Is it worth it buying a motherboard with bent pins?

[Acorn Eyes]

I'm on a tight budget and it seems like a great way to save money. 

 

The board I'm looking at looks like it had all it's pins bent in one direction simultaneously and never been corrected.

 

This makes me think that the tensile strength of the gold is still good and breaking the pins would only be possible if I'm not careful enough.

 

Am I going about this wrong?

[Shoob]

Socket pins are very fragile. Don't bother.

[itsmyjobtoknow]

It depends on the price of the board and if you can spare the lost of that money.

If the board is dirt cheap, than I personally would give it a shot, otherwise since you're very tight on a budget, its probably best to look else where. 

Of course you can go for it if you want to take a risk of losing money, but there is also a chance you can gain value. 

[Acorn Eyes]

3 minutes ago, itsmyjobtoknow said:

It depends on the price of the board and if you can spare the lost of that money.

If the board is dirt cheap, than I personally would give it a shot, otherwise since you're very tight on a budget, its probably best to look else where. 

Of course you can go for it if you want to take a risk of losing money, but there is also a chance you can gain value. 

My budget is $60, the board is $30 but it normally costs $92 used on eBay.

 

Is it worth it?

[MeepLikesToBuildPc's]

Don't bother. If it was one or two bent pins maybe, but it sounds like a whole lot. You're never gonna have them all in the right place, I think

[alexyy]

Ermm no?

[Lord Nicoll]

18 minutes ago, Acorn Eyes said:

I'm on a tight budget and it seems like a great way to save money. 

 

The board I'm looking at looks like it had all it's pins bent in one direction simultaneously and never been corrected.

 

This makes me think that the tensile strength of the gold is still good and breaking the pins would only be possible if I'm not careful enough.

 

Am I going about this wrong?

If it's more than about 20 pins, just replace the whole socket. 

[Acorn Eyes]

32 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

If it's more than about 20 pins, just replace the whole socket. 

That takes soldering though, I don't have quite the equipment for desoldering the socket.

 

This is the damage though:

[Lord Nicoll]

16 minutes ago, Acorn Eyes said:

That takes soldering though, I don't have quite the equipment for desoldering the socket.

 

This is the damage though:

That isn't too bad as far as damage goes.
 

 

 

[Acorn Eyes]

19 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

That isn't too bad as far as damage goes.
 

 

 

Yeah, I assumed it's just a tedious fix, not a difficult one.

 

Everyone is telling me that there's a high risk of breaking off the pins. But if people are able to repair it (especially in the case of the second video since it's the same mobo) that means that the material's metal fatigue is good enough that it can withstand at least one cycle.

 

No one has told me I'm wrong on this, they just tell me it'll break so I don't know.

 

Sidenote: the far right side looks like it has a missing pin, is it just bent the other way a lot?

[Lord Nicoll]

1 minute ago, Acorn Eyes said:

Yeah, I assumed it's just a tedious fix, not a difficult one.

 

Everyone is telling me that there's a high risk of breaking off the pins. But if people are able to repair it (especially in the case of the second video since it's the same mobo) that means that the material's metal fatigue is good enough that it can withstand at least one cycle.

 

No one has told me I'm wrong on this, they just tell me it'll break so I don't know.

 Yes, that fella tried to fix the mobo and broke a pin off at the solder joint, not good. The motherboards in those videos are LGA 2011 and LGA 2011-3, the one you showed us damaged is an LGA 115x socket. 

[Acorn Eyes]

23 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

 Yes, that fella tried to fix the mobo and broke a pin off at the solder joint, not good. The motherboards in those videos are LGA 2011 and LGA 2011-3, the one you showed us damaged is an LGA 115x socket. 

Then what do you recommend I do?

[Lord Nicoll]

2 hours ago, Acorn Eyes said:

Then what do you recommend I do?

Maybe don't buy a non working board, it's possible it could be fixed, or it might have other issues.

[Clearly Confused]

4 hours ago, Acorn Eyes said:

That takes soldering though, I don't have quite the equipment for desoldering the socket.

