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Can an old cooler be reused?

Albert F
By Albert F
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LGA 775 and LGA 1150 (what the i5 4690 uses) are not the same socket in terms of cooler mounting, so a stock cooler of one won't work on a motherboard of the other.

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I am planing on building a new PC with an i5 4590 and I am wandering if I can reuse an old Intel stock cooler coming from an old LGA775 build.

What do you think about it?

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LGA 775 and LGA 1150 (what the i5 4690 uses) are not the same socket in terms of cooler mounting, so a stock cooler of one won't work on a motherboard of the other.

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Generally speaking, you can reuse coolers, but in your particular case, you cannot.

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