I got this board (LT X48) today in the mail from MotherBoardPro and everything looks fine except the NB cooler. It is clearly used as it wasn't in plastic wrap and already had the fan clips attached. In additions, the bottom (copper that touches NB) had some form of corrosion or something... I cleaned it with a T-Shirt and Isopropyl alcohol, but it still looks ugly on the bottom. I mounted it all the same with MX-2 and hopefully it won't affect the temps.

I still think it's rather unprofessional of DFI to include a used and clearly damaged (perhaps only aesthetically) NB cooler with a $300 X48 motherboard. Frankly, I probably won't buy DFI ever again.

In addition, I noticed when looking at the NB cooler from the side that the heatpipe+fins were off center a bit, hanging if you will towards the other side. I gently applied pressure the opposite way and got it to slide back into the straight up 90 degree position.

Is the heatpipe supposed to be able to turn like this? I'd assume it would be soldered in and couldn't move... Unless somehow I managed to bend it with very little force...