 

This is the damage though:

Yeah.... just save up some more money and buy one of these: https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-LGA-1151-3200mHz-Motherboard-140-SS-E177-KR/dp/B013ALA6T0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441738711&sr=8-1&keywords=140-SS-E177-KR

[Acorn Eyes]

5 hours ago, Clearly Confused said:

Yeah.... just save up some more money and buy one of these: https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-LGA-1151-3200mHz-Motherboard-140-SS-E177-KR/dp/B013ALA6T0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441738711&sr=8-1&keywords=140-SS-E177-KR

More expensive than you think, I don't have DDR4 Ram

[Acorn Eyes]

6 hours ago, Lord Nicoll said:

Maybe don't buy a non working board, it's possible it could be fixed, or it might have other issues.

Ok so someone offered me a H81 for $30 including shipping. 

 

I still really like the look and color scheme of the Krait so I don't know.

 

I can't find any functioning H81s at $30 so it seems like a good deal.

[Lord Nicoll]

7 hours ago, Acorn Eyes said:

Ok so someone offered me a H81 for $30 including shipping. 

 

I still really like the look and color scheme of the Krait so I don't know.

 

I can't find any functioning H81s at $30 so it seems like a good deal.

I mean, if that's your budget and it won't ever change, and you're confident and have time and skills, sure, go for it, if you do please post an update here, I'd love to know howit turned out. 

[Acorn Eyes]

1 minute ago, Lord Nicoll said:

I mean, if that's your budget and it won't ever change, and you're confident and have time and skills, sure, go for it, if you do please post an update here, I'd love to know howit turned out. 

Yeah I bought it, but I noticed that its ATX not mATX. 

 

So I'm thinking of fixing the mobo first, THEN buy a case. Otherwise I'll bite the bullet and buy a normal functioning H81.

[smokefest]

18 hours ago, Acorn Eyes said:

My budget is $60, the board is $30 but it normally costs $92 used on eBay.

 

Is it worth it?

no. the pins r the only goddamn thing that must be intact on a motherboard

Would you buy a car with no engine ?

I mean i did repair some boards by replacing the pins, its possible, but requires lot of patience depending on how much the pins are bended and sometimes just won't works.. also sometimes it might work but could be missing some pcie lanes or could simply work fine if you repair it properly 

Better go work at subway for some hours to buiy the part new buddy  

[smokefest]

6 minutes ago, Acorn Eyes said:

Yeah I bought it, but I noticed that its ATX not mATX. 

 

So I'm thinking of fixing the mobo first, THEN buy a case. Otherwise I'll bite the bullet and buy a normal functioning H81.

Wish you best luck sory for my late negative post

[Acorn Eyes]

1 minute ago, smokefest said:

no. the pins r the only goddamn thing that must be intact on a motherboard

Would you buy a car with no engine ?

I mean i did repair some boards by replacing the pins, its possible, but requires lot of patience depending on how much the pins are bended and sometimes just won't works.. also sometimes it might work but could be missing some pcie lanes or could simply work fine if you repair it properly 

Better go work at subway for some hours to buiy the part new buddy  

There's a difference between buying a car with no engine and buying a car with a broken engine.

 

I just want to try out repairing a motherboard. If it doesn't work, I'll end up having spent $30 extra on a motherboard, not too bad honestly.

[smokefest]

1 minute ago, Acorn Eyes said:

There's a difference between buying a car with no engine and buying a car with a broken engine.

 

I just want to try out repairing a motherboard. If it doesn't work, I'll end up having spent $30 extra on a motherboard, not too bad honestly.

I know i wrote something after that to apologize for late sory buddy GL hf its doable you probably will do it fine unless the pins r fucked up too much

[Unrealcpu]

i wouldnt buy any motherboard with a single bent pin

[Acorn Eyes]

On 2/6/2017 at 6:40 PM, Lord Nicoll said:

I mean, if that's your budget and it won't ever change, and you're confident and have time and skills, sure, go for it, if you do please post an update here, I'd love to know howit turned out. 

My motherboard has been going crazy, and there's two more days until the broken one arrives. 

 

Just to spite my motherboard I'm going to take photos with an $800 macro lens.