CPU Lapping

[Ronald Browen]

I recently bought an AMD FX 8320 and an Radeon 7950 to bring my rig up to speed enough to meet the minimum requirements of DOOM. I got the processor from some guy on eBay for $70 and it was lapped. Was that a good Idea? 

[airdeano]

if properly done can lend a tad to thermal transfer. right off any RMA return for the future.

kinda a reason it was cheap for one. might be a non-lottery winner. won't know till it is booted and tortured.

[Ronald Browen]

1 minute ago, airdeano said:

if properly done can lend a tad to thermal transfer. right off any RMA return for the future.

kinda a reason it was cheap for one. might be a non-lottery winner. won't know till it is booted and tortured.

The guy said it was fully functional so I guess I will see why mess I got myself into. Hopefully it works. 

[airdeano]

chuck it up in a mobo and thrash it..

what mobo are you using?

[suchamoneypit]

11 minutes ago, Ronald Browen said:

I recently bought an AMD FX 8320 and an Radeon 7950 to bring my rig up to speed enough to meet the minimum requirements of DOOM. I got the processor from some guy on eBay for $70 and it was lapped. Was that a good Idea? 

lapping just means they tried to smooth out the IHS, it could cool better, If they messed it up during the process it might not boot at all, but if it boots, its perfectly normal and shouldn't haven't any issues as lapping wouldn't affect anything else.

[Ronald Browen]

16 minutes ago, airdeano said:

chuck it up in a mobo and thrash it..

what mobo are you using?

I am using a gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB 3.0 REV 6.0

With AMD FX 6350 8GB RAM Radeon 7870 6m (only one monitor) and a 500w power supply 

 

11 minutes ago, suchamoneypit said:

lapping just means they tried to smooth out the IHS, it could cool better, If they messed it up during the process it might not boot at all, but if it boots, its perfectly normal and shouldn't haven't any issues as lapping wouldn't affect anything else.

Why would it not boot? Isn't the processor under that cover that they are sanding? Why would it not boot? What causes it to not boot? Sorry but I like to ask questions 

[suchamoneypit]

2 minutes ago, Ronald Browen said:

Why would it not boot? Isn't the processor under that cover that they are sanding? Why would it not boot? What causes it to not boot? Sorry but I like to ask questions 

I don't think you understood me. I meant the only danger or risk of buying a lapped CPU, is if it was damaged in the process, in which case it probably just would not boot. So I said if it boots, then it was never damaged and the lapping will have no negative affects at all.

[Ronald Browen]

16 minutes ago, suchamoneypit said:

I don't think you understood me. I meant the only danger or risk of buying a lapped CPU, is if it was damaged in the process, in which case it probably just would not boot. So I said if it boots, then it was never damaged and the lapping will have no negative affects at all.

Okay thanks. I was asking how does a processor get damaged by lapping it?

[suchamoneypit]

Just now, Ronald Browen said:

Okay thanks. I was asking how does a processor get damaged by lapping it?

carelessness, like on an AMD CPU, you could accidentally bend/break pins.

[Ronald Browen]

I want to learn more about cpu lapping. Can anyone who has experienced lend me some advice? 

[Ronald Browen]

1 minute ago, suchamoneypit said:

carelessness, like on an AMD CPU, you could accidentally bend/break pins.

Ok thanks 

[suchamoneypit]

Pretty much everything you would need to know about what it is, and what it does, and how its done.

 

[Ronald Browen]

1 minute ago, suchamoneypit said:

Pretty much everything you would need to know about what it is, and what it does, and how its done.

 

Thanks 

[Enderman]

7 minutes ago, suchamoneypit said:

Pretty much everything you would need to know about what it is, and what it does, and how its done.

 

More like "no it does not make any noticeable real world difference.