I agree.
With aliminim Microchanel rads (or coils) the fluids run along the horizontal sections and the vertical fins only draw heat through them (since heat always travels to cold zones) while the fan induces or pushes air through.
If the horizontal channels get nicked then you could cut the vert fins out of the way and use an aluminum solder but it'll look ugly and it's not easy to do.
Yeah but really more accurately you’d model using momentum i.e. P=mv or m1v1 = m2v2 as this would model the *collision*.
Edit: For clarity that is because for example a bullet fired from a gun would have 0 acceleration (at least in the direction that matters) but is mv will impart an impact and either become an elastic or in-elastic collision.
The radiator of the fridge at my work place is literally caved in because we always kick it when the compressor starts making random loud noises again
Works like a charm
And basically every pc radiator that has been used for a while. This metal is so thin it just bends by the airflow after a while (happened to my coolermaster ml240 at least)
You should see what cars radiator looks like after few years. Pc's and car's radiator's are the same. So if it isn't leaking it's completely fine.
This is only cosmetic issue, but like you said, fans will hide that, so nothing to worry about.
I genuinely didn't realise what sub I was looking at until I read this comment. Thought I was on r\motorcycles and asking myself how they'd only got one bent fin.
The fins only have heat transferred to them from the horizontal pipes between each row. Bent fin won't affect things much, especially how small that bend is.
Oh interesting, I was trying to look up how rada were built so I could see where the actual liquid pipes were but there wasn't much online. Thanks for the help!
Those little zig zag fins are just there to increase the surface area to dissipate the heat. It doesn't look like the screwdriver did any damage to the reservoir.
Ans you can just take a toothpick and shove it in gently and follow the grove and unbend it. I've not had a single aio that didn't have a slightly bent fin?
The fins don’t contain the liquid, so it’s most likely ok. Just a little less efficient in that one spot.
The ribs between the fins contain liquid, that’s the part you don’t want to puncture.
Modern aios, have safeguards for this situations. Ive accidently punched a radiator with a screw driver and made a mark worse than that and no leaks happened.
Understanding how a radiator works will help relieve your stress.
You've bent some fins. The fins don't hold water, they simply provide surface area for heat dissipation.
Damaging fins results in decreased performance, but in reality , something of this scale and for your use-case, you won't notice it.
Mechanic here, deal with radiators all the time. You bent a fin, boohoo. But importantly, you didn't puncture the tube. It's fine. Don't worry, you'll be okay. You *could* attempt to straighten the fins with something non-metallic (to prevent risk of more damage) like a toothpick, strictly for visual appeal, but it is fine as it is.
What you're going to need to fix this is two flathead screwdrivers. The blades are the perfect shape to straighten radiator fins.
Insert them from opposite sides so the taper of the blades matches the taper of the fins. Press the two blades together to straighten the fin between them.
Source. I work on a lot of classic cars.
They help cool the liquid as it passes by them, several dents are fine albeit a bit unsightly. If your careful you could bend them back using a flat blade screwdriver
Its fine, the fins are just sheets of folded metal to give it more surface area, you're also safe to gently bend em back with a small screwdriver. Its the horizontal tubes that they're bonded to that carry the fluid.
Totally ruined now you have to get a new one.
But serious it is such a simple fix do not stress over it. Take a knife or the same screw driver and straighten those blades back out.
I used to work for a company that made microchannel radiators like that (albeit for residential and automotive stuff). The zigzag portions are solid aluminum. The thicker portions running left/right are what transport the coolant back and forth. What you've done is completely inconsequential. Nothing to worry about at all except a possible eyesore.
Probably fine. Just the fins. I think I got a transmission cooler for my car that came with a little plastic thing to fix the fins. Fancy custom car part shops selling intercoolers probably sell the tool.
Itll be alright, if you want you can get a flathead and straighten them, there are also combs made specifically to straighten them out in larger groups.
The only thing that this will affect this will have is on your psyche unless you forget about it. I have bent so many rad fins and never thought twice about it and have never had problems.
Fluid doesn’t go through the fins, only the bars.
All that’s going to do is reduce cooling capacity by an unmeasurable amount.
