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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The pins reduce the area making contact for cooling, so really if you bend or break off all of the pins on the socket, you’ll get optimal heat dissipation.

I tried this and can confirm, my cpu doesn’t get hot anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I bet it also doesn't do anything anymore