will the cooling performance be effected?

[donkiddik]

I honestly think you will not notice any difference in noise, mine has some bent fins and it hasn't made it noisier or altered the thermal characteristics, try it !

[matty-hodgson]

I've bent the fins on the ninja before.. (it having sliced my hand to pieces lol) and just bent them back but it wasn't as bad as that.

I'm changing my mind to sending it back lol Didn't look that closely the first time, that has had a big knock. I still dont think it will affect the cooling but it looks pretty ugly.

i dunno what i should do..
aesthetics aren't really that important tbh.. 'cause it's not that good looking to begin with..
i might see if these bolt type things are removeable on the top and see if i can remove these fins and straighten them out..

gives me something to do and saves a van trip (saving the planet )

[matty-hodgson]

I honestly think you will not notice any difference in noise, mine has some bent fins and it hasn't made it noisier or altered the thermal characteristics, try it !

but do you have a perfect Scythe Mine to compare it to?

i don't have a motherboard to try it on atm.. only my dad's but he has a P182 with about a trillion case fans so it'll be about -7'C inside his case!

i'm gonna give bending these fins 'straight' a go first..

[donkiddik]

I think the nuts on top are just asthetic, if you pull them off they just show the top of the heat pipes, dunno if the fins pull off them, like I said try it and see if it runs ok, if not then send it back.

[matty-hodgson]

I think the nuts on top are just asthetic, if you pull them off they just show the top of the heat pipes, dunno if the fins pull off them, like I said try it and see if it runs ok, if not then send it back.

yeah, i've just noticed that! they're just glued on.. haha! i was expecting them to screw off.

[donkiddik]

I have run my Q6600 at 3.1 Ghz at approx load temp of 36-37 degrees C with similar bent fins and think it's running OK. I think Blitzen uses this cooler and has temps very similar, though not sure what his CPU is running at .

[matty-hodgson]

I have run my Q6600 at 3.1 Ghz at approx load temp of 36-37 degrees C with similar bent fins and think it's running OK. I think Blitzen uses this cooler and has temps very similar, though not sure what his CPU is running at .

that sounds very nice to me!
i was getting 67 - 70'C at full load with the Stock Intel Air @ 2.4.. wasn't nice

[donkiddik]

that sounds very nice to me!
i was getting 67 - 70'C at full load with the Stock Intel Air @ 2.4.. wasn't nice

So was I, that's why I got the Scythe Mine, thought about the thermaltake VX but got the Mine instead and very quiet and runs cool.

[matty-hodgson]

wouldn't call it a bad job tbh..
would've been better if i could've got the glue off the heatpipes.. and taken the fins off..

[staffsMike]

looks a lot better now

[matty-hodgson]

can't wait to see how well it performs thermally!
maybe do a bit of OCing..

[tom18230]

Lol, you did that fast didn't you

I hope all goes well and there isnt too much noise from it. It's pretty much straight, so I don't see any major difference between this and a brand new one.

[donkiddik]

Good Job, looks almost perfect, shove it on to your cpu and stress test it using Prime 95 and see what sort of temps you get. I use everest and coretemp to check the temps.

[-iceblade^]

great work fixing that. gosh, that's a massive cooler... and i thought the ACF7 Pro was big

[donkiddik]

great work fixing that. gosh, that's a massive cooler... and i thought the ACF7 Pro was big

But it's quiet and COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good Job

[matty-hodgson]

Lol, you did that fast didn't you

I hope all goes well and there isnt too much noise from it. It's pretty much straight, so I don't see any major difference between this and a brand new one.

yeah, the metal's very easy to work with so i pretty much just needed to squeeze and twist a little with a pair of long-nose plyers..
the only major difference between this 1 and a brand new 1 is.. none, this is brand new
i get what you mean.. don't worry.. only major difference is a few scratches on the metal from the plyers.. and the odd small kink in the metal..

Good Job, looks almost perfect, shove it on to your cpu and stress test it using Prime 95 and see what sort of temps you get. I use everest and coretemp to check the temps.

need a motherboard first
fried it last wednesday so i'm waiting for an RMA.. (wasn't my fault.. in a way)