I must say, with all these stories I hear about chipped cores and killing CPUs, I am glad that I use a shim. Not to mention that with an extra amount of AS3 between the shim and the WB, it keeps things a bit cooler in the case.
BTW, yes I have chipped (2) Athlons to date; one is still working fine and the otherone was dead before it got chipped (damn Alpha heat sinks!!) These happened before I used a shim.
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ATI X850XT PE (Stock)
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