GPU Running with PCIe x8 instead of x16 help

[Dr. Dro]

On the pins breaking, the socket cant do it - i've got a detached one from ali express and they 'pass through' with room to spare
(I use it when lapping AM4 CPU's, and pins dont come out the back or anything like that)

Unlike on intel this doesnt lead to a situation where pins can avoid contact, but simple dust, thermal paste or random cat hair certainly can - reseating is definitely on the todo list with any issues like this, since the lanes do directly come from the CPU

It wasn't the socket in itself, it was mostly me mounting a screw-type AIO straight without the support because I had lost it, the pressure must have been insane. Mostly... dumb dude doing dumb things