Supermicro Mobo - Missing CPU Heat Sink Connectors?

[Cipher]

Hello,

I have a previous generation Supermicro SuperWorkstation (7037A-iL) and I just noticed that the area you would screw the CPU heatsink into contains just 4 holes on the motherboard for each CPU.



Does anyone know if I need to first buy something to fit in those holes so I can attach my heatsinks to the board/cpu or do heatsinks normally ship with the part that goes in those holes?

In case it helps, here is the listing for this workstation at the Supermicro site - Supermicro | Products | SuperWorkstation | Mid-Tower | 7037A-iL with Part List

 

[JSchuricht]

Hard to tell from the pictures but that looks like the normal threaded inserts that the heat sinks screw into. Supermicro has a heatsink matrix that should help narrow down what you need. Keep in mind many server MB's have a narrow and wide version. Order an active or passive unit depending on your needs and screw it down to the holes with the arrows. The listing you linked to has the active version listed as SNK-P0035AP4.

 

[BlueFox]

Most 1356/1366 heatsinks inteded for servers screw into the backplate that is attached to the motherboard, which is what those threaded holes are.

 

[i386]

I'm confused
@Cipher is that photo from your board/system? Or from the internet?

 

[Cipher]

I'm confused
@Cipher is that photo from your board/system? Or from the internet?

That's from my board.

 

[Sean Ho]

You have space in that tower for Arctic Freezer 33/34, which also fit 1366 1356 (and screw into the backplate on your motherboard).

 

[Glock24]

That looks like a standard LGA2011 square ILM mount, any cooler forma that should work.

 

[Sean Ho]

It's dual 1356 (E5-2400 v1/v2). 2011 had the dual release levers on the cpu retention brackets. I believe the cooler mounting was the same, though, 80mm spacing.