Replacing CPU

[Stevontoast]

I need help replacing my CPU
I have never replaced it before on my own
Any one got any suggestions and things I need to be careful off?
How do I remove the older one?
How much thermal paste should i use?
Sooo many things D:

 

[Blasphemy]

just dont go to faster and break something all i gotta say, lol i broke mine by goin fast bad 400$ mistake

 

[Arn0t]

first question i gotta ask, do you know what socket your motherboard is?

Cause if you sit there and buy the wrong CPU. there is money drained right there

 

[chaosassualt]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103300
here is a good and cheap cpu, i have this and it is perfect, and it is good for overclocking since it is a black edition.
ok to release the cpu there should be a latch kind of thing on the side somewhere now just release that and just lift it up slowly....
O when you get your new cpu dont take it out of the casing until you install it like seriously dont!
also always remeber to wear a static strip when you install your cpu because your motherboard and cpu and other things are extremely sensitive to static and can be completely rendered useless if you touch it and you become unlucky and shock it.
casue if you break or bend any of those little pins on the bottom your screwed and it wont fit and wont work anymore.
you should, like many other people say, a pea sized tab and spread it with a busniess card or something of the sort but i used mabe 3-4 dabs just until it covered the fan bottom and was a perfect fit for my cpu and cpu fan.

 

[IronSoldier]

Gotta know the specs

Hey stevontoast,
I build my own pc's so ive been there, if u need help, we need to know ur motherboard specs and what ur current cpu is, thanks! I can tell you that Arctic Silver 5 is the best thermal grease for cpus. There's DIY videos on youtube for applying paste to a cpu.

 

[Maj.Emish]

just don't use a lot of paste u only need a small blob about the size of a quarter of a pea

 

[Die Geheimwaffe]

Here is a good guide for applying thermal paste. Complete with pictures.

 

[Dweeb]

I think i would ask some one to show you hands on first. if for some reason you mess the socket or chip up ... your talking money.

 

[_Xx_HeX_xX_]

all i can say is , bent pins == no fun

 

[Die Geheimwaffe]

I think i would ask some one to show you hands on first. if for some reason you mess the socket or chip up ... your talking money.

Nah the hardest part is re-applying the thermal paste and that's not difficult at all. The worst thing that you can do is bend pins and most processors don't even have pins anymore. Even then I've bent pins before, seven or eight of them flush with the processor, but was able to bend them back without any damage. Broken pins are another story, but you would have to be really careless or unlucky to do that. Computers are tougher than a lot of people think.

 

[Rizspiz]

Putting my heatsink on was a PAIN. You seriously thought you were gonna snap the MOBO in 2 when you went to clip the clips....just saying be careful on that step.