Arctic Cooling 92mm CPU Cooler (A7P-75000023) $4 after $20 Rebate

As a boilerplate suggestion,

Clean the HSF and processor with Arctic Silver Arcticlean Thermal material Remover & Surface Purifier ACN-60ML (2-PC-SET) - OEM [newegg.com]

...then apply ARCTIC MX4 Thermal Paste - 4gram. [newegg.com]

If you're just doing this one heatsink this one time, isopropyl alcohol (the purer, the better) will do a good job for cleaning the mating surfaces of the heat-sink and the processor.

Basically, any thermal compound will do for a stock system ( Heresy!). There have been deals on MX-4 and it's a lot easier to work with than some others and has the added advantage that it does not conduct electricity.

See this youTube video which I've linked to start at the 17m20s mark for an example of the "spread" method of thermal paste application. The other method would be the grain-of-rice-to-pea sized dab, where the pressure of the mounted HSF does the spreading. Oh yeah, there's also the other-other method of putting a stripe (or two or three) on the processor. Unless you lay a stripe down on each copper pipe of the type heatsink shown in this video. Right.

There are many variations, they should all work well for a stock setup. Which ever method you use, don't use too much.

Newegg TV: How To Build a Computer - Part 2 - The Build (@17m20s) [youtube.com]


Is this what you were asking? Probably not (but HTH)

Does this work with LGA 775 (yea, I'm old school)? I broke a pin on the stock HSF so I'm worried the dissipation is not optimal.

UPDATE: Now thinking you meant that as kind of a joke in response to statement you can only use this cooler with 1155/56 CPUs. K, got it. Just some people won't know any better and might assume that's what's best to use.

Thanks for your response. Not exactly what I was looking for (more or less just looking for a fan recommendation for my A10). But repped for your post.

This is a great heat sink for non-extreme use. I was able to overclock an AMD A-10 5800K to 4.4Ghz CPU and 1Ghz Gpu with temps never going over 41C using this product.

Good to mention that... Yes, tech humor.

Yes, adhesive not better than thermal compound, just for use where there is no other means to mechanically mount a cooler. Typical use is on motherboards when, say, Northbridge, voltage regulator, brand-X ethernet chips, etc, overheat in use.

TIP: Try adding an almost equal amount of Arctic Silver 5 to your thermal adhesive mixture if you think you'll ever need to remove your heat sink. It should adhere almost as well, but make it possible to remove your heat sink at a later date without the resources of a machine shop and chemistry lab.
tnx. Just for the cool factor, shame you missed the Thermaltake V1 which was a Shell Shocker deal about a week ago.

· Note: AM2/AM2+/AM3/ AM3+ and FM1/FM2 socket dimensions are the same. The only difference in these sockets is the actual CPU itself. Not the cooler mounting.

All of the heatsinks on Newegg that specifically claim FM2 compatibility [newegg.com] seem to be overkill for a 65W A10. I've always wanted to try the low profile COOLER MASTER GeminII M4 [newegg.com].

I have no particular recommendation.

Thanks for all your help; think this is what I'll end up going with: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099

Don't think so, I believe these only work with LGA1156/1155

Will it work with AMD FX 8-Core CPU?