Quote Originally Posted by Skoalbasher View Post
What? you're balls nuts! yeah, CPUs are 100-300 bucks, but they are SUPER easy to replace. Pull the lever, pop in cpu (only one way it can go), put on heat sync and done.

Of course, i've built computers all my life, so it's super simple for me. I tell people how to fix their garage door openers over the phone and you'd be amazed at how many people can't program a remote.
Nuts? CPUs are extremely fragile and unless you know what your doing or are super careful its not hard to misalign, or put too much pressure and break the pins. You also need the right amount of heat paste. Too much and you will fry the CPU.

I have built several computers my self and to me CPUs are not something for amateurs to be trying in my honest opinion.