DO I NEED A (COPPER)SPACER FOR MY AMD XP 1900+ in combination with heavy SWIFTECH MCX462 with 80mm DELTA FAN?

[acidschnitzel]

Hi there!

I just received my new AMD Athlon XP 1900+
I have a Swiftech Mcx 462 cooler with a 80 mm adjustable DELTA fan. Now I would like to know
if it is recommended or not using this SPACERS between cpu and heatsink.
I heard from a few people that they (dont know the english word for it) destroyed their cpu's
from using the spacers. Some say the can easily shoot up your AMD because of the risk of
"short circuitening" dont laugh my english is so bad ;((

Another point is that my swiftech in comb. with Delta fan ist quit heavy > we use gr. here and its
about 650 grms. so I thought I could be good for the cpu because so the small area of the CPU doesnt
have to carry all the grms alone.
So shall I install everything now WITH or WITHOUT Spacer ?

Thanx a lot to all people that can help me little out

Cold Greetings from Germany (actually snowing over here)

 

[Wind]

spacer aka shims. Not necessary.

Benefits = protect u from breakin the CPU core.

Risk = non-contact/improper contact due to bad installation between the HSF & the CPU resulting in...fried CPU.

Conductive shims may also increase the temp by 1-2C.

W/ careful hand & proper instruction...there is no need for shims...w/ swiftech which uses screw instead of the conventional clip.

 

[OmnipotentSpleen]

if i were you, i'd just save a few bucks and forget the shim. I've heard more bad then good about shims. However, i do need to make my own shim for my SlotA athlon, as i want to do a custom heatsink job, so i'll actually need the shim to protect the core since i'm doing a non-standard procedure.

If you are careful, and don't rock the HS, you should be fine.

 

[chizow]

yep I agree; no need for a shim, particularly with the hole/screw mounted HSFs. If you're careful its near impossible to crack your core with these types of mounted heat sinks. You get no thermal conductive benefit from a shim, but you risk making insufficient contact if your shim is the wrong size. Just be careful and pass on the shim.

Chiz