Bent Fins on Rad

[CowsGoRoar]

I have a Corsair H60 that I already installed. I just remembered to post this to see if it is a concern.

 

A few fins on the rad is bent. My dad told me that fins are really fragile (yes, they really are) and said to leave it.

I'm just wondering if it's a concern.

 

And for my stupidity, I pushed my thumb onto 5 fins, and they bent slightly. I fixed them back with my nail.

 

1 fin is also cut in half.

 

Apology for my lack of knowledge: does a split fin leak?

 

The temps are normal, idle is at 44C and stress is around 67C.

 

Basically, is there anything I have to worry about? Should I bring it in to NCIX and have them fix it? I would not like a replacement, if it's unfixable, I'll just put on my stock Intel fan.

[AlwaysFSX]

The fins don't actually hold any water, so if those break it's fine. Temperature change is miniscule.

[helping]

It's no big deal, but avoid bending more fins for obvious reasons if you can

[CowsGoRoar]

Can I fix them? Or leave them as is?

[Leonard]

I have a Corsair H60 that I already installed. I just remembered to post this to see if it is a concern.

 

A few fins on the rad is bent. My dad told me that fins are really fragile (yes, they really are) and said to leave it.

I'm just wondering if it's a concern.

 

And for my stupidity, I pushed my thumb onto 5 fins, and they bent slightly. I fixed them back with my nail.

 

1 fin is also cut in half.

 

Apology for my lack of knowledge: does a split fin leak?

 

The temps are normal, idle is at 44C and stress is around 67C.

 

Basically, is there anything I have to worry about? Should I bring it in to NCIX and have them fix it? I would not like a replacement, if it's unfixable, I'll just put on my stock Intel fan.

Once you did not damage the water channels, which is what the fins are connected to, you are fine. You can us a flat head screw driver to straighten the fins back in place for the air to go through.

[VSG]

If you want, take a precision straight screwdriver and try to bend the fins back in place. Unless a big number of those fins are bent, I really would not bother though. As others have said, modern rads have the channels and fins separate so you should be just fine if all you did was bend/break a few fins.