Intel Thermal Solution Cooling Fan/Heatsink for LGA2011 E5-2600 Processors (BXSTS200C)

I have one of those 2U, 12bay supermicro servers with dual E5-2630L v2 processors and 128GB RAM. The mobo model is X9DRi-LN4F+ Rev 1.20a. I run Centos 7 with at least one windows KVM (IP POE cameras/Surveillance, blue iris), and a few docker containers (Minecraft servers, and VPN). The rear CPU (CPU 2 on the motherboard, CPU 1 in linux) was staying around 50C-60C and had me worried since its near max. The front CPU (CPU1 on the motherboard, CPU 0 in linux) was always reading 25C-33C. Most of the air that the rear cpu gets comes from the front cpu, so it gets warm air. I purchased only one heatsink+fan and seems to be working well. I placed it on CPU2 (CPU 1 in linux), the rear CPU.Heres my temps after its been running for a few hours. "Package id 0" is the front processor that I did not change because it gets the cold air right off the case fans. "Package id 1" is the rear one and was always running hot in the high 50s, low 60s.coretemp-isa-0000Adapter: ISA adapterPackage id 0: +32.0°C (high = +57.0°C, crit = +67.0°C)Core 0: +29.0°C (high = +57.0°C, crit = +67.0°C)Core 1: +31.0°C (high = +57.0°C, crit = +67.0°C)Core 2: +32.0°C (high = +57.0°C, crit = +67.0°C)Core 3: +31.0°C (high = +57.0°C, crit = +67.0°C)Core 4: +29.0°C (high = +57.0°C, crit = +67.0°C)Core 5: +25.0°C (high = +57.0°C, crit = +67.0°C)coretemp-isa-0001Adapter: ISA adapterPackage id 1: +41.0°C (high = +57.0°C, crit = +67.0°C)Core 0: +41.0°C (high = +57.0°C, crit = +67.0°C)Core 1: +38.0°C (high = +57.0°C, crit = +67.0°C)Core 2: +38.0°C (high = +57.0°C, crit = +67.0°C)Core 3: +40.0°C (high = +57.0°C, crit = +67.0°C)Core 4: +37.0°C (high = +57.0°C, crit = +67.0°C)Core 5: +38.0°C (high = +57.0°C, crit = +67.0°C)

It has been working satisfactorily for nearly four months in a study-den environment with limited external circulation. The machine does not run 24 x 7 but the temperature attains steady state. Compared to the other "monster-size" components for the same purpose, I must confess that I feel that Murphy's Law is inevitable. The only solution naturally is to improve the external circulation or use a better enclosure that has a few more fans than the current box.

Fit my Xeon LGA2011 cpu perfectly and it needed to be small to fit a rack mounted case. Under low loads you can barely hear the fan, which was a worry for me. Under heavy loads the fan gets a little louder and more noticeable.

I had a failure on my 2nd liquid cooling system from Thermaltake so this time I went with a good old fashioned heatsink with a fan to keep my CPU cooled on my older PC. The installation was pretty easy.When I initially booted the system post-installation the fan was at full throttle which sounds like a plane trying to take off from your home office. It was unbearable! I had to go into the bios and took the speed down from a 9 to a 5, and it was still INSANELY LOUD. I finally dropped it down to a 1, but when you try to run a game on it... It sounds like you're playing a game on a runway at an international airport. This is terrible, and horrible craftsmanship. I never realized a simple fan could be as loud as this...No sound system will ever overpower the sound of this fan under full load. Get something else that can take the heat without screaming so much.

I have purchased three of these to use between two servers (single and dual socket) for my E5-2660 processors. I set the motherboard BIOS to control the CPU fans. Primary server usage is for Primary and Secondary ESXi hosts.Temp readings are between 43 - 49 degrees Celsius which is fine for my application.Pros:Overall quality build and designPWM fan provides more than ample coolingHeatsink has copper for better heat transferSize is perfect for dual socket motherboardsCons: None at the moment.

It's very good and quiet. It has some noise when computer runs or when the processor is close to 100%, but usually never happens since I have 2 CPUs with 14 cores each.

its a good heat sink with 8k rpm fan but it's really noisy.

This is the wrong ILM. I do indeed have a 2011-3 but it's narrow socket and this heatsink is square. Just a heads up I did not know there was a difference... I thought socket 7 vs super socket 7 was bad enough and not to mention, nocona--eww. Thank you though I would like to return it since I really have no use for it but I'm happy to list it on ebay, myself.

I imagined an Intel cooler would be compatible on an Intel Mobo. Big mistake! (Hint: look at the caps that block proper thermal contact!). I had to cut away part of the heat sink to make it fit.p.s. this thing is LOUD!. So buyers beware.

These guys can get loud at times but they are reliable and push a LOT of air. I wouldn’t trust anything else on my server.

I bought this to run on a Xeon hexacore cpu for my server and its pretty quiet, exactly what I was looking for.

Excelente

Very short screws that did not fit in Dell precision tower. Appears to be of overall low quality. Lots of better options out there.