Question I have just bought the new i7 12700k and it has a scratch on this pad

[SneezyDwarf54]

I have just bought the new i7 12700k and it has a scratch on a pad

 

[mdd1963]

do you mean a scratch on the IHS(integrated heat spreader)?

Take a photo of it...just in case.

I'd simply use it anyway. (If it works, great...; if not, contact who you purchased it from quickly)