Take a very fine brush dipped in alcohol and will remove the thermal paste from the socket. Before COVID I would buy a lot of cheap "as is" boards and that would always do the trick. Bought the special paint brush at Ace Hardware, but I think any fine brush will do.

Take a pick and a magnifying glass (or cell camera and zoom in) and try to bend. Also look at the socket schematic to see what the affected pins do, if they are not important and accidentally break no harm. A lot of pins serve the same purpose. Just sucks fixing pins on newer boards. 115X board and 2011 boards were easier to fix. Now all the pins are crammed.

 

Would you sell the ram alone? If so how much?

 

Yeah considering this socket situation it might be best to sell the components separately now. Was hoping to give someone a good deal with it together.

i9-14900KS - $420
Apex Encore - $325
Trident Z5 RAM - $155
Samsung 990PRO 2TB drive - $70

I do have 99% iso alcohol which I did use to clean off the thermal paste but I will try getting a fine brush and magnifying glass, unless someone wants to buy the board and repair it themselves.

Hopefully this is fair pricing since they are used.

 

HI
Will you sell the CPU separete and deliver to the UK? (Would be a tiny package very light)

 

I am interested in the 990 Pro 2TB NVMe. Sent you a PM on that.

 

Appreciate you returning the favor and saving me from buying this! Had the itch to PM all day yesterday.

 

This is an amazing deal for a Retail 14900KS! And it’s an SP103 on top of that, which is definitely good enough. someone needs to grab this. Any retail 14900KS is worth the $420 dollars!

 

I agree. That is a good price for a 14900KS. If I did not already have two spare 14th Gen i9 CPUs sitting on the shelf I would snag it.

 

Alright going to just sell these separately instead of a bundle. Prices updated in OP.

I'm willing to accept offers on the board however.

 

pm

 

RAM kit available again. Just a reminder it is a 2x16GB kit.

 

pm sent

 

Thanks, @RobPKG - please doing business with you, and good luck with the sale on the other items. Feedback left for you. When you have time please return the favor.

 

Thank you MrFox.

I updated the board price to $200. This is the lowest I'll go. If no takers after a week I'll just send it in for an RMA to have it repaired and then try selling it again, but it won't be $200 when I do.

 

Last time I heard ASUS charged like $75 to replace a CPU socket. Probably more than that, but even if $150 it would be worth it and then you could likely fetch something in the neighborhood of $500 for it. I think you would end up netting more than selling it for $200.

Hopefully the folks that bought the other items (RAM and CPU) will also leave positive feedback for you. It really is helpful for people looking to purchase items here in the community because it is hard to know who you can trust otherwise. I think most of the folks buying and selling here are pretty awesome people, but there are so many scammers out there people get justifiably skiddish.

 

Yeah I understand I could get more money from it if its repaired. This is just a hobby for me and I'm not looking to get what I paid for it or anywhere close. I really wanted to give someone a banging deal for the whole combo but I ruined it with my handling of the socket.

 

Pm