Which of these three AMD heatsinks are better?

[3003003]

Recently, the plastic lever on my Cooler Master Hyper T4 snapped. I attempted to superglue the snapped piece back, but it's too weak, and I decided that I am just going to replace the CPU heatsink to be on the safe side. While I wait for the replacement to arrive, I want to use my PC still, as my new GPU just arrived and I can't wait to use it, so I will have to use one of these three heatsinks (all of them are compatible):

1. Athlon 64 stock heatsink

2. FX-6300 stock heatsink

3. Foxconn heatsink

Thank you!

 

[jaslion]

Recently, the plastic lever on my Cooler Master Hyper T4 snapped. I attempted to superglue the snapped piece back, but it's too weak, and I decided that I am just going to replace the CPU heatsink to be on the safe side. While I wait for the replacement to arrive, I want to use my PC still, as my new GPU just arrived and I can't wait to use it, so I will have to use one of these three heatsinks (all of them are compatible):

1. Athlon 64 stock heatsink

2. FX-6300 stock heatsink

3. Foxconn heatsink

Thank you!

Just use the fx6300 heatsink as it came with the cpu you have. Also there is like no way a athlon 64 heatsink is compatible with the am3 platform layout.

 

[anti-duck]

All AM* and FM* socket motherboards have the same layout.

 

[jaslion]

All AM* and FM* socket motherboards have the same layout.

Thats right I forgot that the athlon 64 was also available on the am2 platform oops 😛.

 

[4745454b]

Fits the socket isn't the issue. I think even the old S939 heatsinks will physically fit on today's boards. The problem is those old CPUs didn't have anywhere near the heat output of today's CPUs. Meaning the A64 heatsink will fit/clamp on, but the 6300 will run WAY hot because the heatsink can't handle the 95/125W of heat output. I agree with using the sink that came with your CPU. Will be loud but at least the sink can handle the heat.

 

[3003003]

But the FX 6300 has a TDP of 95W and the Foxconn is rated for up to 105W CPUs. It also seems like it would do a better job than the stock FX 6300 heatsink, which is very small. But if the stock FX 6300 is better than the other two at cooling, I'll just use that.