Question Damaged radiator?

[DifferentNameX]

Hello. Recently i purchased silentiumpc navis 240 water cooling. As i installed it (couldn't fit one of the fans btw) i noticed a slight damage on radiator. Should i try to exchange it or leave it be?
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/292418287407595521/660601366582001664/20191228_224805.jpg

 

[white.a.drew]

Hello. Recently i purchased silentiumpc navis 240 water cooling. As i installed it (couldn't fit one of the fans btw) i noticed a slight damage on radiator. Should i try to exchange it or leave it be?
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/292418287407595521/660601366582001664/20191228_224805.jpg

exchange it

 

[Karadjgne]

Your choice. That's superficial damage, not really going to hurt anything, but you did pay for a mint condition new item, not a dented one.

 

[Gmoney06ss]

I'd exchange. Just for the fact that, as karadjgne stated, you paid for a nice new unit. Not something all dinged up.

My question is why couldn't you use both fans? While itll probably work with one, you're leaving some performance out, and temps may be a bit high.

 

[DifferentNameX]

I'd exchange. Just for the fact that, as karadjgne stated, you paid for a nice new unit. Not something all dinged up.

My question is why couldn't you use both fans? While itll probably work with one, you're leaving some performance out, and temps may be a bit high.

Unfortunately i'm missing few millimeters in width
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/292418287407595521/660601411221979139/20191228_210136.jpg this weird metal element blocks fan

 

[CountMike]

Hello. Recently i purchased silentiumpc navis 240 water cooling. As i installed it (couldn't fit one of the fans btw) i noticed a slight damage on radiator. Should i try to exchange it or leave it be?
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/292418287407595521/660601366582001664/20191228_224805.jpg

That's not just superficial damage, one of water pipes is damaged and may spring a leak.

 

[1LiquidPC]

Part of the tubing carrying the coolant is damaged, not just some bent cooling fins. I would recommend replacement/RMA on this.

 

[Karadjgne]

Tubing is interior, not exterior. What you are looking at is the framework that holds the fins. It's exactly like a car radiator. The liquid tubes run from end to end, reservoir to reservoir, through the inside of the fins, which are perpendicular. The fins themselves are welded to a framework of strips to enable them to hold their shape and not spring out. Basic function is almost exactly like an aircooler heatsink and it's heatpipes. Heat traveling from a warmer source to a cooler area.

If that's surface damage, there's no issue. If it goes beyond and is more of a puncture than a scratch, it's possible it can have affected a heat pipe.

But either way, it's damage that was not part of the purchase. So should be returned. Better safe than sorry.