What's the cheapest bolt to motherboard Socket A heatsink?

[drees]

After seeing a cracked Athlon XP damaged in shipping, I'm thinking of only using heatsinks which bolt to the motherboard.

What's the cheapest one? Off the top of my head, the Alpha 8045 is the cheapest at about $40, any others that are cheaper?

 

[im2smrt4u]

No, not really. The Alpha is probably the cheapest, especially if you can get a deal on the fan.

 

[pbrain]

here's a $30 alpha 8045 w/out fan. it's the cheapest i know.

 

[johndoe52]

It's a nice heatsink too.

 

[SnowPunk98]

Use a shim and you dont have to worry about it

 

[Phunktion]

<< Use a shim and you dont have to worry about it >>


Not true.. even with a shim a person who mounted it like whoever did that one above could still crack the core, it would just be harder to do.. also shims aren't always perfectly flush with the core which can cause lots of bad problems..