Supermicro Xeon D / FCBGA 1667 Heatsink information

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Netwerkz101

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This Noctua fan is too thick so I ordered a Cooljag BUF-A4 and an Evercool EC6010TH12BP fan. The fan is PWM, 60mm and 10mm thick which would be great. The Cooljag heatsink is thinner than the Supermicro SNK-C0054A4L so I should get at least 5mm free on top of the heatsink + fan. Airflow should be better than now.


Supermicro fans: "57" v"54" - you probably should have gotten the "57".
A 40mm noctua was about the same thickness as the fans in the image above (10mm thick maybe??)
Noctua just came out with some 40mm PWMs i thought - been a while since i looked.
 
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nev_neo

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Has anyone tried the "54" version yet ?
Seems to be a LOT beefier than the 57, might help cool it down some more.
 

nev_neo

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Looks like it works pretty well.
Loaded it up with prime95 for 30 minutes, it topped off at ~66C, although it stayed at 61 for a while. Maybe I should've opened a window or something.
The best part of this is the annoying 3300rpm fan is gone !!
The 80mm Noctua fan I have on it idles along silently at 500rpm.

I think I have attained my objective.
Lowest idle temperature i've seen so far is 39C, but it usually stays around 42C during the day. Windows 2016 does not idle too well it seems.

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fl0w

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Anyone try to adapt an AiO watercooling kit? With Cooljag I couldn't get good temps without setting fan to max RPM, and there's not much space to put a classic heatsink like nev_neo did.


 

Marsh

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I ziptie a 50mm fan on top of the heatsink.
With Windows 2016 idle at 37 degree.
 

nev_neo

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or get a SNK-C0054A4L or SNK-C0057A4L.
That should get you some active cooling on the cpu.
It still does need airflow though. Putting a 40mm noctua on SAS2 heatsink would also help.

Maybe some blowers directing air over the motherboard ?

Have you tried removing the motherboard i/o shield ?
 
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enigmah

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Following the recommendations I bought a Dynatron I2.
Now I've problems to mount it on a X10SDV-4C-TLN2F Rev 1.02.
After tightening the screws there is still room between the thermal pad of the cooler and the CPU.
The screws are tightend max into the back plate. It would work if the CPU would be a little bit higher.
Am I doing something wrong?
 

K D

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Hi! Finally the Innovatek waterblock wasn't compatible. So I ordered almost all the components on AliExpress and it's running pretty well :)
I posted some details on Reddit: r/homelab - Watercooling an Intel Xeon D-1518 in a Rackable Systems S3012 Chassis
Nice. Just curious as to why the aircooling options didnt work. I've had success with both the SNK-C0054A4L as well as with just placing a Noctua 60mm fan on top. Idles in the low 40s and maxes out at low 50s under load.
 

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Nice. Just curious as to why the aircooling options didnt work. I've had success with both the SNK-C0054A4L as well as with just placing a Noctua 60mm fan on top. Idles in the low 40s and maxes out at low 50s under load.
Check out the link at the end of the Reddit post, you will understand ;)
 

K D

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One issue remaining: I ordered a heatsink with fan from Supermicro to avoid the CPU from getting too hot. But I cannot remove the original heatsink, it seems that Supermicro used some adhesive thermal paste.
Is this what you are referring to? You would have had to remove the heatsink in any case to install the waterblock.
 

K D

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The first image is a dynatron installed on a Xeon D 1518 and the second is a Noctua 60mm tied to a Xeon D 1541 heatsink with wire.

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