Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.
@ Techen
Don't give people bad advice like this especially when it can break their stuff! If some of the rest of us had seen this sooner we'd have been yelling at him as the last thing you want to do is to try and put the chip into the socket when you already know it's damaged.
You can very easily break bent pins by attempting to force it into the socket. Luckiest case you've only bent a power or ground pin in which case it will sort of work, or you'll lose a DRAM channel.
In future (this is for anyone) if you notice you have a bent pin or the CPU doesn't seem to sit right when you try and insert it, perform a thorough inspection to confirm the cause as being bent or missing pins and then bend them back ideally with a mechanical pencil, failing that a credit card will also work.
How the heck do people bend the pins on either platform? Both just slip in very easily. Including levers.
ive actually had more trouble with amd fx cpus coming out the socket when removing the cooler.