While it is noctua advice, I don't think AMD supports that view, so it would seem correct to at least test the cpu the way the vendor recommends before making conclusions
You may have missed the part in the article that says that they only switched to offset mounting after their first Ryzen 9950X died when the cooler was mounted centered.
> But note that the 1st failure happened with a more centred heat sink. We only made the off-centre mounting for the 2nd system as to minimise the risk of a repeated system failure.
> But note that the 1st failure happened with a more centred heat sink. We only made the off-centre mounting for the 2nd system as to minimise the risk of a repeated system failure.