Yeah Slim142 that is a huge difference! I wish I would have run my S2E with the stock TIM on it before replacing it(just to see what the difference would be). It was the first thing I did after opening up the box, lol! I was pretty dissapointing with the stock TIM placement, a good part of the SB wasn't even making contact! I must say that having screws and backplates instead of plastic push-pins is a very nice change and makes life much better!