Actually What the large to small contact area reveals on these tests and other tests not shown is is that the better sinks - Alhpha 6035, Hedgehog, fop -32 and millennium were unaffected to any signifcant degree.
Whereas the lesser heat sinks like the Agilent ca Had substantial Degredations in performance.
The millennium beat the copper sink with an equivalent fan and fan speed. of 4600 RPM
Agilent CA on a gigabyte board 51C thermocouple. or .45C/W
Via hardware monitor read 43C
Thermaltake super orb on a gigabyte board 42.8C thermocouple or .33C/W
Via hardware monitor read 51C
Benchtest.33C/W
Like the flip flop on the Via numbers?
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