My 1.4 ghz T-Bird gets wet.

[HaM]

Not really... but:
Right now I have regular air cooling on my 1.4 ghz T-bird, and i want to switch to water cooling. I have a shim on it right now. When i take my Heatsink and heatsink fan off and all that, would i keep my shim on when mounting the water block? Or would it just be my chip on my motherboard, with the water block over it? Thanks

Matt

[rugby]

You can use whatever you want to. I used a shim for both air-cooling and water-cooling up until I used a digital thermometer right next to the core and didn't have the space. With an expensive chip like a tbird I would use a shim to protect your core when tightening down a waterblock.

[oc jason]

Id use a shim-it might give ya 1-2 degrees higher but still id rather have a semi warm chip over a crushed chip. Use the Ship, unless you are very careful putting on the HS

[oc jason]

Darn, my first double post in months

[el]

I would only use a shim when watercooling.

[joey_rjm5]

I was thinking about getting a shim when I got my new thunderbird setup. I'm thinking about it because it will be mt first time having a thunderbird and I don't know how easy it is to crack the core. i also need low temps though. Does anyone know if the ocz gladiator is easy to put on or would it be a good idea to get a shim.

[Jetset]

It was a pain for me with my a7a266.

[Paul -The Mad Hatter]

joey_rjm5 (Jul 16, 2001 01:13 p.m.):
I was thinking about getting a shim when I got my new thunderbird setup. I'm thinking about it because it will be mt first time having a thunderbird and I don't know how easy it is to crack the core. i also need low temps though. Does anyone know if the ocz gladiator is easy to put on or would it be a good idea to get a shim.

its pretty easy to put on, just make sure the hs is level the gladdiator has a good clip, but its strong.

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