Silver is a better thermal conductor than is copper. This is the physical basis for the use of silver-containing or silver-named TIM's.
A few years ago a number of people modded their CPU coolers to use a silver slug as the interface between CPU and heatsink. I believe there were even a few commercial coolers that used silver metal (in various thickness) as the interface material.
Does anyone have personal knowledge of or experience with the benefit of using heatsinks or coolers with silver metal as CPU contact? Is it at all useful in practice?
A few years ago a number of people modded their CPU coolers to use a silver slug as the interface between CPU and heatsink. I believe there were even a few commercial coolers that used silver metal (in various thickness) as the interface material.
Does anyone have personal knowledge of or experience with the benefit of using heatsinks or coolers with silver metal as CPU contact? Is it at all useful in practice?
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