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Don’t engravings on a CPU defeat heatsink smoothness?
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Mar 15, 2026833 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have long seen people recommending heatsinks to be as smooth as possible for optimal thermal transfer from the CPU to the heatsink. It’s explained that the smoother it is, the more contact there is between the two metals and avoids tiny cracks or scratches which can fill with (thermally insulatin…
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