I've gone through three 1150 motherboards now and the bloody pins are so damn sensitive and weak. The slightest prod and you bend a pin or two. What's the safest way of doing this to avoid bending pins?
How are you possibly doing that? You just line it up so the notch is on the right side and place it on top. Unless you're jamming it in corner first, I don't see how you can be bending the pins.