Vista - cpu cooler

hi
i want to replace the stock cooler on my amd quad core cpu but every one i keep looking at means me taking the mother board out to put a plate under the board

i would like one where i take mine of and put another one straight on but keep the orignal clip design on the board any ideas

thank you

If AM2 coolers are compatible with AM2+ socket (think they are), then look at Zalman 9500 or 9700 coolers (9700 would be better for a quad core Phenom). They just use the retention clip design without having to put a backing plate on.

I used the 9500 cooler on my Athlon x2 and it kept it nice and cool, and using the 9700 on my E8200 atm, and it's running great.

I have to say, the best thing about AM2 sockets is the very easy installation of coolers on it.

cheers ive found this one and it comes with the 4 wire plug
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Yea that's the exact same one I use as well, and I love it (goes well with my Nvidia case as well ).

It can get a bit noisy at full speed, but I set the minimum speed at 50% in BIOS, and at that speed, it's more or less silent. It will come with the mounting brackets for LGA775 as well as the retention clip you want.

are you able to turn the plastic retainer that holds the cooler on the am2 socket as ive just noticed if i fit this cooler the fanwill be facing either up or down and not facing the fan to the rear to get the heat out of the case

No I don't think you'd be able to because of the shape of the bracket.

When I had mine on AM2, I had it blowing in to the PSU, and it got blown out the back of there. As it never got that hot, it caused no problems, and is better than having it blowing on to the graphic card.

thank you
just one last question did you have the fan fancing the psu ?

I had the fan facing the graphic card, so the air blows through the cooler.

And you're welcome

forgot to ask what sort of temp's was you geting with the standered cooler and then what was you geting with the new one

has any body used this cooler at all and if so how does it mount to a am2+ socket
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