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I am a builder for the first time. I started building last night (he would have ended then, but I got my hard drive and DVD player OEM, so no SATA cables ... I forgot to do. Anyway is) and had heard many of my geek friends about how I would not use the stock paste on my radiator. So I had tile.

Then I did something really stupid. I have no credit card, so I'm on the side of the back end of a plastic fork might work. Here's something stupid: I had some friends playing video games and I took a moment to look while playing with the fork. So when I went back on the radiator, I (very good) have used the lateral edge of one of the teeth (pointy bit) and quickly removed the heatsink. Once I realized what I had done I went to the other side (with lots of colorful language) and applied Ceramics how the Web site said the Arctic. I did everything else according to the instructions, but will it be a problem?

This was not a deep scratch.

whether it was the heat sink that I scratched and thats no problem at all, all they do is to disperse the heat from your processor, but if it was me who removed the CPU ago a chance that there could be a problem, most likely u wont have one if it is only up though. the only true way to know is it fire up

a small scratch will not hamper things. many
but you must use a common sense how it DEAP is the thin cover ti past.
How is contact Lossing. headsinks notes are not expansive. If you have a new system I would get a aftermarket heaksing / fan anyway. Intels are cheap and you are now if AMD did not mention the cpu you have. So look into a Zalman. 40-50 dollars. I would say that for a time allowed. install the processor and sink. when you post to go straight into the bios and check the hardware monitor and you can see your time. Remember anything over 100 degrees F in the BIOS of bad news when it in windows and stressing the CPU.

As stated it will not be a problem if it is not deep, and if it is not in the center of the heatspreader which contacts the radiator (if the nucleus is in contact with the heatspreader).

If it is downtown, all is not lost. If you have already heard about this heatsink lapping it will erase your light scratches and give your heater a mirror finish. I do it all well stocked with AS5 or better, some have a contact area really ugly, a bit like the Grand Canyon) more efficient heat x-fer, the fans do not run too fast for keep the same cooling capacity.