Intel BXSTS100C Thermal Solution LGA1366 for 2-Socket Servers/Workstations - Combo

I gave this a shot because there's not exactly a huge 2U server chassis cooling selection. Only problem was at no fault of the product, I failed to consider that maybe there are surface mounted components on the motherboard I was using (a Dell mATX OEM board) and that this cooling solution has a flush platen. Consequently, the block hit several capacitors and VRMs, preventing me from mounting it.Got around it by milling out the precise areas less than 1.5mm into the aluminum. Worked like a charm. Keeps an i7-920 well within safe thermal reaches (although I have it running at 100% because the motherboard I have doesn't have a modifiable CPU fan profile and would keep the processor around 50 degrees celsius at idle just because it was designed to be powering a 120mm fan, skewing any tachometer RPM/CFM ratios).

Opened it up and had already applied the thermal paste when I read in the instructions that my motherboard should have come with some kind of stupid metal bracket for the thing (which it didn't). If you need a meter bracket for your wierdo fan, here is an idea, why don't you put the cheap thing in with the the thirty dollar fan? Is that rocket science? Now I have to wipe off the thermal paste and start over sometime next week when when I can have the privileged of peeling up my new motherboard and putting down that stupid bracket (which cost me $10) and then putting everything back in place. Thanks Intel! That's why I usually buy AMD! Someone gave me this process as a gift and it's been a gift that keeps on giving all right, in expensive stuff like this junk fan.Also the fan comes in a really annoying plastic case that's hard to get off.

This thing started out very noisy. Since I was planning to use it as desktop and later may turn it into server mode, I was able to turn the fan speed to half, which is a lot quieter. Just make sure you either can turn down the fan speed by BIOS or thru some utility program. Otherwise the high pitch noisy is quite annoying. The good side of this heat sink is it takes very little space with low profile and can later be refitted to a 2U server chassis.

This cooler is meant for servers and workstations. Complaints from people about noise in desktop/residential settings are misguided. Also, it sounds like many folks aren't properly driving this with a PWM circuit.I combined this with a Xeon proc and a Supermicro server-class motherboard. The board can spin this down to sub-audible levels and up to jet engine levels if temperatures demand it. It's obviously high-quality and the packing materials are heavier-duty than most actual enthusiast-quality coolers themselves. Clearly meets intel's standards, and feels OEM-quality.It's very compact and seems to do an excellent job, given reasonable case cooling. Some of the "enthusiast" units are so large you'd be hard-pressed to fit anything else in the case. This is a good compromise of footprint and cooling mass.

I purchased two of these in August, 2015 for a home build server cooling 2 x Xeon E5620 CPU's on a Super Micro server board. The server hasn't been turned off since they were installed and they've operated flawlessly. True is that they are most definitely not silent but because the server sits in a closet, I don't hear them. Recommended as long as you don't have your server in the bedroom next to your head.

I purchased this to add a second processor to an HP Z600 workstation. It has an LGA 1366 sockets for a six-core Xeons. This fan was alleged to fit. The bolt pattern is correct, but it takes 100 times more force to install it. The springs are half the length of the HP factory heat sink. I could not get all four screws in using unreasonable force. I finally gave up.I have ordered the HP part. I may have destroyed the motherboard.I don't know if some Intel boards are made to take this or not, but it will not work in an HP Z600. It puzzles me that they could be so different. There is no reason for a heat sink to have such short, stiff springs or require so much force to install.

Looks solid, but very noisy and processors consistently heat up to about 50C. Works on dual CPU system (2x Xeon 5570 and Asus Z8NA-D6C), but wish it cools better

A little bit noisy but, was for a server so, no problem. The packaging is high quality developed and the construction materials are the best in my opinion. Bougth 2 for 2 processors in my server (each box have 1 fan and 1 heatsink, be aware).Doesn't need thermical cream because the heatsink comes with it.

When it comes to Xeon server motherboards you're fairly limited when it comes to coolers. Just as well then, that the Intel STS100C is a good solution; I installed one of these in our new virtualisation server on a Supermicro board with a Xeon E5620 and it runs exceptionally cool under load even with the fan set to a lower speed. If you need it any cooler though, crank the fan speed up and it really comes into its own; it sounds like a model aircraft, but then this is a server solution so you're not exactly going to be running one of these things in your average living room, bedroom or study.Installing it was dead easy and it comes with thermal paste on it. For under £25, you won't find a better Xeon cooler.

at first it did sound a bit like a model plane, but when I had it running for six hours the noise went away, now it's quiet. I have a xeon 5620, rendering a video for five strait hours it never got over 67c, whenever it did, it would push it back down to 59c within seconds... but then again, it was running at 40%. The best thing is NO ANNOYING LIGHTS!!!

Too big for Workstation Z800 tower, series X55..

Me parece un disipador bastante mediocre, sobre todo calidad precio, viene sin el acople de fijación para la placa y muy cocos accesoros, el ventiladoe es muy pequeño, no se la medida, esos son los motivos por el cual lo descambio

es robusto y parece muy efectivo. Cabe señalar que se podria mejorar bajando los DBgenera demasiado ruido aun cuando trabaja a pocas revoluciones