Jacket Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 Man, I wish my new HSF would get here because my 3000+ 400FSB is lookin mighty lonely just sitting on my desk... Should I really get a shim for it? I'm almost worried about it, but I didn't start using shims until this summer and they don't really help anything, they just prevent hurt... what's your opinion? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishop245 Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 IMO shims are a waste of time the one time i installed one i had to remove it before the comp would even boot Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psywar Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 shims will keep heat in to FYI, so expect a temp increase.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
O(V)eGA_l2el) Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Smith Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 It all depends. most of the time i would not use a shim just make sure not to crush your core. now although if you are using an overweight HSF and you will be transporting your pc to diff locations or a lan party that is when i would definatly put one on. when transporting just the shaking of your pc with an overweight HSF can crush the core so be careful. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 Don't add a shim i used a copper shim for the conerns will smith had but it increased my cpu temp by 6c with no other changes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva_Unit_0 Posted November 4, 2003 Posted November 4, 2003 Don't use a shim...I used one on my old Duron 1ghz, but I had to take it out for my 2400+ to post. It was shorting out against the cpu or something (maybe it had to do with the change from ceramic to whatever-the-heck they use for the packaging now). Anyway, the shim only caused problems for me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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