Did I buy the right cooler?

Heyo. Just need some quick advice.

My wife's pre built PC (I know I know) had a hard shut off from what we assume was overheating. Bunch of trouble shooting later. We decided to upgrade her cooler.

Now I know working on a pre built absolutely sucks. But I've noticed the cooler I picked up (Arctic cooler freezer 7 xCO) is supposed to work with her CPU (LGA 1700) is push pin. Didn't think it would be toouch of an issue.

Turns out her board has the screw mounts. So a lot of removing parts and freeing the board later. I've found that the anchors are mounted to the board. Is there any chance I can just pop them off or will that damage the board.