Reusing Heatsink and fan question

BKSinAZ · 11-04-2009, 04:00 AM

I had a AMD Athlon 64 3200 socket 939 with heatsink and fan. Took the motherboard and cpu out of computer and installed different Mobo due to this mobo dying.

The mobo I installed has a AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800 with AM2 socket, but with no fan and heatsink.

My question... the heatsink and fan from the defective socket 939 mobo seems to fit on the mobo with the AM2 socket just fine. Will it be sufficient to cool down the AMD Athlon 64 X2 chip?

diduknowthat · 11-04-2009, 04:23 AM

What heatsink is it? If it's the stock heatsink then it'll probably have some trouble cooler a dual core chip.

Twist86 · 11-04-2009, 04:27 AM

Yeah it wont cool it very well...I tried something as simple as reusing a 3200+ on a 4000+ it couldn't the job either :/

Sometimes its best just to buy a cheap after market cooler like a Xigmatek S1283 or a Arctic 64 Pro

11-04-2009, 04:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
BKSinAZ Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 84	Reusing Heatsink and fan question I had a AMD Athlon 64 3200 socket 939 with heatsink and fan. Took the motherboard and cpu out of computer and installed different Mobo due to this mobo dying. The mobo I installed has a AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800 with AM2 socket, but with no fan and heatsink. My question... the heatsink and fan from the defective socket 939 mobo seems to fit on the mobo with the AM2 socket just fine. Will it be sufficient to cool down the AMD Athlon 64 X2 chip?

11-04-2009, 04:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
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11-04-2009, 04:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
Twist86 Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Missouri Age: 23 Posts: 2,327	Yeah it wont cool it very well...I tried something as simple as reusing a 3200+ on a 4000+ it couldn't the job either :/ Sometimes its best just to buy a cheap after market cooler like a Xigmatek S1283 or a Arctic 64 Pro __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 400x8- 3.2ghz / XFX GTX 260 868mb 192 Core 2x2GB G-skill PC6400 DDR2 800 / Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 (rev. 1.0) / TX750w Corsair PSU Antec 900 Case / 1680x1050 Acer X223W 22'' Logitech S-220 Speakers / Windows 7 Ultimate x64

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