It's a good idea to keep a dead chuck just in case. I kept my old one which also had some wires cut in the connector. Sadly I'm not that patient when it comes to fix things like this.
Rig
*Corei5 3570K *Nvidia 9800GT 1GB DDR3
*Motherboard Asus P8H77M-PRO *Win7 x64
*RAM 8GB DDR3(1600)
