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Yep installing the CPU is literally the most nerve wracking part of PC building. Aftermarket heatsink is a close second IMO.
by meddlepal 9y ago
Yep installing the CPU is literally the most nerve wracking part of PC building. Aftermarket heatsink is a close second IMO.
- shadowfacts 9y agoI didn’t have trouble with the CPU or the cooler. The memory, on the other hand, with the insane insertion force required, was pretty scary.
- meddlepal 9y agoHmm odd... Maybe motherboard dependent? I've never felt uncomfortable slotting RAM in. CPU definitely... The modern video cards that weigh like ten pounds also give me pause. Not because slotting them is hard but because they sag.
- snvzz 9y agoI find CPU easy, but the heatsink is absolutely the hardest.
- meddlepal 9y agoWasn't saying CPU is hard just nerve wracking as it crunches. Heatsinks are annoying as fuck. The first time I did a CoolerMaster H212 EVO I botched install... Had to pull it off which is a careful exercise in and of itself as you sort of wiggle slide it off the top of the CPU which is glued to it with thermal paste at this point and seated to the motherboard.