Intel Core i7-980X kinda dumb question about pins

[steve2470]

Hi all,

I'm inspecting my Intel Core i7-980X cpu right now, and AFAIK there are no pins bent. I've looked at several images on Google of this cpu, and my cpu appears exactly the same: the bottom is basically flat with many copperish contact points and in the center the "pins" are about one millimeter or so high, very very short.

I know with the older Intel CPU's, the pins were VERY easy to see and also to bend. Are bent pins on the 980X hard to discern ? Thanks for your time.

Steve

 

[Cygnus x-1]

The pins are in the mother board, not the chip. AMD has the pins on the chip .

 

[steve2470]

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[Mousemonkey]

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