Aftermarket CPU Cooler

[Razersoda]

Hello, AT'ers.
Once again I have come here to ask some advice.

Today I noticed a weird thing about my CPU cooler ( Cooler Master Hyped 212 EVO ) , the outter two heatpipe ends/tips seem to have been melten down. Im pretty sure it wasn't like this when I got it...
Is this a problem or do I just need to accept the look of it?

Managed to get some pictures too:
http://i49.tinypic.com/4l15yx.jpg
http://i45.tinypic.com/2vmcztx.jpg
http://i48.tinypic.com/am3428.jpg
(Sorry if the pictures are way too big)

Thanks, Razersoda.

EDIT: Nothing in my computer never went over 50°C (always monitoring my GPU, CPU etc temperatures). Maybe just once, when playing something hardcore and annother big program running at the same time...
EDIT2: Noticed the same thing on my video card heatpipe ends too. D: They're about the same. Starting to worry now...

 

[fluffmonster]

crimped to close the pipes. it was like that when you got it.

 

[Razersoda]

crimped to close the pipes. it was like that when you got it.

Oh really? We'll yeah, kinda makes sense... If thats true, then thank you for letting me know

 

[Ketchup]

I agree, it probably came that way. I think it would take a much higher temp for the CPU/GPU to cause something like that.

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

The melting point of copper is 1085c which is a little higher then the 125c thermtrip that would shut the processor down.

 

[NTMBK]

The melting point of copper is 1085c which is a little higher then the 125c thermtrip that would shut the processor down.

That'd have to be one hell of an OC.

 

[WiseUp216]

That'd have to be one hell of an OC.

No, its just Ivy Bridge.


*ducks*

 

[KingFatty]

Yeah it's weird to think there is fluid sealed inside the hollow copper pipes. Intuitively, when you look at the heatpipes, you just think of them as solid copper columns. But instead, they are hollow and literally pipes for fluid to evaporate and recondense.

 

[Maximilian]

Hello, AT'ers.
Once again I have come here to ask some advice.

Today I noticed a weird thing about my CPU cooler ( Cooler Master Hyped 212 EVO ) , the outter two heatpipe ends/tips seem to have been melten down. Im pretty sure it wasn't like this when I got it...
Is this a problem or do I just need to accept the look of it?

Managed to get some pictures too:
http://i49.tinypic.com/4l15yx.jpg
http://i45.tinypic.com/2vmcztx.jpg
http://i48.tinypic.com/am3428.jpg
(Sorry if the pictures are way too big)

Thanks, Razersoda.

EDIT: Nothing in my computer never went over 50°C (always monitoring my GPU, CPU etc temperatures). Maybe just once, when playing something hardcore and annother big program running at the same time...
EDIT2: Noticed the same thing on my video card heatpipe ends too. D: They're about the same. Starting to worry now...

Well coppers melting point appears to be 1084*C.
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/melting-temperature-metals-d_860.html

Your CPU shuts off automatically ~100*C

Case closed it was that way when you got it

EDIT: IE beat me to it...