Phenom 965 Heatsink question.

It's hard to tell for sure. You might have to mount the fan in a less than idea location to get clearance from the RAM and the Northbridge heatsink.
If it doesnt fit the stock heat sink cools nearly as well as the Scythe MUGEN with a single fan.

the mugen is a big dawg, it might fit, id suggest the spire thermax ii, its in the top 5 and itll clip right on

Here is the stock AMD heatsink - its not exactly wimpy. How high do you plan to overclock?

Wow, these forums are great, very fast responses thank you!

I dont plan to overlock, not for a while anyway.. i just heared horror stories about some stock heatsinks and wanted to save myself the stress. If the stock heatsink really runs that cool then maybe i might just give it a shot.. i really dont wanna do trial and error tho (im really new to building and im not as quick and fluent at swapping parts as im sure you guys are ).

I actually managed to find someone who installed the mugen on a crosshair III with pictures http://www.scythe-eu.com/forum/7730-post330.html

Basically it fits.. but the only spot a fan can be placed is near the back of the case to pull the air.. you cant put one in front to push because of the memory slots.

Ill check out that above mentioned heatsink as well xaira, is it conciderably smaller than the mugen?

Edit: i cant seem to find that heatsink on either newegg or ncix.com , ill keep looking though.

I really like that core contact freezer you suggested, its on sale too! It only says in the description that its AM2, but im assuming it just hasnt been updated yet?

Ill probably order this one, thanks again everyone for your input.