I have a stupid question......

[GLN0781]

Got a stupid question....

the Dell Precision T5500 uses a Intel LGA1366 type B socket I’m curious if that’s a proprietary socket....Dell is notorious for using proprietary tech in the past. Will a Standard LGA 1366 heat sink with fan fit from like cooler master or some other brand on Newegg fit? It has enormous front fans and cooling channels inside I know, I just don’t like the idea of fan-less cpu heat sinks

[kelvinhall05]

I would assume a standard heatsink would fit, yeah. Afaik the layout and spacing of the holes used for attaching a cooler are part of the socket standard (so it'll be the same for all 1366 boards).

[Applefreak]

15 minutes ago, GLN0781 said:

Got a stupid question....

the Dell Precision T5500 uses a Intel LGA1366 type B socket I’m curious if that’s a proprietary socket....Dell is notorious for using proprietary tech in the past. Will a Standard LGA 1366 heat sink with fan fit from like cooler master or some other brand on Newegg fit? It has enormous front fans and cooling channels inside I know, I just don’t like the idea of fan-less cpu heat sinks

The socket is standard intel and the holes should line up with normal intel LGA 1366 heatsinks. From what I can remember, I might be wrong though, Dell did remove the intel retention plate in the back for their own solution. If that is the case, you would need a cooler that comes with it's own retention plate. Again, not absolutely sure on that one, has been a while since I had a socket 1366 Dell to fix.

[LogicalDrm]

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Also Dell uses their own connections to fans. So you really need to check all the things.