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Technical Processor Question
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franklin97355
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Yes, to shim the heatsink, to support a heavy heatsink (or not)
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A bit of sales bumf I found Googling
Why do I need a CPU shim? Overclocking and good cooling heatsinks are heavier than the CPU manufacturer's recommended weight. The clip to hold these heatsinks to your socket produces more pressure to hold the weight. The CPU is not designed to withstand this added pressure; therefore, a shim is used to distribute the force of the heatsink and spare you a cracked CPU core. A shim is also used to ensure the heatsink sits level on your CPU.
Personally I have never seen the need for one to be fitted and I have always been of the opinion that these manufactures prey on users anxieties and general apprehension of heatsink fitment but then in all my years of building socket A, I've never damaged a core.
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A bit of sales bumf I found Googling
Why do I need a CPU shim? Overclocking and good cooling heatsinks are heavier than the CPU manufacturer's recommended weight. The clip to hold these heatsinks to your socket produces more pressure to hold the weight. The CPU is not designed to withstand this added pressure; therefore, a shim is used to distribute the force of the heatsink and spare you a cracked CPU core. A shim is also used to ensure the heatsink sits level on your CPU.
Personally I have never seen the need for one to be fitted and I have always been of the opinion that these manufactures prey on users anxieties and general apprehension of heatsink fitment but then in all my years of building socket A, I've never damaged a core.
Martin
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Thanks, I have a koolance that I was wondering about b/c it would seem that if I had a shim the CPU as a whole would be cooler not just the core. I am not interested in Over Clocking just the coolest temps which would make the computer quiet. The heat sink for this is fairly large IMO. Anyway Thanks for the info. Just one thought aren't the cache on the die? Dont they poke up on the CPU? Wouldn't the shim short these out?
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I do not think anyone sells shims as cooling devices, or at least they should not.
Yes conductive shims can short things out, and have if they are poorly cut or not cut exactly for the specific processor chip. That is why a non-conductive shim should be used, if a shim is used at all.
I have never bother with them, but for some AMD processors they have a certain logic, just not any logic as a cooling aid.
Yes conductive shims can short things out, and have if they are poorly cut or not cut exactly for the specific processor chip. That is why a non-conductive shim should be used, if a shim is used at all.
I have never bother with them, but for some AMD processors they have a certain logic, just not any logic as a cooling aid.
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