Need heatsink recommendation

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coolrunnings82

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I have a Supermicro CSE-216 2u chassis and just recently picked up a X9DRI-F motherboard for it. I'll be running an E5 2620V2 CPU in it and I need to find a good heatsink. I am not fond of the noise put out by previous Supermicro chassis I've had but I'm waiting to see how the stock fans sound when hooked up to the motherboard. I'm wondering if anyone has some recommendations on a heatsink that I can use with this assuming that I may fan-mod the midplane fans to get some peace and quiet... Suggestions?
 

T_Minus

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Any 2U HSF combo made for the thermal load should be fine.

I don't know how easily you can make a 2U quiet not much room, and often with passive heat sinks that require the fans to cool.

I think SM and DYNATRON(SPELL?) make active 2U HSF combos.