Quote Originally Posted by ThugsRook View Post
i spread the TIM by hand, so if it was touching it would have TIM on it.

the IHS of my e8200 is flat, many other coolers have perfectly good contact to this chip, the TRU90 is the only one that doesnt.

the TRU90 has a large buldge in the center, wobbles like a weeble, and can spin on a flat counter like a top.

mounted with the washer mod, spring bolts were very tight, i could not twist the cooler by hand.

and i checked it twice to be sure.

lol regardless of what you think is flat with your naked eye, the IHS on all intel CPU's arent flat, they are designed with a concave center so that the retail heatsink makes specific contact with that area. Part of the reason the retail heatsinks are designed the way they are.

Now i know TR bases on all their heatsinks generally have poor maching but im just saying you can make a direct judgement of contact by thermal paste alone. I learned that the hard way.