CPU cooler for Asus M2N61-AR?

[Kledgie]

Whenever i'm lost in the world of computers, I call upon you gentleman ..

I'm struggling to find a compatible cpu cooler for this board. It's mini -itx am2. I've had to rma 1 cooler already heh.

I have a super tiny case so the fan has to be low profile. Maybe there's even a fanless option? Any recommendations would be awesome. I'm lost.

 

[Kledgie]

 

[Kledgie]

OK so the plot thickens .. apparently this is the fan that came out of that board ..
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/202654012470
I need something slimmer. Any recommendations?

 

[chrisjames61]

I have two of those coolers sitting in my basement. Came out of these little AM2 Hewlet Packard desktops..

 

[Kledgie]

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I have two of those coolers sitting in my basement. Came out of these little AM2 Hewlet Packard desktops..

No kidding. Do you think they would fit in a mini-itx case?

 

[Kledgie]

Waaaay too big haha.
I've never had such trouble with a cpu cooler before. About to give up.

 

[JWade]

if I am not mistaken, they use the same heatsink as socket 775. just make sure the screw threads are the same size, or replace the backplate

 

[aigomorla]

the problem is those caps next to the cpu.
Your going to run into clearance issues from what i can see due to those caps.

Thats why vendors stopped putting caps so close to the cpu on modern systems.

Infact it may cost you more to find a OEM heat sink by itself then a entire refurb'd unit off ebay like this one:
https://www.ebay.com/p/Asus-M2N61-AR-Acacia-Socket-AM2-AMD-Motherboard/99207559?iid=283468503313

It also might be recommend to tell you, a Baytrail ITX embeded would also probably be better and faster then what your running if your looking for something small, and maybe cost a bit more.

Its your choice however... IMO unless you had the spare parts, i would not even bother trying to find parts to refurb it, and instead shelf it, and look for a new system entirely.

You can find dell / lenovo / hp Mini's on ebay for fairly cheap that have been retired from service.
Like this guy for example... and would be significantly faster then any AM2 processor:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Compaq-...m=264296818652&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851