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Bent cooler pad (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/buildapc@lemmy.world
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Hi guys, I got this second hand NOCTUA NP-U12P SE2 heatsink and unfortunately the CPU pad is kinda "bent" or rather not aligned. I tried to gently rotate it back, but it is stuck alright. Have anything like this ever happen to any of you? Should I leave it as is or try more to level it? Do you think it will somehow impact the performance? Any suggestions are welcome. Cheers

edit: I hope this is the right community. If not, feel free to delete this post.

Edit 2: Thanks everyone for your comments. The consensus is this thing is trashed. In the end I ended up buying a new one. Mostly because of your comments and definitely because the damn thing is missing the right adapters and can't be attached to my motherboard xD

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[–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I haven’t ever seen anything like that (I’m not exactly experienced either way). There’s a single question on my mind tho, if you install that on a motherboard, does it do proper contact and the tower is slightly sideways or does it not contact and the tower remains vertical?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I haven't tried to install it yet, but the pad itself looks intact and from the looks of it I suppose the contact will be ok and the tower will be tilted. Today I'll probably try to install it so I'll let you know.

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