Probably one of the most asked questions on the cooling forums is " I just installed X sink and my temps are still High, higher etc." and usually the first response after "did you use thermal paste?" the 2nd is "Your contact is probably bad, try remounting your sink"i think its fairly good at both, once you get the analysis done on the film you get a good idea of what kinda pressure your applying. i thought i had good pressure but after seeing that first film it was apparent that i didn't. the film also gives a fair idea of how your contact is because if it isn't red after then there is no contact there on a direct contact to contact scenario, this is why we use thermal paste though, because its extremely hard to get both bases completely flat. also, if both surfaces were completely flat the metals should theoretically fuse together.
I guess from most from the beta testing about 90% fall into the "good enough" or "I am getting somewhat the result expected" Though some number is/are not satisfied, they lap, buy secondary hardware, penny shim jury rigs.
So for the more rabid users the raw film does perhaps provide a general snapshot of whats going on? Enough maybe to troubleshoot a non obvious problem, light pressure, mounting pressure bias, flatness?
I am thinking of maybe blister packing a few tubes out of each lot with some film so prior to using the paste so people could optimize their mount. 3 tests per pak. probably add a couple dollars to the cost. I was wondering whether it was worth it?
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