So, ordered a 'refurbished' motherboard on Friday which I wouldn't normally do however this time I needed one with exactly the same chipset so I could just boot right back into windows without reinstalling and rescue some important files (Uni dissertation/CP). It came today, and it's 'as new condition' included 12 bent CPU pins and a CPU socket full of fluff from a cloth or something. Safe to say it didn't work.
Moral of the story; don't buy refurbished shit.