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Will socket A heatsinks fit on a socket 370?

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I have seen many heatsinks that state being compatible with all socket A and socket 370 CPUs. Are they all cross compatible with both sockets. For instance, I found a Thermalright ALX-800 heat sink that says it's socket A compatible, but says nothing about socket 370 compatibility. It is sold at an exceelent price at this website:

http://www.crazypc.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=120199&Product_Code=50983

Will this heasink fit a socket 370 CPU? It looks like it is an excellent heatsink being sold without a fan? I assume this would be more than enough to run a socket 370 Celeron or Pentium III fanless while keeping it cool? Would this heatsink alone be enoug cooling assuming it will fit socket 370?
 
anything that fits on socketA will fit on socket 370. same deminsions and hold down method
 
Any socket A HSF will fit on a socket 370.

Just ensure there's enough space around the socket, though. A few hours ago I had to 'modify' the clip of a socket A HSF to have it clear the RAM socket located next to the socket.
 
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