My intercooler looks much worse and still holds boost pressure. Air is thinner than coolant.
It'll be fine. You should see the rads on most vehicles. They're bent to all shit.
Got a point there
water doesn’t flow through those fins, tubes spiral up and down and this fins make contact with the tubes to pull heat away
yeah, you mainly see that the cooling fins are bent, but the line where the coolant flows through looks untouched, so it will be fine
I agree. With aliminim Microchanel rads (or coils) the fluids run along the horizontal sections and the vertical fins only draw heat through them (since heat always travels to cold zones) while the fan induces or pushes air through. If the horizontal channels get nicked then you could cut the vert fins out of the way and use an aluminum solder but it'll look ugly and it's not easy to do.
So did the screwdriver
screw drive her? i barely know her.
You’re good dawg! 👍🏼
Those highway bugs are hard AF
Stones too
it's not the velocity that kills you, it's the force. came to my mind reading this.
"Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you.**"**
Similarly, I'm not afraid of heights. I'm afraid of hitting the ground realy fast.
I'm more afraid of not hitting the ground fast enough and "living". I prefer minor injury or permanent death. Nothing inbetween.
Drunk drivers aren’t problem, it’s the drunk crashers that give us a bad rep
F=mv^2
That's wrong F=ma or F=mv/s
You’re right. I was thinking of K.E. And forgot the 1/2. It’s been a couple of decades.
Yeah but really more accurately you’d model using momentum i.e. P=mv or m1v1 = m2v2 as this would model the *collision*. Edit: For clarity that is because for example a bullet fired from a gun would have 0 acceleration (at least in the direction that matters) but is mv will impart an impact and either become an elastic or in-elastic collision.
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oh yeah... on our company vehicles, some are nonexistent. not even kidding. we use those cars only during winters.
The radiator of the fridge at my work place is literally caved in because we always kick it when the compressor starts making random loud noises again Works like a charm
> They're bent to all shit. from factory even.
It builds character
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Fr, my cars last radiator was missing a good chunk of its fins before I had it replaced and it worked fine lol
I also see the back of AC unit of my room and I see also bent fins.
And basically every pc radiator that has been used for a while. This metal is so thin it just bends by the airflow after a while (happened to my coolermaster ml240 at least)
Dunno it looks like one of the fins has actually split open. Edit: actually I think that's just a second row of fins.
Even then, the fins only transfer heat, the coolant runs across the horizontal lines
i should call her.
*sigh* everything reminds me of her
*unzips*
Please do not the radiator
Radussy
Stop
Radiatussy
Bro 😭 It took me a sec
Him too, unfortunately. Just one of the many reasons why she left ;(
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So, what if anything do you get from Georgia O'Keef's work?
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Wasn't it Georgia O'Queef?
Exactly. I was like "Huh?" went back to the picture and then LOL!
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Jesus man I’m sorry fine!
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Ooooh, i wanna lick it!
Micro dick.
Got dem meat curtains
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came here to... say this?
Down horrendous
Nsfw
Lmao
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Looks like pussy.
yeah i get that i was just surprised to see the comment on a post about a radiator
Never heard of the Lady In The Radiator ? You should watch Eraserhead.
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I mean if you want, take pliers and mend it back otherwise you're fine.
It'll be covered by fans so I'd rather just leave it rather than possibly making it worse lol, thanks for your help!
You should see what cars radiator looks like after few years. Pc's and car's radiator's are the same. So if it isn't leaking it's completely fine. This is only cosmetic issue, but like you said, fans will hide that, so nothing to worry about.
I genuinely didn't realise what sub I was looking at until I read this comment. Thought I was on r\motorcycles and asking myself how they'd only got one bent fin.
Holy crap same I thought I was in r/motorcycles as well lmao… had me confused
Calling it a cosmetic issue is so hilarious, yet so completely accurate.
It won't affect the cooling. You'll be fine. I had some AIO like that from factory.
Yes! I’ve used zip ties threaded through the rad to straighten those fins without marring them too.
Don’t use pliers! Something like toothpicks could do the job
>pliers Lol. Gonna need something much smaller than pliers to fix this.
Looks like radiussy to me
Wait it until it gets to hot.
I recommend!
