Socket 771 water cooling?

[Radium_Angel]

I have a pair of Xeons E5450 (IIRC) in an old server, a Dell PowerEdge 2900 III, while there is space inside to water cool, I"m not finding the hardware for a socket 771 CPU. Did they ever exist?

[Luxanna]

According to google there used to be LGA771 blocks, however they've been dicontinued. Also it seems like your server is using a custom mount for its coolers, so it might not be compatible with anything else. 

[Lean18]

This may not be the bets solution, but there exist some knockoff water blocks on ebay, they dont have any mounting hardware for any socket, so if you are going to get those, i dont know how are you going to mount them.  

 

Heres an example:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/40x40x12mm-Aluminum-Water-Liquid-Cooler-Block-Heatsink-For-Computer-CPU-Radiator-/152640624707?epid=2035915305&hash=item238a171843:g:eUcAAOSwdkpZeo6p

[Radium_Angel]

7 minutes ago, Luxanna said:

According to google there used to be LGA771 blocks, however they've been dicontinued. Also it seems like your server is using a custom mount for its coolers, so it might not be compatible with anything else. 

That's what I was afraid of, I'm not so attached to this server to want to spend big bucks for a custom built block...

[Guest]

Never really heard of lga 771 watercooling. I think there were waterblocks that supported the socket. Since there isnt much hardware for watercooling parts for 771 motherboards, you might have to make a custom waterloop with a radiator and resivour.

[Đỗ Đức Huy]

If the mounting holes fits with LGA 775 scheme, you could get coolers for it no problem

 

[Radium_Angel]

IIRC the 771 are just different enough for the 775s not to fit.

No, this would have to be a custom solution, and that's big bucks, and that's not worth it at all...