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NP, a shim is a thin piece of nonconductive metal which goes on your CPU. It has holes cut out for the core and the bridges. It's the same thickness as the core. This way the pressure of the heatsink is applied evenly across the core and it won't get crushed. Here is what it looks like... http://www.highspeedpc.com/Merchant2...tegory_Code=CS