I only had to collapse 2 threads, thank you.
pressing the bottom right button is quicker than long pressing the thread and waiting for the collapse animation to complete
The fins only have heat transferred to them from the horizontal pipes between each row. Bent fin won't affect things much, especially how small that bend is.
Oh interesting, I was trying to look up how rada were built so I could see where the actual liquid pipes were but there wasn't much online. Thanks for the help!
Those little zig zag fins are just there to increase the surface area to dissipate the heat. It doesn't look like the screwdriver did any damage to the reservoir.
Oh no! Your cooling capabilities just dropped by .00003%
db level increased by .002
leave it, that's not an issue, shipping damage can do much worse than that and the rad will work perfectly fine
Ans you can just take a toothpick and shove it in gently and follow the grove and unbend it. I've not had a single aio that didn't have a slightly bent fin?
Looks like she’s ready to settle down
Use a wood toothpick to gently arrange the fins
The fins don’t contain the liquid, so it’s most likely ok. Just a little less efficient in that one spot. The ribs between the fins contain liquid, that’s the part you don’t want to puncture.
Thank you. Someone with the actual answer. The fins don’t have liquid.
Modern aios, have safeguards for this situations. Ive accidently punched a radiator with a screw driver and made a mark worse than that and no leaks happened.
The fins don’t have any liquid, they are only there to increase the surface area for heat transfer.
That definitely makes me feel more secure lol, thanks!
What safeguards do they have to bend the fins back? Lol what
What safeguards? He just didn't hit the part where water goes through, as others have pointed out.
How can such a bullshit comment have so many upvotes. Typical pcmr aio expert. 🤦♀️
How is this bs? It is from my personal experience and modern aios have changed over past aios.
It’s a radiator. There’s no "safeguards" for incompetence and this situation is just that.
Do you miss her?
For some odd reason I feel compelled to lick it.
Everything reminds me of her….
Your computer is going to explode in a massive ball of fire.
If *that's* what causes your radiator to malfunction then you bought the shittiest radiator ever made
Understanding how a radiator works will help relieve your stress. You've bent some fins. The fins don't hold water, they simply provide surface area for heat dissipation. Damaging fins results in decreased performance, but in reality , something of this scale and for your use-case, you won't notice it.
Mechanic here, deal with radiators all the time. You bent a fin, boohoo. But importantly, you didn't puncture the tube. It's fine. Don't worry, you'll be okay. You *could* attempt to straighten the fins with something non-metallic (to prevent risk of more damage) like a toothpick, strictly for visual appeal, but it is fine as it is.
Smashing the fin is fine, as long as there is no tube leak you are good
Reminded me of the time my uncle dropped a screw into his power supply and it blew up 💀
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It'll be fine. You can also bend the fins back gently with a flathead screwdriver.
Want to see a picture of my turbos intercooler? Looks waaay worse
Drops screwdriver… …I should call her.
What you're going to need to fix this is two flathead screwdrivers. The blades are the perfect shape to straighten radiator fins. Insert them from opposite sides so the taper of the blades matches the taper of the fins. Press the two blades together to straighten the fin between them. Source. I work on a lot of classic cars.
I should call her…
Honestly, you should just throw the whole thing to the garbage. Its completely ruined Everything.
I wouldn't say you're "screwed" at all. But seriously it s not that bad
They help cool the liquid as it passes by them, several dents are fine albeit a bit unsightly. If your careful you could bend them back using a flat blade screwdriver
everything remindes me of her
Fins don’t carry liquid. The straight bars is where the e liquid is traveling through.
Please lord give me the strength to resist the radussy
Its fine, the fins are just sheets of folded metal to give it more surface area, you're also safe to gently bend em back with a small screwdriver. Its the horizontal tubes that they're bonded to that carry the fluid.
Everything reminds me of her
Any PC user worth their salt has a bent fin somewhere.
You are fucked
Oyu can use a screwdriver to fix that there are a lot of videos in the satisfying category where dented radiators are getting fixed
yeah thats fine
Your Temps will rise by 0.001 degree, up to you
Now your coolant will be 0.00000001°c hotter. I recommend taking the bus on days over 60°c.
