lga771/socket j liquid cooling

[Jstagzsr]

i have been searching online for literally months and i can NOT find an answer....

current build is a dual socket j Xeon X5450. lga 771. socket j. same thing. teh issue is that the ONLY cooling i could find for this socket was the stock heatsinks that came with dell precision t5400 computers. they are passively cooled. and my cooling situation works fine as it is now. but it will only work in the case i currently have and i want to upgrade my case.. but if i do thta, ill no longer have the channel in the case that directs air from the huge front fan through the case, through the dual heatsinks, and out the back of the case.. i would be fine with good active cooling heatsinks, but i prefer watercooling.. I can not find a complete system, a waterblock, or even an adapter, or even an equivalent solution.. NOTHING fits with this socket...

does anyone know of anything i can use to get a waterblock on this system? preferably 2 seperate loops for the 2 seperate cpu's, but ill take a single loop if i have to..

other than me machining something, what are my options here?? any help would be amazing..

i have to be up in an hour for work. lol. not sleeping all night is GREEEAAAATTTTTT.. Hopefully i wake up to some good news..

goodnight my fellow geeks.

[NelizMastr]

You're experiencing why socket 771 never really was popular on even the enthusiast market. The only exception is the Intel Skulltrail, which uses the 775 layout for coolers.

The issue with 771 is that it needs a special backplate, which is often actually part of the case the board is installed in. That means you're looking at a custom job.

[Jstagzsr]

4 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

You're experiencing why socket 771 never really was popular on even the enthusiast market. The only exception is the Intel Skulltrail, which uses the 775 layout for coolers.

The issue with 771 is that it needs a special backplate, which is often actually part of the case the board is installed in. That means you're looking at a custom job.

yeah thats definitely part of the issue.. my heatsinks mount through the mobo, onto the mobotray. there is no backplate. but i DID find mounting brackets online that will fit.. literally all i need now is the cooling solution thatll fit with 771.. its so crazy how there is literally nothing for this socket.. ivfe literally never had this issue before..

[NelizMastr]

3 minutes ago, Jstagzsr said:

yeah thats definitely part of the issue.. my heatsinks mount through the mobo, onto the mobotray. there is no backplate. but i DID find mounting brackets online that will fit.. literally all i need now is the cooling solution thatll fit with 771.. its so crazy how there is literally nothing for this socket.. ivfe literally never had this issue before..

This is Intel's segmentation. Socket 603 and 604, 771's predecessors, were the exact same way. Good luck finding decent coolers for those, lol.

[Jstagzsr]

1 minute ago, NelizMastr said:

This is Intel's segmentation. Socket 603 and 604, 771's predecessors, were the exact same way. Good luck finding decent coolers for those, lol.

its looking more and more like im gonna be cooling this via home depot or lowes rather than corsair or EK lol

[NelizMastr]

7 minutes ago, Jstagzsr said:

its looking more and more like im gonna be cooling this via home depot or lowes rather than corsair or EK lol

Either that, or just find a way to mount some quiet Noctua fans to the heatsinks, and hope those backplates fit  

[Jstagzsr]

Just now, NelizMastr said:

Either that, or just find a way to mount some quiet Noctua fans to the heatsinks, and hope those backplates fit  

i was thhinking that too.. just screwing fans right to the heatsinks if all else fails..

and yeah, i hope they do.. nothing else seems to be legit, hopefully these are