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Hi had my first gaming pc for a while now but my cpu fan was told it like as it a stock fan and dont how find out what will fit in thanks for any help
Help to get new cpu fan
- Thread starter danielstarrx
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Hi Daniel, in order to know what CPU cooler would suit your needs, we need to know the case and the motherboard you are using. The reason why we need to know this, is because certain CPU cooler's are too tall for certain cases and, for the motherboard, it is because we need to know what socket it is.
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If you've bought instead of built your PC, it is more difficult to know what case you have as most of the case used in prebuilts are custom made by manufacturers. I'd suggest you simply take a ruler (that's made of non-conductive material: a plastic one should do) and mesure from the motherboard to the width of inside of the case (that will give you an approximation of how high your CPU cooler can be)
For the motherboard, you can install a software called CPU-Z and go into the "Mainboard" section to get the motherboard's model. What you will want to do, is lookup the motherboard's model online and see what socket it has (a socket will generally be 3 to 4 digits or letters, like 775, 1150, AM3+, etc)
Once you have both informations, you can use websites like Newegg or NCIX and look for CPU coolers and make sure that it can fit on your motherboard's socket and that it isn't too tall for your case.
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MSI 760GM-P23 (FX) (MS-7641) looks like need AM3+ socket is that right want to double check before i buy
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