Shims

BaconTastesGood · Post by **BaconTastesGood** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 10:31 am

Are AMD CPU shims really necessary, or are they there just to make sure you don't crush your CPU? Do they affect cooling at all?

Gandalf · Post by **Gandalf** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 10:56 am

There's two kind of people ... the shim believers and the non believers.
The shim believers will utter nonsense about how much their temps improved, whereas the smart non believers wall say it's utter bulshit.

TheMuffinMan · Post by **TheMuffinMan** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 2:14 pm

Gandalf wrote:There's two kind of people ... the shim believers and the non believers.
The shim believers will utter nonsense about how much their temps improved, whereas the smart non believers wall say it's utter bulshit.

So, I guess you are a non-believer. I am too. It has the potential to lower the amount and pressure of contact with the CPU. Unless you are totally horrified of crushing the die, avoid them.

Syphon869 · Post by **Syphon869** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 2:37 pm

The shim is there to prevent you from crushing the core. Nothing more, nothing less.

Gandalf · Post by **Gandalf** » Wed Jan 15, 2003 10:08 am

I only crushed one core in my life, and that was because my motherboard and heatsink tumbled down the stairs along with me.

Stephen7372 · Post by **Stephen7372** » Wed Jan 15, 2003 10:31 am

Was your computer pretty flowers in a kind of a Laura Ashley stlye