Do the Intel Core-i series processors not have pins?
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Mar 15, 202634784 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Its been a while since I installed a CPU. Used to be they had pins on the chip the went into the motherboard. Am I seeing this right? Are the pins now on the motherboard and the CPU just has contacts?
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Yes, you are seeing this correctly. As supported by this website, the i7 series of processors have no pins on the processor, they are actually on the motherboard. They do this to help protect the pins so that people are less likely to bend the pins.…
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