How screwed is my cpu?

i have a phenom x2 550be i broke off one of the corner pins on the arrow corner whilst installing and have had a problem with it, so just pop it in and pray  

HAVENT HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT SORRY

Well my PC crashed a few times, so it's not looking good.

I have droped a cpu on the floor and bent all the pins and bent them back and it still worked. All you can do is try it, you might get lucky. Otherwise its a good opportunity to buy a fx4300 or 6300 and see if you can get it to 5ghz. Wouldnt bother with the 8350, uses too much power and heat for minimal gains in gaming.

It's freezing whenever I get on for the first time. Once I do a start up repair, it restarts fine. Then it often times will crash again.

Ok, so my cpu is done, I have figured out. For my replacement cpu I think I will get an 8320. Any objections?

No FX8320 is a good CPU.

Good choice. I wouldn't get anything below the 6300 for an AMD cpu.

the 6300 would be better value for gaming, uses less power and OC's better. it will probably be on par with the 965, being faster in well threaded games, and slower in games that dont use lots of cores. Just make sure your motherboard supports the cpu you plan to buy. just dont expect a major performance increase in games from your 965.

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