Q6600 Looking different ?

[dragoncurt]

Hi, I had bought this Motherboard and CPU bundle a few months ago and only just decided to clean the south and north bridge/ cpu and add new thermal paste. So when I got to the CPU (Q6600) I was a bit shocked because I do not know if this is supposed to be looking like that. The CPU is normally Grey or silver looking but when I took the cooler off the CPU I am seeing a CPU which has got like copper on the CPU. I will upload a picture later but I've never seen something like this before and decided to ask on here. If anyone knows if it is normal then that's fine but I was thinking maybe it might be some fake CPU. It is a Q6600 Core 2 quad.

 

Thanks. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

The heatspreaded is plated copper, so you can make if coppper colored if you rub off othe plating.

[Coaxialgamer]

is the writing on the heat spreader still there ?

[dragoncurt]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

The heatspreaded is plated copper, so you can make if coppper colored if you rub off othe plating.

Oh so it is just a copper plate/ did the previous owner do it for better cooling then. Thanks

[Electronics Wizardy]

8 minutes ago, dragoncurt said:

Oh so it is just a copper plate/ did the previous owner do it for better cooling then. Thanks

Pics please.

[dragoncurt]

Here it is  

[stationvsbox]

41 minutes ago, dragoncurt said:

Here it is  

yeah the spreader is either replaced or the top layer got removed

[dragoncurt]

4 hours ago, stationvsbox said:

yeah the spreader is either replaced or the top layer got removed

Oh Is it fine to still use. Thanks

[stationvsbox]

19 minutes ago, dragoncurt said:

Oh Is it fine to still use. Thanks

yeah, keep an eye on your temps though

[ApolloX75]

2 hours ago, dragoncurt said:

Oh Is it fine to still use. Thanks

It's an old trick called lapping. Used to do it to make a more pure surface for better heat transfer. It's what we nutbars did before de-lidding was a thing.

[dragoncurt]

On ‎24‎/‎11‎/‎2016 at 3:02 AM, stationvsbox said:

yeah, keep an eye on your temps though

Oh okay and It is pretty cool around 50c in gaming.

[dragoncurt]

On ‎24‎/‎11‎/‎2016 at 5:09 AM, ApolloX75 said:

It's an old trick called lapping. Used to do it to make a more pure surface for better heat transfer. It's what we nutbars did before de-lidding was a thing.

Oh aha but even de-lidding does not really help much. Well not that I have seen any way. Thanks for telling me about it being could lapping, I never knew that.

[Jumper118]

5 minutes ago, dragoncurt said:

Oh aha but even de-lidding does not really help much. Well not that I have seen any way. Thanks for telling me about it being could lapping, I never knew that.

that depends on the cpu 10-15c is a huge help.

[dragoncurt]

On 11/29/2016 at 10:33 PM, Jumper118 said:

that depends on the cpu 10-15c is a huge help.

Yh 10-15c is very good.