to increase pressure…
I’m going to message the solder manufacturer and ask what flux they use. There’s still some left in the gaps that I want out, and need to know what solvent to use.