Its the stock cooler, so board shouldnt be flexed. When I got it I removed the chip to check the pins, and all the contacts were spot on.

Ill be getting a water kit pretty soon, and will check again then.

Just ran prime at 1900Mhz 7-9-7-24 with 1.28v IMC. Going to work on lowering the volts and maybe some of the sub timings, but for now thats pretty good for daily I think.

I ended up replacing them with Trident 2k 9-9-9s since I got those for $50, and can send the Mushkins back to pocket $75.

The Gskills passed 1900 8-8-8 first try.

I have an i7 860 coming so hopefully I can flex them out a bit.