Your working too hard. The only reason you need a pin is to remove heat. Why do you need pins along the entire flow? Jaydee has it right. Simply mill out those unnecessary pins if you want your inlet/outlets further out. (for amd). For Intel, the heat area is bigger slightly, but not the entire heatspreader. The tips of the S or the tops of the I will only add restriction.
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