Socket A cooling

CSMonkeh · 3 Sep 2010 at 22:52

Hi all
My bro has a Socket A mobo (cast-off from my upgrade 2 yrs ago!) but need a new cooler for the last one has just died

Anyone any ideas of what we can use?
Thanks

cmndr_andi · 3 Sep 2010 at 22:58

I would suggest looking second-hand tbh. The socket A is pretty old - so there isn't any cooler on OCUK that seem to support it.

Also, according to this socket A CPUs are pretty fragile and can't take coolers heavier than 300g - so many modern cooler would just be too big.

CSMonkeh · 3 Sep 2010 at 23:03

Yeh I thought so. Worth a shot. He's skint so can't afford an upgrade and theres no way I'm financing it!! He'll have to wait till I get my next upgrade, which will be some time yet cos its running well despite being 2 yrs old.

scrlk · 3 Sep 2010 at 23:07

Socket A, how retro.

Arctic Cooling do the Copper Silent 3 that supports Socket A, maybe you can try and find one. It doesn't look too beefy though so expect warm temps.

CSMonkeh · 3 Sep 2010 at 23:11

Yeah I know lol. Wasn't exactly cutting edge when I had it! Trouble is the case he has (no idea what make etc) is shocking for cooling at best of times so may well get him an Antec 300. That said no decent CPU cooler kinda defeats the object

scrlk · 3 Sep 2010 at 23:21

CSMonkeh said:
Yeah I know lol. Wasn't exactly cutting edge when I had it! Trouble is the case he has (no idea what make etc) is shocking for cooling at best of times so may well get him an Antec 300. That said no decent CPU cooler kinda defeats the object

Get him the VSK-2000 if on a budget. It's the Antec 300 but for the budget minded.

CSMonkeh · 3 Sep 2010 at 23:27

Doh! Mis-read the 300 price: thought it was £30 but its nearer £50!!! lol
Linky for VSK-2000 pretty please?

Its too late in the day....

dfour · 4 Sep 2010 at 09:47

How has the last one died?? Can you just not add a new fan??

I got some socket A water cooling blocks

pastymuncher · 4 Sep 2010 at 12:33

The bay would be a good bet.

CSMonkeh · 4 Sep 2010 at 15:41

Just found an old Zalman flower fan with dead fan. Easy to remedy and just get another one!
Just needs new case now (thats why we didn't use it before - it didn't fit)
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silversurfer · 4 Sep 2010 at 18:39

Socket A was ok if you overclocked it a lot and got some ddr1 bh5 memory to 250mhz

Dual cores kinda finished it off though. Just cut a hole in the case you have now or leave the side off, maybe use a perspex molding if you have access to something that would be ideal

The warning on socket A was mostly if you were moving it. I remember having some giant 'silent' zalman that was like half a kilo of pure copper. The bigger heatsinks came with supports?

MeddlE · 5 Sep 2010 at 15:15

Used a shim on mine from day one, no problem, better than relying on those sponge dots. Still have it.