I am scared to change out my CPU, any reassuring statements?

[don8 pl0x]

Yes I know, this is my first desktop, and I've watched plenty of tutorials on this. All the stuff you have to keep track of and the thermal paste and screwing in the cpu cooler and everything else kind of scares me, and I don't want to damage my pc.

 

[ARICH5]

scares me all the time also. literally thousands of micro-pins to bend. do your best and dont force anything into place. there is proper pressure you should use but dont say to yourself 'just a little harder'. once you do that its a sure bet you broke something.

 

[don8 pl0x]

Okay thanks. I'm just twitchy and trying to see if I should ask for a new cpu for christmas.

 

[ARICH5]

do you live in a urban area? just take it to a tech shop your mobo and cpu, give them $ and they can do it. take it home and screw it in. or when you apply pressure just stop and walk away for couple minutes and come back to it. pc-building is not a race.

 

[don8 pl0x]

I live in a somewhat suburban area. No tech shops, unfortunately.

 

[ARICH5]

if you need help and you have a camera take some pictures as you go along and upload them using photobucket or something and post here and we can help.

 

[don8 pl0x]

Thanks, will do if I get thec cpu. Thank you for your help!

 

[don8 pl0x]

Also I heard that AMD CPU's have the pins on the cpu, but intel have it on the motherboard. Does that mean I have to get an amd cpu, because thats the brand of motherboard I have?

 

[CDdude55]

Also I heard that AMD CPU's have the pins on the cpu, but intel have it on the motherboard. Does that mean I have to get an amd cpu, because thats the brand of motherboard I have?

Yes, AMD CPU's can't fit into Intel sockets and vice versa, both have pins but honestly it's just a matter of dropping it in, no force needed.

Intel sockets have tiny pins on the board, as long as you don't finger them around you'll be ok, the pins on AMD CPU's are much bigger and they slide into the holes on the socket, it's hard to mess that up. Just align and drop it in.

 

[don8 pl0x]

Cool, thanks.