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Are AM3+ CPU coolers compatible with AM4 motherboards?

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Recently I have decided that I need an upgrade. I'm currently running an i5 2400 with an OEM 1155 board. My CPU is no longer powerful enough for what I need to do with my PC as what I'm doing requires a high core count, and recently I've had this problem where the CPU fan just decides to stop spinning and it lets my CPU heat up to 100C while I'm putting it under load. I'm not able to configure the fan curve in the bios, as the bios for this motherboard is very simple because I slowly ripped out every part of a prebuilt Lenovo system while upgrading. 

SO i've been thinking of having 2 possible upgrade paths, and since I already have an AM3+ cooler on hand I thought to either go for an FX chip like the FX-8320 and an AM3+ motherboard since FX CPUs are relatively cheap and have high core counts, or go for a second hand 1st gen ryzen with AM4 board. I don't want to spend more than £100 on this upgraden at most, which is why I want to know if my AM3+ cooler can fit. It's the stock CPU cooler for the FX-8350 chip, and I don't want to have to spend extra on a new bracket for my current cooler, or to buy a new cooler outright.

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No. The mounting holes are different. Only AM4 motherboard that I know was compatible with them was the Asus Crosshair VI Hero. 

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If it came with a horizontal retention clip yes.

You can clip it to the plastic mount in the motherboard (if it came with it).

 

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With stock brakets yes. 

I'm using an AM3 FX heatpipe heatsink on my 220ge. (fanless)

Funny, it very closely resembles my Wraith Prism cooler....

 

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