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I'm considering upgrading my old, repurposed HTPC, which has an A4-5300, with an A8-5500. Both APUs are Virgo "Trinity" series, socket FM2 APUs, both had retail box versions, so I'm wondering if the fan and heatsink would have been the same from AMD.

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  • Eh. This is one of those situations where I think focusing on your specific hardware in the title would be better than the more general option. Also - what sockets are these?
    – Journeyman Geek
    Mar 18, 2018 at 5:15
  • AMD and Intel typically didn’t chnage their heat sinks. Specifics would be required to answer this question though
    – Ramhound
    Mar 18, 2018 at 6:05
  • I'm confused. Are the specifics not visible, somehow? I have the exact APUs listed. Replacing an A4-5300 with an A8-5500.
    – ATX Ferret
    Mar 18, 2018 at 7:49

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They're the same socket so physically as far as the socket footprint is concerned the fans should be interchangable as far as the socket is concerned.

A quick bit of research suggests that they used the same heatsink as the previous generation and they had different models based on TDP (for AM3+) . With the same generation, and similar TDPs, they should be the same heatsinks.

As they're the same socket, they should be cross compatible.

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