Hi, It's very subjective really. I know that's not helpfull at all but I feel it really does depend on how often you've done it; I've done both and I wouldn't really say that ones harder than the other. If as you say we assume that the people who are saying it's hard are sighted, I have to wonder just how good they are at building computers for it to be a problem for them. I'm pretty sure one corner of the cpu is color coded or different visually in such a way that it's obvious which way round it's meant to go, so I really find it hard to understand why lining up a cpu with a socket and gentely placing it in is so hard for them. When you secure the cpu in place with the leaver you do hear a bit of a crunch sound which can be a bit worrying, but theres a cover that flips down around the edges of the socket before you do this and if you've installed it incorrectly (Which you can't do), the cover just won't sit smooth with the rest of the board. My gut feeling is that which ever cpu you buy there are going to be pins involved so theres always going to be a chance that something gets bent. I'd probably look at what you want to do on the system and then buy the CPU that suits your intended uses best. Cheers, Ben. On 11/1/12, John G. Heim <jheim@math.wisc.edu> wrote:
The last time I built a PC, I got an AMD CPU partially because I had read lots of messages from people (presumably sighted people) talking about how they damaged their mobo trying to install an Intel CPU. Apparently, the pins are on the mobo. You close the lever and the pins are inserted into the CPU. But apparently, its easy to mess that up. That scared me considerably. Its pretty easy to bend the pins on an AMD CPU but that can be fairly easily fixed. Although you'd probably need someone who can see to do it.
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I am currently shopping for a mobo and CPU. I just built a PC about a year ago but I gave it to my wife when hers crashed. I came pretty close to buying a quad-core Intel CPU and Asus mobo. I kind of chickened out at the last minute. Also, with 16Gb of RaM it would have been $350. I don't know if I need to spend that much. I'm thinking I might end up going with components similar to what I bought a year ago, quad-core AMD CPU, Asus mobo, 8Gb RAM.
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