Thread: My Abit AM2 CPU heatsink bracket broke, how can I get another? - HEXUS.community discussion forums

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I keep seeing occasional reports of the AM2 retention bracket breaking - seems like a pretty lousy design to me. AMD would have been better sticking with the older S939 / S754 design which used 3 retention lugs (and meant folks could still have used a lot of the older non-stock heatsink solutions). A bit of an own-goal IMO.

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