MB-AM23-BB-BK AM2 / AM3 Socket Retention Mounting Bracket Kit

Product works well. Seems solid. Just need to affix the back plate to the backside of the motherboard (may need to remove the other case panel to do this). The front plate secures around the socket on the face of the motherboard, screws into the back plate. Instructions were not clear.

Pretty good for the price. I am actually having to order my second one though because the first one broke. It hasn't been quite a year since I installed the old one. The little plastic pieces that hold the fan to the motherboard are not very strong so depending on your CPU and fan weight/size this may not be a good fit. Just something to keep in mind!

Worked great when I switched my FX8350 build to a new chassis that my Evo 212 wouldn't fit in. I bought a shorter cooler and realized that I didn't have the stock mounting hardware for the CPU. My local MicroCenter didn't have this bracket in stock, but Amazon got it to me in 1 day!

I bought this as a replacement for the original bracket on my wife's computer. Installed it, closed the case and went about my business. The machine has been sitting on a desk top since without being moved or opened since. The dinky little tab on the bottom sheared off today.

Did not fit my computer. Wrong screw holes.

Fit perfectly. I've seen some reviews on these brackets saying that they're cheap and the plastic breaks easily. As of my experience I understand that it is plastic. I handled it as such and when i installed the stock cooler nothing broke.

I had replaced my AMD CPU fan/heatsink and had removed the original brackets. Air cooling an 8-core AMD cpu just doesn't hold up since they generate quite a bit of heat. Had to purchase a new bracket so the new liquid cooler could be mounted. This did the trick.

Worked perfectly as an adapter for me to connect my Corsair Hydro cooling system to my MoBo (Gigabyte Technology 970A-DS3P) as the default brackets did not quite work. It was a perfect fix!