I have Intel Core2 6400, 2.13 GHz LGA775 Socket. Heatsink is original Intel supplied together with CPU. It's wholly aluminium. When running with few aps on average CPU temp is about 50C. After light 400 grit wet sanding a contact surface I would risk to say is more smooth than original heatsink.
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