So. I'm believe I have put the cpu in the socket correctly, the triangle is on the bottom left corner of the motherboard. But when I try to close the lever it is giving me a lot of resistance. Even so far as to make a noise.

While I've not built a PC myself, I'm pretty sure that it is supposed to give a lot of resistance. That's what Will & Norm said on the video where they built Jeff's PC.

Okay. Yeah after seeing that video its making the same noise so I think I'm good thanks!

Watch the vid on exactly how Will pushes down on the lever. Much easier if you do it that way. 

There is a mark on the socket that needs to match the same mark on the CPU.

If you look at the socket you will see some of the pin holes covered and then the cpu will have corresponding gaps that line up with these, the cpu should just slip into the socket and that's it, job done, just lock and load.

While I've not built a PC myself, I'm pretty sure that it is supposed to give a lot of resistance. That's what Will & Norm said on the video where they built Jeff's PC.

@MattyFTM said:

While I've not built a PC myself, I'm pretty sure that it is supposed to give a lot of resistance. That's what Will & Norm said on the video where they built Jeff's PC.

you got the link to that PC building video?

If you put it the right way, if, there should be some resistance closing down the cpu to lock it in place. That's one of the only few instances where you have to use alot of force on the mobo.

Hopefully you didn't put it upsidedown, that would bend the pins.

That's normal. I had the same thing when installing my i5 2500k. It's almost a creaky squeak and you're afraid you're breaking it. You aren't. That's just what's known as ZIF or Zero Insertion Force. 

@SpikeSpiegel said:

@Ahmad_Metallic said:

@MattyFTM said:

While I've not built a PC myself, I'm pretty sure that it is supposed to give a lot of resistance. That's what Will & Norm said on the video where they built Jeff's PC.

you got the link to that PC building video?

Right here!

That was the first one where they built Gary Whitta's PC. The one where they built Jeff's is here.

@SpikeSpiegel said:

@Ahmad_Metallic said:

@MattyFTM said:

While I've not built a PC myself, I'm pretty sure that it is supposed to give a lot of resistance. That's what Will & Norm said on the video where they built Jeff's PC.

you got the link to that PC building video?

Right here!

That was the first one where they built Gary Whitta's PC. The one where they built Jeff's is here.

@MattyFTM said:

@SpikeSpiegel said:

@Ahmad_Metallic said:

@MattyFTM said:

While I've not built a PC myself, I'm pretty sure that it is supposed to give a lot of resistance. That's what Will & Norm said on the video where they built Jeff's PC.

you got the link to that PC building video?

Right here!

That was the first one where they built Gary Whitta's PC. The one where they built Jeff's is here.

Darn it. Copied the wrong link. Thanks for the fix though Matty!

I have heard of a technique that requires 2 thin cards like credit cards or ID cards where you put 1 behind the bent pin/pins and slowly slide the other in front and then work around the pin/s gently coaching, 1 pin at a time, back to a standing position.

I guess what I was really asking is this, if a/some pin/s are bent and they can be straightened, will the CPU still be good for use?

I had an early build (my second build running a Socket A/K7 AMD Thunderbird 1,000mhz CPU with Windows 98se) where I bent a corner pin and managed to straighten this up, the PC was good after I put the CPU in. It would post and seemed to run OK, with only occasional issues but no more than could be expected from a Windows 98 PC. Modern CPUs have more than four times as many pins which are also much closer together so I'm guessing they would be less tolerant to issues like these, but it's handy to know just in case.