Shims seemed to be a passing fad amongst leet overclockers who would
be (presumably) changing HSF's as often as they changed their
underwear - weekly.
The best protection for your CPU is:
1) Insert the CPU and fit the HSF before fitting the MB in the case.
( it's a good time to fit the RAM, too)
2) A slender flat-bladed screwdriver with the last inch bent to about
20 degrees from the rest of the shaft is an excellent tool for getting
the HSF clip onto the lug. Because the blade is bent, the handle of
the screwdriver is angled away from the HSF, and the whole operation
is much easier.
Kind of thought so. I've read some articles on building a pc and none of
them ever mentioned putting in a shim. Looks like some merchants are trying
to get a few extra bucks.
Kind of thought so. I've read some articles on building a pc and none of
them ever mentioned putting in a shim. Looks like some merchants are trying
to get a few extra bucks.
Well, the 'shim' idea goes back to the original Athlon socket CPUs when
people were cracking cores all over the place and the shim was to help
alleviate that problem by, basically, keeping you from cocking the heatsink
so much that you crush off the sides of the die. AMD eventually added the
rubber bumpers that made the shim unnecessary.
The not well thought out notion that; hey, since they're copper then maybe
it'll help cool the thing, developed later.
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