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Hookem said:Intersting picture
Duke Blackfist said:Wow! A BLUE shim! I never understood why they make these in different colours. Unless your heatsink is transparent (which as far as I know is uncommon) you can't see it.
Yeah, we need glass heatsinks with a blue LED in it.
i dont' think they purposely made it blue.
from site
""Anodizing" aluminum or titanium oxidizes the surface"
squeakygeek said:
Anodizing does not make the aluminum naturally blue, they dye it.
stan03 said:
didn't know that.... then it is very pointless
Aesthetic Qualities
As a building material titanium is available in its natural finish or it can be anodised to a spectacular range of colours. And due to its outstanding corrosion resistance, titanium requires no corrosion preventive coating.
tom10167 said:That's one more step, one more process in the assembly line.
Hah, there's enough thermal compound on that proc to last me atleast 10 mounts.