cpu dropping

[vince offer]

has anyone dropped a cpu and broke it i personally  fucked a pentium 4 when they were new

[Automobili3XF]

True story: I was gifted an I5-3470 that we casually had laying around in the department (the hall refuses to buy legacy hardware, so no H61 mobos in sight), while looking at it, i dropped it straight onto the floor. No visual damage, and by the time i had already ordered a cheapo Gigabyte Z77 from Aliexpress to use it on, but i had no motherboard on sight to test the CPU. Fast forward 2 months, the mobo arrives, i put the CPU on the slot, turn the whole deal on, and it still works flawlessly!

[Guest]

Aren't CPU's just not fragile at all for the most part?

[FakeNSA]

6 minutes ago, coolkingler1 said:

Aren't CPU's just not fragile at all for the most part?

Intel, not hugely, however on amd the pins can be bent by a fall.

[FuzzyLogic]

I was showing my friend the old Core 2 Duo CPU that used to go in my PC, and once I hand it to him, he drops it on the floor with a loud thud. That thing is heavy for its size, and to this day, I haven't tested it to see if it still works.

[Kamina]

Yeah, I dropped my i5 4690k. No damage done.

 

I've also pulled a CPU out of a PGA socket with the heatsink attached to it.