Alrighty modding fans, here’s a project for ya! Mounting socket 462 heatsinks onto a socket 939 motherboard. Yup, I said it and it has been done and done with style…

I had just recently upgraded from a Socket 462 system to a Socket 939 system. As usual, I intended to overclock the new Socket 939 system. So, I need a good replacement for the stock CPU cooler.

At first, I considered buying a new Socket 939 heatsink. Then I remembered I had a few Socket 462 heatsinks lying around, unused. Naturally, it occured to me that I could reuse one of those heatsinks on my new Socket 939 mainboard with just some slight modifications.

For those who are curious, here are my system’s specifications. Nothing to scream about but it’s all mine. [Read the rest]

[tags]mainboard,socket 462,coolers,socket 939 system,socket 939 heatsink[/tags]