The plastic cover is mostly for protection when there is no CPU in the socket. It can be used during installation, but you would be fine just carefully placing the CPU and aligning it with the socket while the motherboard is horizontal.
Cinebench R23 both CPUs OC
12700k
MC: 23262
SC: 2023
9950x3d2
MC: 46432
SC: 2227
Nope, ive done rookie mistake i touched the pins with latex gloves on and it bent 3 of them without even noticing. Easy fix, but i couldn't find my intel...
Well, RIP—this PC definitely checked out earlier than expected. Shut it down at the office, brought it home, and it flat-out refused to turn back on. When I hit the power button, the fans twitch a quarter turn and that’s it.
I had it lying flat...