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Kupfury
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Hey guys my friend has a phanteks  PH-TC14PE. He is about to buy some AIO (h240-x I believe) and he offered to sell me his heatsink for about 35$. That seems like a pretty good deal for a 70 or so dollar heatsink. The only problem with it is that some of the fins are slightly bent on the corners. I was wondering if it is a bad sign for airflow or noise and is therefore not worth the money he wants me to pay him.  Thanks a lot for the helppost-234520-0-50674200-1439125116.jpg

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doubt it will make any difference at all mate, buy it before he sells it to someone else.

 

its a bargain.

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wouldn't make a difference. i received my gtx 970 from amazon with bent heat sink and it works fine

id have sent it back, hes talking about a second hand heatsink, you talking about a brand new 970 or second hand?

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It might upset airflow very slightly, but it shouldn't make any difference in terms of heat dissipation, so it genuinely is nothing to be worried about. You're also not alone; heatsinks are incredibly fragile little things, so their fins bend all the time...

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As long as the heat pipes are not damaged you are perfectly fine. In the corners there is next to no airflow anyway since it is not corevered by the fan, if you don't use an oversized one.

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