Test report Apogee GTZ vs. Koolance 350 vs. HeatKiller 3.0

[gabe]

Not true, a washer on the backplate will pull the backplate away from the board itself and make the heatsink push tighter on the chip (ive done this MANY times with IHS'less chips so i know it works)

I understand what you are saying, and it could have been a valid suggestion had the diameter of the screw body been smaller than the motherboard mounting hole (thus allowing the screw to 'penetrate' the mobo so to speak); unfortunately, this is not the case.

We are preparing a kit for lapped processors, using standard M3x35 screws as posts, and thumbnuts. It will require measuring the compression (as with other similar systems), but at least will allow adequate mating.