Can a socket "A" heat sink be used on an Athlon 64 X2 socket?

[bupkus]

Can a socket "A" heat sink be used on an Athlon 64 X2 socket?

 

[Pain999]

There are a few exceptions, but typically no.

 

[jjmIII]

no

 

[Arcanedeath]

If you have the right mounting hardware it can be done. Socket A = same mounting hardward as socket 370 ie p3 intel's so unless the HSF you have comes w/ mounting hardware for am2 / 939 you'd be out of luck. off the top of my head the only HSF's I can think of that had universal mounting that included 939 & socket A were some thermalrights and they may have been updated to including am2 support at a later date.

 

[zach0624]

except for maybe a few (as in one or two) cases you could get an adapter or find a way to make it work it most likely won't

 

[nanaki333]

with better than decent HSFs out there now for reasonable prices, why would you want to convert a socket-A HSF?