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Currently got a Socket A AthlonXP along with water cooling.
If I was to upgrade to an Athlon64 (obvy with new motherboard) then are the clips for the CPU cooler still the same or will I need a new CPU cooler block?
Very different. Socket 939 coolers have a different clip system which hooks onto the plastic socket surrond.
The cooler AMD supply these days is really good. I installed one on a new X2 4800 yesterday and the fan didn't even need to start spinning for the first 5 minutes of operation. They are nice heatpipe ones.
Obviously you'll want more if you are overclocking.
I have a watercooled 939, I had to remove the plastic mounting bracket from the board and it slipped through the holes beneath
I thought the Socket A boards had very similar holes! Check out the Waterchill kits, it will say what CPU they support, I am sure mine supported Socket A as well!
Its that big because thats the newer BTX system meant for better more silent cooling.
I have one of the zalman fatality heatsinks in mine pretty quite and rather big good enough for overclocking my cpu anyways. Water might get me a little higher but not much.