G3 work...

Well, this morning I decided to go ahead and give the B&W G3 a little dusting out. Cat hair and what not can build up quite quickly in this house. It was a simple enough procedure and I finished in good time.

I once again looked at the large copper heatsink with doubt, as I always do. There were several reasons why I didn't particulary like it. One, it was heavy. Not too heavy but just enogh that I worried about it. Secondly, the custom made clip for it never really held it on tightly. Third, the bottom part, that contacts the chip, was very 'unfinished' in that it wasn't nice and smooth.

I decided to use a smaller copper heatsink that I now had avaliable to replace it. The smaller one, although not possessing the fins and surface area of the current, would be more than sufficient for the task. Plus, as I found out while installling it, the clip holds it on very tightly without any play in there.

You could say that the stock aluminum heatsink was more than enough. I mean, the G3s/750s don't put out a lot of heat themselves. I just like 'upgrading' my 'ole G3. More cooling never hurts.