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

  • nalyd@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    1 year ago

    It sure seems like the contact pad might be twisted some. I’d be concerned about mounting that to any CPU/motherboard that you care about, torquing them down to twisted pieces of metal might crack the silicon

    • drunkenjoe@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      Does it? By the looks of it it seems flat. But thanks for you comment. You got me concerned and in the end I bought a new one just to be sure. I updated the original post. Cheers

      • nalyd@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 year ago

        I could be wrong, it looked like it yesterday but today I’m not seeing it as much lol

        I’m not sure of a good way to test though, I mean, does it sit flat on a countertop? Can you rock it around at all when it’s held down against the countertop? That’s not fool proof, but, it’s probably better than eyeballing a picture on the Internet lol

        • drunkenjoe@lemmy.worldOP
          2·
          1 year ago

          I get you. I actually tried to rock it on a table yesterday and it seemed to not rock at all. But given the incompatibility with the motherboard I bought a new one just to be perfectly safe.