Scratched heatsink. Will impact performance?

andrei_shaq

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Nov 3, 2016
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Hello!

I recently moved to a new house and i had to take my pc with me so i decided to remove the CPU cooler ( a Cryorig R1 Ultimate) because i didn't want to damage the motherboard due to transport or anything. After i removed it and prepared to pack it, i saw some little scratches, most probably made by the cpu on the heatsink copper base:

http://imgur.com/m4O89Ki

Will those tiny scratches decrease cooling performance? Should i RMA it? I know i might sound a bit OCD about it..but i just want to know if it's ok and it will do it's job as before :D
 

andrei_shaq

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Nov 3, 2016
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True that.

I was just curious if those scratches will decrease performance..like adding extra degrees to my cpu