m4a79t deluxe best Air cooler

[gigantorebirdie]

Hello to all. What is the best one that fits on this mobo? I have one coming and want to know if anyone is having any issues with getting an air cooler to fit. Also if there is a handful of recommendations to pick from. Thank you in advance!

 

[Zoogle]

Pretty standard recommendations:

Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120
Xigmatek SI-1283 (several variations of this)
Thermalright HR-01 (if you want very low noise)

I'm sure there are other good performers out there.

Check on the Cooling section of the forums and just look for anything that fits AM3. As far as I know, the retention bracket and socket size is the same as the AM2 so any cooler that worked on AM2 should work with AM3 socket.

 

[Dan_D]

Pretty standard recommendations:

Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120
Xigmatek SI-1283 (several variations of this)
Thermalright HR-01 (if you want very low noise)

I'm sure there are other good performers out there.

Check on the Cooling section of the forums and just look for anything that fits AM3. As far as I know, the retention bracket and socket size is the same as the AM2 so any cooler that worked on AM2 should work with AM3 socket.

This post pretty well covers it.

 

[gigantorebirdie]

Thanks much! I was nervous about any slight differences between the AM2 vs the AM3. Back in the day i cracked a core because of such a thing...