Need Help, NZXT Kraken backplate warping drastically?

[laxliife]

Hello,

I picked up the new NZXT kraken x52 and I have had it for a few days now and I noticed, while doing some cable management, that the plastic backplate that the block attaches to is warping inwards towards the motherboard.

Album here: http://imgur.com/a/GXvMh

It looks dangerous to me, and the plastic is getting really close to those silver things on the rightside and possibly touching the mobo on the leftmost side .

The strange part, is that it is functioning fine. On a cold start up it rests between 17-19C and after a few hours bumps up to 20-23C. I have stress tested this for more then 4 hours on prime95 a few times and it hovers at 40C once the fans kick in (peaked at 60C for a sec) . Additionally I haven't run into any issues, the only thing is that my Kraken stock fans like to buzz (update: not the fans, the actual pump/block is clicking/ rattling )

(sidenote: they aren't even labeled with directional arrows, and yes I have them in the right way) 🙁

My build incase that's necessary:
- i7 6700k
- Gigabyte gaming 7 Mobo
- EVGA FTW 1070
- EVGA supernova 650 watt PSU
- Phanteks enthoo evolv tg
- samgsung evo ssd


I am curious if this is normal or something for me to worry about. This is my first build and so I am a little nervous messing around with it. I am pretty sure I didn't wrench the screws too hard, as I only tightened till I felt a little bit tension and the board itself does not look to be warping. I am glad that it is functioning beautifully, but I am worried that this might be a problem in the future.

Any help would be very appreciated , thanks <3

Edit: Also, is this fixable? Do I have to order a new plate from NZXT?

 

[Lutfij]

The silver things you've mentioned are the soldering termination points at the back of the motherboard's PCB. It's fine to have plastic contacting the soldering points as they will not be electrically conductive aka create a short. I would like to point out though that the bowing of a CPU socket can occur and most often the bowing of a motherboard can also occur which is evident from the bow inwards of the backplate.

As long as the thermals as as you've stated and that you remembered to only have the thumb nuts at finger tight, then you're all okay. It's only when you will see bad thermals and a funny odor from your case is when you should panic and shut down the system to inspect for a culprit or probable cause.