[SOLVED] CPU Pin

[NoahNoah123]

One pin on on the socket where I plan to run my Intel i5 CPU is damaged.

It is an LGA1150 socket design, and the broken pin occupies space AR-39 as demonstrated on this diagram: https://www.overclock.net/media/no-title.4417777/full.

I know that not all pins are essential, and am praying that this is one of those Pins.
The intel website has a datasheet (https://www.intel.com/content/dam/w...eets/2nd-gen-core-desktop-vol-1-datasheet.pdf) that lists this pins name as being SA_DQ(44) with a description being: Data Bus: Channel A data signal interface to the SDRAM data bus.

If anyone could make sense of this it would be beyond appreciated, I really hope this is a nonessential pin.

 

[drivinfast247]

I would guess you can't run dual channel mode.

 

[NoahNoah123]

I would guess you can't run dual channel mode.

Is that a necessity for a gaming pc?

 

[drivinfast247]

Is that a necessity for a gaming pc?

It's will not allow CPU to perform to it's maximum.

 

[SamirD]

It sounds like it will affect memory channel A somehow. I'd try it and see what happens. You might lose some memory sockets, but it might work great otherwise.