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    P45 mobo for Q9450 system, go with Asus P5Q Deluxe or Gigabyte EP45-DS4P boards?

    I've got a Q9450 with an Asus board but I got the Asus P5Q Pro board instead of the deluxe. I didn't want or need the extra ethernet port and I paid around $150 for the board. It's been great so far.
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    Installing Retail Heatsink/Fan for Intel Q9450 CPU

    Thanks brandonb. I will go look in my collection and see if I have those parts somewhere. I will also take out the motherboard from the case and check it visually to make sure the pins are actually down. Thanks for all the help.
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    Installing Retail Heatsink/Fan for Intel Q9450 CPU

    Thanks for all of the feedback. So are you also getting a bow in your motherboard from the pressure applied by the push pin mechanism?
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    Installing Retail Heatsink/Fan for Intel Q9450 CPU

    Hello, I just put together a new system together. I've got a Intel Q9450 CPU on a Asus P5Q Pro motherboard. This has been my first system build since an Athlon system I've put together about 5 years ago. The pushpin installation was a major pain literally in the thumb. I had to...