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Originally posted by JSimmons
...I made sure I ordered was an anodized CPU shim for the AMD. If nothing else, the likelihood that I will provide a reasonably even amount of force on all four corners of the core is increased.
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Wrong.
A shim will sit below the top of the core, which is somewhere between 0.80 and 0.88 mm, off of the substrate.
It will actually leave a gap, between the block/HSF and itself, but a smaller gap than normal: that's the protection that you actually get from a shim. It does nothing for the applied force.