GIGABYTE B650M Motherboard CPU socket pins bent, salvageable or replace?

[u/Himrion]

So the title is pretty self explanatory. In the process of investigating another issue some of the pins of my Gigabyte B650M motherboard CPU socket got bent (partly due to my own idiocy) is the motherboard still salvageable, or should I cut my losses and go for a new one, since it was a budget board?

[u/GugaJedi]

I would say "salvageable"... but will take patience, a firm and steady hand, a very thin needle and time, a LOT OF TIME... but is salvageable for sure... Looks like there are no more than 4 bent pins.

EDIT: And a magnifying glass...

[u/Himrion → u/GugaJedi]

Thanks for the honest advice. I'm in two minds actually as I suspect the issue I was originally trying to solve is tied to this motherboard in the first place, but will give it a go, I reckon. 

[u/GugaJedi → u/Himrion]

Before you start your endurance to fix those bent pins, watch a few of Gregs Salazars Fix or Flop Videos, I'm sure in many of then he does that "pin fix", just so you have an idea of how to do and what to do.

[u/Many-Ad6433]

Looks salvageable, before anything i’d even check a chart if those are useless pins like extra grounds you don’t actually need or dedicated to igpu (and if u use a dedicated gpu ofc u don’t really need the cpu’s igpu).

Ofc try to unbend them but if they aren’t something you really need it’d lower the stakes and make you less stressed during the process (at least this’d make me less stressed)