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I'm considering moving to Haswell from Nehalem by just getting a new mobo and CPU, but I'm not sure if I can keep my current heatsink.
Can an LGA 1156 heatsink be mounted on to an LGA 1150 motherboard?
Edit: I just read 1156 heatsinks fit 1155 motherboards, so I guess the question is also can I go from 1155 to 1150?
Louis
Posted 2013-10-25T23:23:51.657
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While I can't find an authoritative reference (ie. from manufacturers), there is a definitive "yes" around the internet.
There are many posts on many forums confirming that 1156/1155/1150 are compatible. Examples at: overclock.net, Tom's Hardware, guru3d.
What I noticed myself when Haswell first came out: existing coolers (such as the Noctua NH-D14, as an example) had their specification details updated to include 1150, but they're still the same cooler.
And, if you accept an unreferenced statement on Wikipedia as a reference :o, the socket 1150 entry says:
Cooling systems for LGA 1155 and LGA 1156 sockets are compatible with LGA 1150, due to them having the same distance of 75 mm between each screw hole.
Ash
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3Fits fine and working well. – Louis – 2014-01-23T00:31:03.763
What's the heatsink in question here? – happy_soil – 2013-10-25T23:26:58.093
@happy_soil I've had it so long that had to look it up on my Newegg order history, and wow! It's actually this LGA775 Scythe SCINF-1000, with an adapter to LGA 1156 also by Scythe.
– Louis – 2013-10-25T23:30:49.967@Louis - It should indeed work. The best people to answer it though is the manufacture. – Ramhound – 2013-10-25T23:34:43.100
@Ramhound Okay, so the mounts are generally unchanged for the past few years? That would be great news. – Louis – 2013-10-25T23:39:21.560
@Louis - First check to see if they have an adapter and see what it says. Second the previous 2 generation layouts were not changed. But Nahalem is 3 generations ago isn't it? Again best way to get a 100% accurate answer would be to ask the manufacture. Can you link to the adapater? – Ramhound – 2013-10-25T23:42:07.677
@Ramhound Yes, I edited the question because after reading your coment I found that it was also unchanged from first to second gen. – Louis – 2013-10-25T23:43:09.730
1@Louis - 1155 is Ivy Bridge my Heatsink was a Ivy Bridge heatsink its installed on a Hawell motherboard. Be sure you post an answer with supporting documentation you can take the credit :-) – Ramhound – 2013-10-25T23:44:04.450