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Heatsink scratched?

Yuval
By Yuval
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As long as you're using good thermal paste you should be fine :) That's where thermal paste is for too, make contact between the plates and fill in scratches etc. 

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Maybe not, you can see where the part of the heat sink makes contact with the CPU and it's a bit far from it. The way you attach it is with the plates/braces so I don't even think that scratch will be an issue.

It's sad though, having a scratch on shiny things :(

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Simply my first time installing a CPU and i want to make sure everything is at 100%. Getting paranoid as hell :( 

 

Anyways thanks for the quick responses!

 

And also, storing the chopper plate thingy in a plasic bag will not harm it right? i don't have the original plastic which guarded it. 

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Nope, its not even going to make contact with a normal sized CPU, and if it did, the thermal paste would get inside the holes anyways.

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And also, storing the chopper plate thingy in a plasic bag will not harm it right? i don't have the original plastic which guarded it. 

 

What? Do you mean the black plastic socket guard? Just toss that out or save it, doesn't matter.

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What? Do you mean the black plastic socket guard? Just toss that out or save it, doesn't matter.

I don't have it, but i have a few days until my H60 finds a new home (or PC). So for the meanwhile i kept the chopper plate inside a plastic bag. Wondering if it won't damage it.

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