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Unread 06-13-2003, 04:39 PM   #47
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Originally posted by jaydee116
That not bad, but I would rather the CPU set flat on the socket to maintain a repeatable mount. Not to mention if I used my Air cooler as a reference it would add to much height for the clip.
I think that's the point of the blue wire shown...

To provide equal spacing around the CPU.

However, even though you can make electrical connection that way, you are moving the CPU farther away from decoupling caps on the motherboard. At gigahertz frequencies, every bit of length there matters. Doing that probably drops max overclock a hair.
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