Cooling for AMD Fusion

[JediJeb]

Looking to build a system based on an A8 processor and found some people saying the stock heatsink may not be enough. I have been searching but haven't found any aftermarket coolers that list the socket FM1 as one of their compatible sockets.

Does the FM1 have the same mountings as say an AM3 or other AMD socket, or are there just no aftermarket coolers available? If I wanted to mount it in a very tight spot, is there any water cooling options for it?

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[RavenSEAL]

Hyper 212+

 

[Herald85]

AMD does it correctly: AM2(+)->AM3(+)->FM1 are all compatible

http://www.techpowerup.com/148865/Scythe-Announces-Compatibility-to-AMD-sockets-FM1-and-AM3+.html

 

[T_Yamamoto]

+1 on Hyper 212+

 

[toysareforboys]

Hyper 212+

Keep in mind that if using that heatsink with the stock fan it comes with, you may be unable to daisy chain other PWM fans with it (causes the cooler master fan to run at 100%!!!). Either swap out the fan that comes with the heatsink (for an AC F12 PWM, same CFM, super silent), or get this instead: http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/cpu/4/freezer-7-pro-rev.-2.html?c=2181 (can get it locally for $25).

No PWM problems with AC stuff

-Jamie M.

 

[RavenSEAL]

Keep in mind that if using that heatsink with the stock fan it comes with, you may be unable to daisy chain other PWM fans with it (causes the cooler master fan to run at 100%!!!). Either swap out the fan that comes with the heatsink (for an AC F12 PWM, same CFM, super silent), or get this instead: http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/cpu/4/freezer-7-pro-rev.-2.html?c=2181 (can get it locally for $25).

No PWM problems with AC stuff

-Jamie M.

I haz fan controller

 

[JediJeb]

Thanks everyone!

I wish Newegg would include FM1 on the list of compatible sockets, even though AMD does have this right in keeping the same HS connector setup for all of it's sockets.