whats with shims?

Kato · 02-27-02, 08:16 PM

hey guys, i've heard alot about shims, some say its for caution, some say its for newbes, but here is my question...
how does it help in cooling? does it help the cpu to dispatch heat better to HS? or it just adds another few degrees?

thanks

AntmanMike · 02-27-02, 08:51 PM

a shim helps level the heatsink onto the core, to reduce chances of chipping or crushing the core. It can raise the temperature because some tend to lift the heatsink off the core a bit.

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Kato Addicted Tweaker Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada	whats with shims? hey guys, i've heard alot about shims, some say its for caution, some say its for newbes, but here is my question... how does it help in cooling? does it help the cpu to dispatch heat better to HS? or it just adds another few degrees? thanks __________________ e6400@3.5Ghz Asus Commando 2Gb Corsair 8500C5D Leadtek 8800GTX Seasonic M12 Samsung 226BW My Heatware 51-0-0
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AntmanMike Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 18 minutes South-west of Chicago.	a shim helps level the heatsink onto the core, to reduce chances of chipping or crushing the core. It can raise the temperature because some tend to lift the heatsink off the core a bit. __________________ Intel Core i7-2600K Asus Sabertooth P67 2x4gb G.Skill PC14900 EVGA nVidia GeForce GTX-480 *(soon to be 580) 4x Seagate 1TiB SATA - 2TiB RAID 10 Western Digital 1.5TiB (Storage)
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