[SOLVED] Can my CPU squash the pins under it?

[Fire-Wire]

Basically, I switched to a Cooler Master i70 and I noticed that it was exerting quite a bit of pressure upon the CPU, once fastened.

Everything is running fine, temps are great. My question is: the socket has any kind of "limiter" to restrain the cpu from crushing the pins? Or am I going to need another Mobo soon?

 

[USAFRet]

Might be helpful to know what CPU and motherboard we're working with here.

 

[Fire-Wire]

Might be helpful to know what CPU and motherboard we're working with here.

Heh sorry!

Mobo is a MSI B250M Pro-VH
Cpu is i7 7700k
Fan, as previously mentioned, is Cooler Master i70

 

[USAFRet]

"quite a bit of pressure " is somewhat subjective.

If it is installed properly, should be no problem.

 

[Karadjgne]

Cpu is supposed to squash the pins under it. It's how it makes good contact. With Intel the 'pins' are angled not straight, so for intents and purposes an intel cpu socket is spring loaded.

 

[beers]

Everything is running fine

Should be good then. It's possible to bend pins and similar if it was installed improperly, but if there was an issue you'd know really quick.

 

[InvalidError]

For both LGA and PGA sockets, the amount of pressure on pins is limited by the CPU substrate bottoming out on the socket itself. On LGA, the socket's CPU retention mechanism is already doing that and for PGA, the CPU should be resting on the socket too once inserted properly. Pressure from the HSF/block on top of the IHS shouldn't affect pins on properly installed CPUs.