I have a socket 775 fan,but the very bottom of the white clip is broken off. Like,the very bottom tip that surrounds the black part broke off. Not the entire piece circled in the pic,just to the 2 white pieces that surround the black one in the middle.

http://fyad.org/xgpg

I was wondering if I could still use it. The other 3 parts clamp down but there is a tiny amount of wiggle on that side due to it not being completely locked in. Like,it goes down into the motherboard hole,but has a tiny amount of wiggle because it doesn't lock in. If I can't use it with the small wiggle room,can I rig it up any way to because these fans are like $15 a piece. Maybe wrap it in a small amount of electrical tape and then wedge it into the hole to hold in place? I don't plan on doing anything but surfing the web and burning some dvds,so it's not like the CPU will be getting overclocked for gaming or anything and need a super fan running high speed at all times.

Thanks guys.

I have a socket 775 fan,but the very bottom of the white clip is broken off. Like,the very bottom tip that surrounds the black part broke off. Not the entire piece circled in the pic,just to the 2 white pieces that surround the black one in the middle.

http://fyad.org/xgpg

I was wondering if I could still use it. The other 3 parts clamp down but there is a tiny amount of wiggle on that side due to it not being completely locked in. Like,it goes down into the motherboard hole,but has a tiny amount of wiggle because it doesn't lock in. If I can't use it with the small wiggle room,can I rig it up any way to because these fans are like $15 a piece. Maybe wrap it in a small amount of electrical tape and then wedge it into the hole to hold in place? I don't plan on doing anything but surfing the web and burning some dvds,so it's not like the CPU will be getting overclocked for gaming or anything and need a super fan running high speed at all times.

Thanks guys.

I wouldn't chance something like that, especially when new heat sinks are a whopping 20$. When it comes to your CPU, the pressure from the heat sink needs to be snug so the heat is distributed equally across the die. So that little wobble could mean the world.

Since you said you don't plan on overclocking or doing any intensive work then you could get by with a 12-13$ stock heat sink.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000574%201371026035&Description=heatsinks&name=LGA775