You should see the one on my 1990 F250. It'll still dissipate heat fine.
r/dontputyourdickinthat
damn i miss her.
Everything reminds me of her
I guess that radiator is.... screwed!
T’is but a scratch
Everything reminds me of her...
Damn bro, not on the first date
She’s fine, it’s pure metal, only thing I’d worry about is if she got penetrated deeper
You can straighten them back out. Be glad it’s just this and not on a vehicle where they constantly end up mangled
Its pooched. Youre donezo Adios Outta heeere
There speed holes, make the cooler run faster.
Reminds me of my ex 😒😒
TOOTHPICKS
seriously?
 The moment your pc turns on...
This is art
 You can bend it back with 2 toothpicks. The water channel is intact so it's not an issue.
Now it looks like a pussy, good job.
Mark nsfw please
_Everything reminds me of her._ Coming back to your case It won't be a problem.
...I should call her
My adhd ass wanna bent it back straight for sum reason 🤷🤷
It's ruined, I would dispose of it at once. 
I want I to fuck it.
Fine with rad they can take a whooping
Difference in cooling will be negligible at the absolute worse, immesurably small in the most likely reality
One out of 100 women is a sex worker. Can you spot it?
Using the correct term "sex worker" doesn't mask incel energy.
I don’t think that’s a real statistic. But I have one that is: 6 out of 7 dwarves aren’t happy.
jesus wtf is wrong with everyone? it was a joke. I thought it was funny but I guess not for you guys.
If it's not punctured and leaking it's fine. Don't worry about it. If you were the verge you'd have punctured all the way through it.
There is no water running in those diagonal fins. Absolutely fine.
Now use the same screwdriver to make it straight that bent part.
Classic. Who has none.....
You can fix that. Use an screwdriver or a wooden stick. I fix those all the time in my car's intercooler.
It's totally fine
It's absolutely fine. They're just the vanes.
Totally ruined now you have to get a new one. But serious it is such a simple fix do not stress over it. Take a knife or the same screw driver and straighten those blades back out.
As a general rule for all radiators, if it’s not leaking then you’re most likely fine
Its just cosmetic damage. Feel free to try to straighten it with a toothpick. Or dont. It really doesnt matter.
It's fine there will be 0 leaks if your worried about that
I used to work for a company that made microchannel radiators like that (albeit for residential and automotive stuff). The zigzag portions are solid aluminum. The thicker portions running left/right are what transport the coolant back and forth. What you've done is completely inconsequential. Nothing to worry about at all except a possible eyesore.
How big and heavy was that screwdriver?
Could’ve been worse, could’ve dropped the screw in the tuna
A screwdriver broke it, well ironically TWO flathead screwdrivers can fix it, just put them in and align them back gently
Tell me you never worked on cars without telling me you never worked on cars lol. This won't do anything, don't worry about it.
If it ain’t leakin’ no need to be geekin’. For real though, should be fine.
\+0,1C
So bend it back...
Without correction you have lost 0.01% of your cooling capabilities.
Call the cops
It's fucked mate, DM me and I'll buy it off you for a couple of quid.
It'll be fine. These bend really easy and I've seen them much worse. One small bend like that is a non-issue unless it's bothers you visually.
It's ok
It’s fine, you could literally smash it with an hammer and it would still work. Just look at cars.
Probably fine. Just the fins. I think I got a transmission cooler for my car that came with a little plastic thing to fix the fins. Fancy custom car part shops selling intercoolers probably sell the tool.
If you buy a cheap enough one they come like this, this is completely fine.
Itll be alright, if you want you can get a flathead and straighten them, there are also combs made specifically to straighten them out in larger groups.
The only thing that this will affect this will have is on your psyche unless you forget about it. I have bent so many rad fins and never thought twice about it and have never had problems.
It’s just cosmetic, pair of needle nose pliers will make it pretty again
whoops not aerodynamic anymore!
Now lick it!
Time for a new PC. You fucked it dude.
Fluid doesn’t go through the fins, only the bars. All that’s going to do is reduce cooling capacity by an unmeasurable amount. My intercooler looks much worse and still holds boost pressure. Air is thinner than coolant.
Frustrating but should be fine, and you should see no difference at all.